WASHINGTON ? The Global Positioning Satellite System, vital to commercial aviation and marine shipping, could be shut down during a national crisis to prevent terrorists from using it during an attack, the White House said. A Bush Administration official who spoke to a small group of reporters on condition of anonymity, said any shutdown of
DETROIT - The trip across the Canadian-US border will soon get more high-tech for many foreign travelers after the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced plans to collect digital fingerprints and photos of visa holders passing through the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel or over the Ambassador Bridge. The US-VISIT program, which is already in effect at the
PITTSBURGH ? US CERT has issued a security alert warning an attacker may be able to take control of your PC, or make it crash, through a security breach in Internet Explorer. US CERT at Carnegie Mellon University warned there is a vulnerability in the way Internet Explorer processes certain HTML code. But if the
ANN ARBOR ? More publicity, including a new branding campaign, is in the offing for InfraGard, representatives for the InfraGard Midwest Regional Council were told during the group?s fall meeting. A public relations plan is coming together that also will include more mentions of InfraGard by the FBI, and the Department of Homeland Security. InfraGard
DETROIT - Ask Emily Campbell, Information Technology Chair for ITT Technical Institute in Canton, and she will tell you the way to safeguard your career is to get into a line of business that can?t be off-shored - like security. Specifically government security. In the business world, horror stories already abound of companies in various
DUBLIN, Ohio - Security threats such as Blaster, Beagle, Slammer as well other worms and viruses have shed new light on the risks of having even a small number of non-compliant endpoints on the enterprise computer network. A fair question from the boardroom is why is this still a problem? According to the Gartner Group,
SOUTHFIELD ? Computer Associates has rolled out a new version of CleverPath, which helps simplify the delivery of complex process information to IT and business users. CleverPath Portal r4.7 supports 10 languages. The Massachusetts Department of Education has been using CleverPath Portal to support its web-based Virtual Education Space, which provides tools and resources to
BRIGHTON ? Those eggbeater-like Dermond Wind turbines getting plugged into the North American power grid by McKenzie Bay International will now be protected from cyber intruders by Pioneer Technology Services. Pioneer will provide eSecurity managed services, including data collection and warehousing, under a three-year agreement signed with McKenzie Bay. Pioneer will also provide IT support
SOUTHFIELD - HIPAA, SOX, GLBA, CFR Part 11, Basel II? alphabet soup ? What?s a good Chief Security Officer to do? Complying with the regulatory requirements does not have to be scary, nor does it have to be a reactive fire drill. The primary intent of regulatory compliance is to establish a level of control
ISLANDIA, N.Y ? Computer industry publications reported Monday that Computer Associates has tapped IBM veteran John Swainson to be its next CEO, replacing interim CEO Kenneth Cron. Swainson, who spent 26 years at Big Blue, most recently led the worldwide sales organization for the company's software group. He assumed that post in July. Swainson, who