SAN FRANCISCO - Anonymity app Secret and an independent security consultant are coming clean about a hack that could have destroyed the entire point of the popular secret-sharing app. Bryan Seely, who made headlines earlier this year with a Google Maps hack that let him listen in on FBI and Secret Service phone calls, figured
DEARBORN - ISACA and ISSA Detroit chapters are hosting a joint meeting on Sept. 17 featuring special agent David Martin who will discuss APT-Cyber espionage protection strategies. The after dinner topic is Business Impact Analysis on the Corporate Radar. The speaker is Steven Aiello, CISSP, CISA, SANS, GSEC, VCP and CNNA. WHEN: September 17 -
AUBURN HILLS - In the wake of the Target and Neiman Marcus data breaches, new data security laws are being introduced at both the federal and state levels. Beyond federal acts that address specific types of data, there are conflicting state data protection and breach notification laws. Protecting your organization and the data of your
DETROIT - Seventy-one percent of chief information officers said they prioritize skills and experience over college degrees when making hiring decisions, a new survey reports. Another 12 percent said they place a little weight on the prestige of a job seeker?s university when evaluating applicants; only 5 percent are heavily influenced by an impressive alma
EAST LANSING - Advancing the science that recognizes people by their face, fingerprints, gait, and voice - and protecting the privacy of those images - have earned an international award for a faculty member in the Michigan State University College of Engineering. Arun Ross, an associate professor of computer science and engineering at MSU, will
NEWTON, MA. - Total compensation is up, and one-third of IT organizations are looking to make new hires, according to the TechTarget 2013 information security salary survey. Are you paid what you're worth? Results from our TechTarget 2013 annual salary and careers survey, which looked at IT security professionals and IT personnel who spend their
TROY - Creative Breakthroughs is hosting a career fair at its Troy headquarters on Sept. 3, and is seeking talented professionals to join its IT risk management team. ?We?re growing at a sizzling pace and we are not planning on slowing down this year or next,? said Steve Barone, CEO, CBI. ?The IT Risk Management
BIRMINGHAM - This is an update to the article about identifying LinkedIn scammers when they request a connection. In that article we listed six ways to identify fake accounts. 1.Look at that URL. If it indicates that this is a new account (anything over 300 million right now) be very suspicious. Other than your kids
BIRMINGHAM - We all knew it was coming. As more and more networks are created and the IP address space is subdivided more and more the global routing table that backbone routers have to store in memory grow. Many older routers only have 512K of memory. If the size of the table exceeds that, the
AUBURN HILLS ? Kathy Ossian, founder of Ossian Law, will teach a workshop that takes a look at the practical approach to data security laws on Aug. 21 at 9 am at Oakland University. It is part of the Growing Your Business, Tools For Success Workshop Series. In the wake of the Target and Neiman