FARMINGTON HILLS - Indian entrepreneur Govind Rammurthy, the founder of MicroWorld Technologies, opened his US office in Farmington Hills to sell his security-software products to the auto industry, part of the company's strategy to target Fortune 1000 companies. Rammurthy, 33, already has landed some business with Ford Motor Company, where MicroWorld is providing anti-virus software.
FARMINGTON HILLS - MicroWorld Technologies reported an all time high for phishing attacks in March tied to the tax filing season in the United States. Some 90 percent of these attacks were tied to financial services related to filing filing personal income taxes on April 17. Phishing is the method of Online Identity theft using
SOUTHFIELD ? CA demonstrated this week at the Microsoft Management Summit the integration between its service management and asset management solutions with Microsoft's Systems Management Server 2003. The combined products help customers unify their IT systems and also figure out how to buy, allocate and retire their current information technology assets. By managing enterprise assets
FARMINGTON HILLS ? TruArx will partner with Cisco Systems to sponsor two upcoming Business of Security events in Ohio. The Evil Insider even will take place in Cincinnati and Cleveland, OH, respectively. Eric Cole, PhD, will deliver the keynote speech for both venues, and attendees will also receive a copy of his latest book. TruArx
ROYAL OAK - Network Security Provider Intelligent Connections will host three Lunch and Learn seminars in May to showcase the latest Cisco technology in network protection. Cisco Systems will present Adaptive Security Appliances, the next generation of security and VPN services. Learn about the several tailored packages that have been developed to address unique customer
LONDON - The United Kingdom Cabinet Office and IBM are working together on a secure open-source environment for public and private sector organizations. The Central Sponsor for Information Assurance said this week that the initiative had been launched to assure public and private sectors that Linux could provide security in a complex environment. The design
CHICAGO - IP3 Inc. and the Illinois Institute of Technology are partnering to host "Managing VoIP Security", the 2nd Annual VoIP Security Conference dedicated exclusively to Voice over Internet Protocol security. Leading communications executives, along with experts from academia and government, will converge in Chicago to address attendees at the 2nd annual VoIP Security Conference
TROY ? Some 65 people attended Walsh College's Secure Detroit conference on Thursday, where security professionals picked up continuing education credits to maintain their CISSP certification. Nan Poulios, Director, Information Assurance Center, said it was the second year Walsh hosted the event. A third event is planned for next spring. ?All of the people here
REDMOND, Wa. - Microsoft is taking its fight against software piracy to the desktop. Starting Tuesday, the software maker will push out a test tool to millions of people around the world that checks whether the copy of Windows a PC is using is properly licensed. Following download and installation of the "Windows Genuine Advantage
LANSING ? Dan Lohrmann, the Chief Information Security Officer for the State of Michigan, was named as the Information Security Executive of the Year in the Central Region by Executive Alliance, an awards forum. Eric Litt, Chief Information Security Officer of General Motors Corporation was named the ISE Central People's Choice Award winner. The other