YPSILANTI - IP3 Inc. presents a two-day IT Executive Seminar at Eastern Michigan University co sponsored by MITechNews.Com that will teach participants multifactor authentication, regulatory compliance, securing converged networks, intrusion detection and prevention systems. The seminar will be taught by Ken Kousky, CEO of IP3, which produces 20 similar seminars nationwide annually. Kousky is a
GRAND RAPIDS ? The Michigan Homeland Security Consortium elected its first board of directors at a networking meeting in Grand Rapids Aug. 16. Board members include: Chairman: Keith Brophy ? president, NuSoft Solutions (Troy) President & Vice Chairman: Thomas Hines, CPP, PSP ? President, SecureMatrix (Grand Rapids) Vice President of Membership: Ted Green - Chief
DEARBORN - Active InfraGard leader and cyber-crime specialist Gary Warner is schedule to speak at Detroit SecureWorld about his group, Phishing Incident Respose & Termination Squad, and his passion for identifying, documenting and tracking cyber crimials. As the director of IT planning and infrastructures for Energen Corp. since 1997, Gary Warner is also the secretary
DEARBORN - Ira Winkler is considered one of the world's most influential security professionals, often called the modern day James Bond. He'll bring his compelling presentation of Secrets of the SuperSpies to the Detroit SecureWorld Expo Sept. 19. His presentation is expected to cover highlights from his career using actual cases of espionage, including those
ROCHESTER ? Michael Brown, former Under Secretary of US Homeland Security, will keynote the third annual Emergency Preparedness and Business Continuity Conference Oct. 20 at Oakland University. This event will feature regional and global response initiatives from key leaders. It will provide knowledge, tools, and business to business networks for services, products, and professional partnerships.
LANSING ? U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers of Michigan's 8th district, chairman of the House Subcommittee on Intelligence Policy, will be the featured speaker Sept. 11 when the Michigan Homeland Security Consortium commemorates the fifth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on 9-11-2001. ?We come together to pay tribute to victims and heroes,? said Keith Brophy, MIHSC
GRAND RAPIDS ? Ask Grand Rapids Police Chief Harry Dolan about a key turning point in law enforcement over the past century, and he'll point the family's antique billy club toward technology. As a well-received guest speaker at Michigan Homeland Security Consortium?s recent meeting, Chief Dolan explained the advancement of law enforcement technology through a
SEATTLE - After initial courtroom sparring in Symantec's trade secret lawsuit against Microsoft, the companies are now shaping up for the real fight. A federal judge in Seattle this week approved an order that lets both parties in the case file documents under seal, CNET News.Com reports. They can now fully cooperate in gathering information
WASHINGTON DC - The InfraGard National Conference, August just ended Thursday, with well received keynotes from US Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns, who spoke on protecting our agriculture sector, Tommy Thompson with Deloitte Center for Health, discussing the Avian Flu Pandemic, and John Hofmeister, President of Shell Oil, discussing global impacts. Secretary Johanns keynote can be
SEATTLE - Microsoft has issued a "hotfix" for a fault in a security patch designed to correct a flaw already targeted by worms. The company made the hotfix, or repair code targeted to a specific issue, available upon request, according to a posting on its Web site reported by CNET News.Com. The fix addresses the