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
SOUTHFIELD ? Global business intelligence provider Veritas Global has hired Brian Gawne ? president of MotorCity Information Systems Security Association ? to its team as a managing director of computer forensics and IT investigations. ?Brian brings a great deal of computer security and forensic knowledge to our investigative operations,? said Gregory Suhajda, Veritas? chief operating
YPSILANTI ? OnlyMyEmail has introduced a Web-accessed email solution, OME-kids.com, which will offer children protection from internet predators who try to reach kids through their email. OnlyMyEmail will not accept payments from direct marketers to bypass its filters. What?s more, the OME-Kids solution protects children from e-marketers that conduct direct-marketing campaigns aimed at kids. OME-kids.com
WASHINGTON DC - A key portion of the Patriot Act is unconstitutional and violates Americans' free speech rights, a federal judge said Thursday in a case that could represent a bitter setback for the Bush administration's attempts to expand its surveillance powers. U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero said the section of the Patriot Act that
WASHINGTON DC - Under sharp questioning from politicians, Department of Homeland Security officials on last week defended a new plan to make detailed satellite images available to a broader swath of government agencies, including state and local police. At a U.S. House of Representatives Homeland Security Committee hearing here, Democrats and Republican politicians alike accused
LANSING ? U.S. Marine Corps Major General Bradley Lott, the newly appointed Director of the Defense Contract Coordination Center, will be the keynote speaker on Sept. 11 at a program hosted by the Michigan Homeland Security Consortium at the Radisson Hotel in Lansing. The MIHSC program also features a panel discussion on Michigan-based businesses succeeding