GRAND RAPIDS ? Robert Baldyga has joined Computer Products and Resources, better known as CPR, as a senior consultant, specializing in Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Planning. Baldyga earned his certification as a Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP) ? from the Disaster Recovery Institute International and is also a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE). He
SOUTHFIELD ? CA has released a much improved version of its Identity and Access Management software with the integration of CA SiteMinder and CA Single Sign-On products. The integration provides seamless single sign-on across the extended enterprise ? including Web, client/server, mainframe, and federated environments ? enabling organizations to reduce costs, strengthen security, and facilitate
FARMINGTON HILLS - TruArx, an IT services company, has achieved Qualified Data Security Company status now that it has met the requirements to perform Payment Card Industry data security assessments. The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard is the result of collaboration between Visa and Mastercard, and was designed to create common industry security requirements.
SAN JOSE, CA. - How prepared is the United States to defend against a cyberattack? We'll soon find out, says Andy Purdy, acting director of the National Cyber Security Division of the Department of Homeland Security. Last week, Purdy oversaw the first large-scale mock cyberattack, aimed at gauging the nation's readiness to handle computer-based threats
SOUTHFIELD - Warnings went out this week from CA, the former Computer Associates, to Watch out for unsolicited Valentine's Day eCard because they may actually deliver a payload of malware that contains the high destructive trojan called Win32/Hanlo.I. CA said it received widespread reports of an e-mail spamming campaign that attempts to lure users to
TROY - Walsh College is offering a scholarship of up to $15,000 with money from the US Department of Defense to anyone interested in a career in cyber-security. To be eligible, you must be eligible to be admitted to Walsh College and fill out the scholarship application by 5 pm Feb. 23. Program Details: The
DETROIT - The Detroit Regional Chamber lead a coalition of businesses and Chambers of Commerce from across the northern border of the United States to Washington DC last week to lobby the Department of Homeland Security to relax some planned security changes that would make it harder for anyone to cross between the U.S. and
DETROIT - The University of Detroit-Mercy will hold an ISO 27000 Security Lead Auditor training course March 6-10. Successful completion of the course will provide an internationally sanctioned certification to perform security audits. This course is being sponsored in conjunction with the British Standards Organization. In other UDM security news, Steven Crutchley - an international
SAN FRANCISCO, CA. - A recent survey commissioned by IBM states that overall user confidence in the Internet is going down as the result of increased phishing and pharming attacks. Thirty-eight percent of the 700 people surveyed do not or will no longer bank online. Thirty-seven percent of those surveyed do not or will no
PITTSBURGH - US-CERT has issued a warning on Microsoft Windows, Windows Media Player and Internet Explorer that vulnerabilities have been detected, which may allow an attacker to take control of vulnerable PCs. But Microsoft has provided updates to remedy these vulnerabilities. To obtain the updates, visit the Microsoft Update web site. US-CERT also recommends enabling