PORTLAND, OR - SecureWorld Expo is expanding its Security event series in 2006 from six to eight cities with the addition of San Francisco and Chicago. The security product and news showcase show will return to Detroit in September. SecureWorld provides conference sessions, case studies, panel discussions and peer-to-peer roundtable discussions lead by key security
DETROIT - What we are seeing is unprecedented in this country. The Department of Homeland Security is slowly creating a miracle right under our noses, and doing it with the least believable of allies ? their own brother and sister agencies. But before you become headily optimistic, remember, I did say slowly, and we are
SOUTHFIELD - Security is no longer just a function of the IT department. Information Security has become a business enabler; and due to ever increasing compliance requirements and the risk of negative exposure, executives and boards are now considering security a vital aspect of any successful company. As a member of the organization?s information security
SAN FRANCISCO, Ca. ? Since becoming president and CEO of Computer Associates International in February, Swainson has helped refocus the technology giant, still dogged by past accounting and management troubles, on the business of selling software. Or acquiring companies that can, Swainson told CNET.Com in an exclusive interview. This year alone, CA has made six
SAN FRANCISCO - Exploit code for the latest version of open-source browser Firefox was published Wednesday, potentially putting users at risk of a denial-of-service attack. The exploit code takes advantage of vulnerabilities in the recently released Firefox 1.5, running on Windows XP with Service Pack 2. Firefox, which initially debuted over a year ago, has
WASHINGTON DC ? Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff announced on Dec. 5 the selection of Johns Hopkins University to lead a $15 million study on how the nation can best prepare for and respond to potential large-scale incidents and disasters. This fifth Homeland Security Center of Excellence, formally titled the Center for the Study
LANSING - With Internet-based financial transactions expected to reach an all time high this holiday season, Michigan-based network security company, Periscan, announced that its initial Site Data Protection product has been certified as an officially approved security-scanning vendor for Mastercard. Any eTailers with sales greater than $125,000 per month are required by Visa and Mastercard
SAN FRANCISCO - Sun Microsystems has fixed five security bugs in Java that expose computers running Windows, Linux and Solaris to hacker attack. The flaws are "highly critical," according to an advisory from Secunia posted Tuesday. Vulnerabilities that get that ranking--one notch below "extremely critical," the security monitoring company's most severe rating--typically open the door
TROY - The Walsh College Information Assurance Center is offering a High Tech Technology Crime Investigation Association seminar on Dec. 5 at on Weapons of Mass Deception. Featured speaker is Cynthia Hetherington, a licensed private detective and owner of a New Jersey-based competitive intelligence and business research consultancy. Hetherington has a master of library science
SOUTHFIELD ? The Motor City Chapter of ISSA will host its monthly meeting on Dec. 15 at 2000 Town Center. The speaker and program has not yet been announced. The meeting will start at 6:30 pm at Suite 200B Conference Room. Food will be provided. The meeting is open to ISSA members, trial members and