DETROIT ? The idea of a company losing all of its data to a virus is scary, but imagine if hackers can use this information for profit or to harass customers. The results could be devastating to a nonprofit whose lifeline is its donors. NPower Michigan is asking nonprofit agencies to imagine these scenarios, while
MILFORD ? CrimeCog, formed a year ago to help law enforcement agencies share information, announced its first board Tuesday. CrimeCog provides technology to smaller municipal law enforcement agencies to access the Integrated Justice Information System and share information among these agencies. This system is referred to as the Criminological Cognizance Network. Board members include: Timothy
SOUTHFIELD ? Computer Associates International on Monday said it had acquired Tiny Software, a California developer of endpoint security technology for Windows desktops and servers. No figures were release by CA, other than to say it was an all cash deal. CA will continue to market Tiny Software, but also incorporate them into its eTrust
TROY ? Walsh College and the SBC Foundation on Aug. 24 will present a security program called Privacy, Policy and Protection - Troy; a systems security briefing for government, health care and human service organization. Walsh College is offering the half-day seminar on information assurance to government and not for profit organizations through a grant
STAMFORD, Conn. ? Firewalls, intrusion detection and prevention, and anti-virus software are the high-priority defenses information technology managers are pursuing this year to combat IT security threats, according to results of a new survey released by Gartner Inc. "Organizations are more concerned about viruses and worms than any other security threat," said Rich Mogull, vice
SOUTHFIELD - Computer Associates has raised its overall worldwide systems threat assessment to Medium due to the insidious presence of a Coordinated Malware Attack that may foreshadow a new phase of industrial espionage. CA said the attack involves three different trojans ? Win32.Glieder, Win32.Fantibag and Win32.Mitglieder ? which are displaying signs of coordination as they
LANSING ? Michigan, with funding from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, has rolled out a new web site to provide government workers and other citizens of the state with the latest cyber security news, information and PC tools. The new site, Michigan.Gov/Cybersecurity, went live two weeks ago. It is the brainchild of Dan Lohrmann,
DETROIT ? Michigan students won five of the 100 Department of Defense Information Assurance Scholarships awarded nationwide, which pay from $10,000 to $15,000 annually for educational expenses. The federal program also includes hands-on internship work in federal agencies in Washington DC. When these students graduate, each will be given a full-time job with the Department
SOUTHFIELD ? Computer Associates Thursday released its eTrust Anti-Spam, an anti-spam and fraud-detection solution. eTrust Anti-Spam is the most recent addition to CA?s eTrust PC security portfolio, which also includes enterprise-strength antivirus, anti-spyware and firewall software for consumers. According to a recent IDC report, spam messages sent daily worldwide have jumped from seven billion in
SEATTLE ? Forget that advice not to write down your passwords, a Microsoft security guru said, because such bans force people to use the same weak term on many different computer systems. Microsoft's Jesper Johansson said that the security industry has been giving out the wrong advice to users by telling them not to write