LONDON, England - Organizations charged with safeguarding sensitive data are not doing enough to ensure that information is cleansed from hard disks before disposal, according to communication services provider BT Group. A study of secondhand disks by BT and universities in the U.K., the U.S. and Australia found "a surprisingly large range and quantity of
SOUTHFIELD ? Vulnerability assessment methodology and tools for the non profit sector will be the topic addressed Sept. 18 at the Motorcity chapter of ISSA. Public awareness of security issues in the non-profit sector has focused on large organizations such as Goodwill and The Red Cross. The risks faced by these companies are also faced
ESCANABA - The Third Annual I.T. in the U.P. Conference Sept. 20 at the M-TEC in Bay College is the Upper Peninsula's only forum that brings together system designers, engineers, scientists, practitioners, and end-users for the objective of advancing business through the use of technology. The conference will focus on current IT practices and challenges
YPSILANTI - The National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance and the Center for Regional and National Security at Eastern Michigan University launched its eighth School of Computer Forensics on Sept. 10. This six-week training program will add 20 new computer forensic examiners for the state of Michigan in their battle against Internet Child
MILFORD - CrimeCog Technologies has purchased the integrated criminal justice information system, E*Justice from Northrop Grumman Information Technology. Under the terms of the acquisition, CrimeCog will support all current E*Justice contracts and will extend its customer base into seven states. Financial terms of the purchase were not disclosed. CrimeCog also hired E*Justice software engineers formerly
SAN JOSE - Secure Computing, an enterprise gateway security company, has joined Alternative Technology's Follow the Wire program that has a sales philosophy of providing products, services and support that address critical customer needs, and how to address more of those critical needs by offering multiple product solutions from one vendor. "For every point-product project
BOSTON - Senior IT executives openly admit there is room for improvement in their organizations in terms of planning around disaster recovery and business continuity, a recent study by IDG has found. "We found that six per cent of budgets are being spent on disaster recovery and business continuity planning; and 72 per cent expect
SAN JOSE - Compliance, security and legal risks are leaving organizations of all types at risk of losing their digital information, according to a warning from 276 long-term archive practitioners who participated in the Storage Networking Industry Association's 100 Year Archive Requirements Survey Report. "Large organizations faced with retaining and preserving huge amounts of digital
ROYAL OAK - RazorThreat announced Shore Mortgage has implemented its security information and threat management software, the Threat Analysis Console. Shore Mortgage, with 350 employees and five offices across the state, specializes in FHA loans and regularly processes financially and personally sensitive information. "Unlike other products we've used, the TAC is great because it's not
DETROIT - Greg Garcia, the Assistant Secretary for Cybersecurity and Telecommunications for the Department of Homeland Security, will deliver the keynote address at Detroit SecureWorld, October 10 at the Ford Conference and Event Center. Garcia will be covering IT Sector-Specific Plan Development and Implementation. MiTech News Subscribers receive complimentary admission to Keynotes, Expert Panels, Vendors