HERNDON, Va. - Few CEOs grasp the case for investing in safeguards against hackers, worms, and the like. It's every chief information officer's duty to banish that innocence. No one really wants to spend money on cybersecurity. Not only is it technically impossible to completely secure cyberspace, but the technology is complicated, the vocabulary arcane,
WASHINGTON ? The ChoicePoint scandal, in which personal data on millions of people was stolen by criminals, has spurred a U.S. Senate Committee to hold hearings on shutting down identity theft. Leading Democrats, including Sens. Patrick Leahy of Vermont, Dianne Feinstein of California and Charles Schumer of New York, have called for a Judiciary Committee
SOUTHFIELD - In the 80s, it was viruses spread on floppy disks. In the early 90s, we saw the birth of the ?macro? virus. In the late 90s, ?worms? became the biggest threat to business and to home users. The turn of the millennium saw hackers running amok, ?blended threats? and an exponential growth in
DETROIT ? InfraGard?s Annual Congress will be held this year in Washington DC from August 9 - 11 at the JW Marriott. This is a mark you calendars? announcement as planning is so early conference costs have not yet been determined. The important news, though, is this will be the first Congress open to all
SOUTHFIELD - Computer Associates International has rolled out its latest Identity and Access Management product, the eTrust IAM r8 Suite, which provides out of the box integration of IT resources and users. eTrust IAM enables a common set of policies and automated workflows to be applied to all aspects of identity management and access control.
PORTLAND ? SecureWorld Expo has partnered with ISSA International to provide SecureWorld?s six-city regional Security conference, with more Security educational programming, including at its show this September in Detroit. ISSA, the Information Systems Security Association, is a non-for-profit organization that promotes education and interaction for its security members. Officials with SecureWorld Expo said this partnership
GREAT FALLS, VA. ? The nearly 170 million online adults in the United States spend an average of three minutes each day deleting spam, which when you factor in the average working wage, costs the U.S. economy almost $22 billion annually in lost productivity. This data comes from the 2004 National Technology Readiness Survey, produced
BOSTON - Sixty-five percent of businesses surveyed by Forrester Research said they plan to buy software that will protect their systems from spyware. The survey was done with Technology decision makers at 185 North American companies. While 69 percent of large enterprises said they would purchase anti-spyware tools this year, only 53 percent of small
PALO ALTO ? In February, Hewlett-Packard released its latest antivirus software, meant to block attacks once they?ve been launched on a network. The new HP Virus Throttle software is designed to speed the rate at which companies can find and address threats posed to their IT systems. HP said the tools search for abnormal, virus-like
GRAND RAPIDS - Among the technical security chatter among InfraGard Presidents in January was a reference to someone spoofing a company?s caller phone ID. While the incident was not used for a phishing scam, concern was expressed that a hacker could adopt the technique to dupe some unsuspecting soul out of precious private information ?