WASHINGTON - The U.S. government is conducting a series of cyber war games nationwide to test the country's ability to recover from and respond to digital attacks. Michigan security officials are participating as well, a participating source told MITechNews.Com. Code-named Cyber Storm II, this is the largest-ever exercise designed to evaluate the mettle of information
TROY - Creative Breakthroughs, a network security, integration and management company, has named Sean Blenkhorn to the newly-created position of Education Practice Lead for CBI?s Business Development team. Blenkhorn will be responsible for the support and development of accounts and services in the education market. In addition to over fifteen years of technology integration and
BOSTON - Notices are going out to millions of customers who may have had credit card information compromised in a data breach at stores such as T.J. Maxx and Marshalls. The notices contain information about eligibility for compensation such as vouchers and credit monitoring to be provided under a proposed settlement with TJX Cos., the
NOVI - The Bring a Friend Eastern Michigan InfraGard meeting will take place on March 25th at Walsh College in Novi. This General membership meeting, hosted by the Walsh College Information Assurance Center, will have three topics. The first will be informational, but of particular use to anyone operating in the Healthcare sector - Public
KALAMAZOO - Information Technology and eCommerce attorney Vincent Polley of KnowConnect PLLC will give an attorney's perspective on how to both prevent and respond to information security breaches April 1 at the Kalamazoo MTEC. The event is sponsored by ConnecTech Kalamazoo. Attendees will learn what?s important, what?s imperative and what?s incidental to the process of
YPSILANTI - Skip Lawver, director of Eastern Michigan University's IAC Center, provides his February update. He talks about a new Security speaker series that will culminate with a recruiting visit by federal intelligence agencies. Scholar ships available for students interested in careers in Security management. Reaching out to the high school to recruit college security
SOUTHFIELD - Data Center Solutions is offering a new Michigan-made network security appliance that can perform up to 14 functions, protection from hackers, spammers, the lot. The company's Steve Beers describes the new product as enterprise security for a small business price. To learn more, listen to this Security channel edition of News Maker Interview.
CHICAGO ? SecureWorld Expo returns to Chicago in May with a two-day event that includes big discounts for readers of MITechNews.Com. SecureWorld Chicago, on May 21-22, will feature Security Practitioners, Senior Executives and Government Leaders, Leading Security Analysts/Consultants and more. The event will cover topics such as Risk Assessment, IP Leakage, Business Risk Assessment and
LANSING - The Michigan Department of State Police will run out of funding for its Criminal Justice Information System by June 1 and an additional $2.7 million is needed to pay for database improvements through Sept. 30. Officials told the Senate Appropriations State Police and Military Affairs Subcommittee on Thursday that additional money would be
DETROIT - InfraGard is a collaborative effort between the FBI and local communities. InfraGard is an association of government and business leaders that meet regularly and freely share their ideas and expertise to better protect America's infrastructures. How many InfraGard Chapters are there? There are 86 chapters How many InfraGard members are there? There are