Cyber Defense

Michigan Homeland Security Consortium Adds Two Board Members

LANSING ? Michigan Homeland Security Consortium has added two new members to its Board of Directors, Andrew Dailey of GeoCritical LLC and Gayle Jacobs of Global PRC Associates. Both will join six other security industry professionals who currently sit on the MIHSC board. The six board officers include: MIHSC Chairman Keith Brophy of NuSoft Solutions

By |2006-10-06T00:00:00-04:00October 6th, 2006|Archive, Cyber Defense|

Microsoft To Lock Pirates Out Of Vista PCs

SEATTLE - Windows Vista will have new antipiracy technology that locks people out their PCs if the operating system isn't activated within 30 days after installation. If Vista is not activated with a legitimate product registration key in time, the system will run in "reduced functionality mode" until it is activated, Thomas Lindeman, a senior

By |2006-10-05T00:00:00-04:00October 5th, 2006|Archive, Cyber Defense|

Best Practices For Building A Security Operations Center

ISLANDIA, N.Y. - Managing security events in today's corporate environment poses a series of challenges for beleaguered IT personnel and their organizations. A daily onslaught of security data from disparate systems, platforms and applications delivers the first challenge. Numerous point solutions such as antivirus software, firewalls, intrusion prevention systems, intrusion detection, access control, identity management,

By |2006-10-05T00:00:00-04:00October 5th, 2006|Archive, Cyber Defense|

GE Laptop With Personal Data On 50,000 Staffers Stolen

NEW YORK - General Electric Co. said a company laptop containing the names and Social Security numbers of 50,000 current and former employees was stolen in early September from a locked hotel room. The Fairfield, Conn.-based company began mailing letters this week to the people whose names and Social Security numbers were on the laptop

By |2006-10-05T00:00:00-04:00October 5th, 2006|Archive, Cyber Defense|

Federal Data Breach Bill Does Little To Slow Laptop Thefts

WASHINGTON DC - In response to the seemingly endless disappearances or thefts of laptops from government agencies, Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.) has introduced a bill that would address the problem - or so it seems. The "Federal Agency Data Breach Protection Act," or H.R. 6163, as penned by Government Reform Committee chair Davis, would direct

By |2006-10-05T00:00:00-04:00October 5th, 2006|Archive, Cyber Defense|

SOA Software Product Manager Speaker At Oct. Motor City ISSA Meeting

SOUTHFIELD - David Powloski, Product Director, SOA Software, will discuss the benefits of SOA Security at the Oct. 19 meeting of the Motor City ISSA. Powloski?s presentation examines the impact of SOA on enterprise security, and describes the technology and procedural approaches to managing this risk. As the Product Director for SOA Software, Powloski is

By |2006-10-03T00:00:00-04:00October 3rd, 2006|Archive, Cyber Defense|

Security Vendor Intelligent Connections Partners With Barracuda

ROYAL OAK - Intelligent Connections has partnered with Barracuda Networks, which provides enterprise-class application security appliances for email, Internet, and IM protection. ?Intelligent Connections has achieved the highest level of partnerships with best-of-breed manufacturers, and the new partnership with Barracuda Networks will give us an even stronger competitive edge in the industry? says Brian Haboush,

By |2006-10-03T00:00:00-04:00October 3rd, 2006|Archive, Cyber Defense|

Second Third-Party Fix Out For Windows Bug

SEATTLE - For the second time in as many weeks a group of security professionals has released a third-party fix for a Windows flaw that is actively being used in cyberattacks. The group, calling itself the Zeroday Emergency Response Team, or ZERT, created the patch so Windows users can protect their PCs while Microsoft works

By |2006-10-03T00:00:00-04:00October 3rd, 2006|Archive, Cyber Defense|

Former FEMA Chief, NSA Official Headline Emergency Business Conference

ROCHESTER ? Michael Brown, the former director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Richard Marshall of the National Security Agency will be featured Oct. 20 at Oakland University's third annual Emergency Preparedness and Business Continuity Conference. Topics include cyber security, workplace violence, identity theft, modeling and simulation, risk analysis, mitigation policies, media relations, financial assurance,

By |2006-09-27T00:00:00-04:00September 27th, 2006|Archive, Cyber Defense|