Guest Columns

It’s Time For Michigan To Host A National SBIR Conference

LANSING - Each of our companies received and effectively used multi-millions in government-sponsored R&D grants to fund the research, development and most importantly, commercialization of breakthrough technology innovations that have led to our business success in Michigan. Mark Clevey, a nationally recognized expert in these grants, was an instrumental part of this effort. Our interest

By |2008-07-21T00:00:00-04:00July 21st, 2008|Archive, Guest Columns|

Social Networking In Workplace Endangering Corporate Networks

TORONTO, Ontario - Trend Micro has reported an increase in the number of employees who admit to visiting social networking sites on the Internet while connected to the corporate network, according to the results of a study that explores corporate computer users' perceptions of and experiences with security threats. The study, which surveyed 1600 corporate

By |2008-07-15T00:00:00-04:00July 15th, 2008|Archive, Guest Columns|

Mismatch between IT security challenges and solutions deployed: CDW

CHICAGO - CDW Corp. has released the results of their survey of business IT professionals that revealed a disparity between the most common IT security headaches and businesses' deployment of solutions that could relieve them. The report, called "User-Proof IT Security Report," interviewed over 300 IT professionals at companies with more than 100 employees, focusing

By |2008-06-20T00:00:00-04:00June 20th, 2008|Archive, Guest Columns|

IT Industry Must Help Citizens Reclaim Digital Identities

OTTAWA, Ontario - The IT industry must help citizens reclaim their digital identities. That's the view of a top Canadian civil servant dealing with the issue, Ontario's information and privacy commissioner Anne Cavoukian. Cavoukian made reference in a recent paper to how people are losing control of their personal information that is globally circulating in

By |2008-06-20T00:00:00-04:00June 20th, 2008|Archive, Guest Columns|

Google Docs: The Latest Spam Tool

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Ca. - McAfee has discovered the use of Google Docs by spammers that circumvent spam filters in order to deliver their unsolicited messages. Google Docs is Google's online rival to Microsoft's Word text processing application. By hosting their message on legitimate sites such as Google Docs, spammers make it harder for anti-spam technology

By |2008-06-20T00:00:00-04:00June 20th, 2008|Archive, Guest Columns|

Report From The First Michigan Cyber Security Summit

LANSING - By any measure, the first Michigan Cyber Security Summit was a total success. It drew so many participants that registration had to be cut-off the week before the event. It provided outstanding presentations from nationally known speakers including Cornelius Tate, the newly appointed Director of the Department of Homeland Security�??s National Cyber Security

By |2008-06-20T00:00:00-04:00June 20th, 2008|Archive, Guest Columns|

Proofpoint Launches On-Demand e-Mail Security Service For SMB

SUNNYVALE, Ca. - E-mail security and data leak prevention vendor Proofpoint has released a version of its on-demand service for small- and medium-sized businesses. Proofpoint on Demand -- Standard Edition uses the same anti-spam and anti-virus applications found in the Enterprise Edition that was launched last summer, but the configuration has been simplified to take

By |2008-05-30T00:00:00-04:00May 30th, 2008|Archive, Guest Columns|