BOULDER, Co. - The new report about protecting smaller businesses' from security threats from its growing mobile workforce predicts a perfect storm is building in the IT security world. With companies growing and adding more remote and mobile workers, IT departments are finding it difficult to keep pace in staffing; while, at the same time,
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Ca. - It wasn't long after Google announced its long-anticipated mobile plans this week that a debate emerged about the prospective security of the project's Linux-based platform. Can the open-source model for the platform, now known as Android, produce secure code? CNET News.Com asked. Will phones based on Android, dubbed "Gphones" by many,
TROY - JobApp Network, a subscription-based, automated phone and web-based hourly recruiting solution, has landed $4 million in equity funding from Vineyard Capital Group and its affiliated investors, the largest single investment made in a Michigan-based company this year. Richard Helppie, Managing Director of Vineyard Capital Group, will serve as Chairman of the board of
SOUTHFIELD ? Security engineer Tim Heagarty of SecureWorks will discuss successful security monitoring in large environments at the Nov. 15 Motor City ISSA meeting at the Southfield Town Center. Deploying the right security technology in the right places is tricky enough - building the infrastructure to support that technology and get the most out of
BATTLE CREEK - The Michigan Homeland Security Consortium and Battle Creek Unlimited will announce Nov. 13 a key partnership to make investments and support the homeland security industry. This partnership has support from statewide leaders who will participate in a news conference next Tuesday at 11:45 am at the Battle Creek Unlimited Office. Those leaders
WASHINGTON DC ? Thousands of people attended Computer Security Institute 2007 this week in the nation?s capital where more than 100 educational sessions and seminars on such topics as Risks & Metrics, Rising Threats on the Web, and Incident Response were explored. Walsh College IAC Director Nan Poulios, who attended the event, said she presented
GRAND RAPIDS - James Placer CCSE, CCSP, will examine the true cost of a data breach Nov. 16 at the next meeting of The Right Place Program's Fourth Friday networking event. The recent changes in state and federal legislation have pushed the data retention and notification requirements to all companies and individuals with significant punitive
TROY - Under the new leadership of Jennifer Bowden, the Southeast Michigan Information Security Regional Skills Alliance is gearing up with several new initiatives to ensure that Southeast Michigan has a trained workforce in information security. A major component of the MiRSA will now be to examine information security and how it affects the everyday
DETROIT - Now, granted, that number was meant to get your attention. That is the number of countries currently listed by Wikipedia that have less population than the current watch list that has grown to 755,000 entries. Some of those countries include populations of a single island of 50. Still, to call a list this
GRAND RAPIDS - Larry Shattuck, a Midwest InfraGard board member, reports on the presentation give Nov. 5 by Paul Hightower, Deputy Director of the Department of Homeland Security. Hightower was the keynote speaker for a Michigan InfraGard event at Grand Valley State University. He examined the tough question of where does America stand in the