YPSILANTI - Eastern Michigan University has announced the rollout of courses for the its new undergraduate Bachelors of Science Degree in Information Assurance. The Information Assurance Program is part of the National Center of Academic Excellence (NSA), and this degree has mapped these courses to CNSS standards 4011 and 4013. The offerings for Winter Semester
DETROIT - If you didn't get the chance to attend the 2006 InfraGard Conference, you still have an opportunity to take advantage of the wealth of information shared this year. PDF files of all 36 presentations that we were given for the 2006 InfraGard Conference can be found at: InfraGardConferences.Com After review of some of
SAN JOSE, Ca. - Cisco has released its second study of remote workers and their online behavior. The results revealed that many workers have a disconcerting perception of IT's role that may jeopardize corporate and personal security. The study includes responses more than 1,000 remote workers and 1,000 IT decision makers in 10 countries including
SEATTLE - Microsoft has released a public test version of Forefront Client Security, a new product to protect business computers against malicious code attacks. Forefront Client Security is designed to shield PCs and servers from threats such as spyware, viruses and rootkits, CNET News.Com. It will go up against software from Cisco Systems, Symantec, McAfee
DETROIT - While many of the affected people didn't believe there was any harmful result of the data breaches, a small but significant number said they may have seen some damage. An estimated 49 million U.S. adults have been told over the last three years that their personal information has been lost, stolen, or improperly
SEATTLE - When Starbucks revealed in November it couldn't find four laptops containing data on thousands of employees, IT administrators everywhere once again were forced to ask themselves: What's our policy on protecting data on mobile devices? The seemingly never-ending string of high-profile data loss cases ? from Los Alamos National Laboratory to Allina Health
CUPERTINO, Ca. - Network antivirus and Internet content security vendor Trend Micro has announced the addition of new security features in its mobile protection solution. Trend Micro Mobile Security 3.0 (TMMS3.0) is intended to protect against hackers and intrusions while improving on previously available mobile malicious code protection for mobile malware and SMS spam. "Trend
SEATTLE ? Gmail's popularity may be viral, but the e-mail software is not a virus-despite a Microsoft alert. Recently, the Windows Live OneCare security software incorrectly flagged the Google e-mail service as a threat, CNET News. Com reported. A warning popped up when OneCare users opened the Gmail Web site, telling them that their systems
ANN ARBOR ? SpamStopsHere, an e-mail security and spam filtering solutions company, contends sophisticated spammer tricks are thwarting spam filters. These new and ever more sophisticated spamming methods have fueled an explosion in phishing attacks and financial/home-business scams. By industry estimates, spam has dramatically risen by more than 50 percent in just the two months
SAN FRANCISCO - For Jeffrey Paul, his cell phone was the last bastion of communication solitude in a world overrun with telemarketing, junk mail and e-mail spam. But now, even his cell phone isn't safe from unwanted solicitations. The 40-year-old sales executive from Los Angeles said he uses text messaging sporadically to contact friends, so