CAMPBELL, Ca. - If all things were equal, 53 per cent of 228 U.S.-based IT security professionals surveyed would deploy open source security software versus 47 per cent that would use a commercial product for similar functionality, according to a recent study conducted by Barracuda Networks Inc., a provider of e-mail and Web security appliances.
YPSILANTI ? Eastern Michigan University will be dedicating its Experiential Learning Center, aimed at training the next generation of Information Assurance professionals on Oct. 25. The new 15,000 square foot security lab is the brainchild of Gerald ?Skip? Lawver, an Associate Professor in the School of Technology Studies at EMU as well as Director of
DEARBORN - InfraGard shared the excitement along with several hundred security professionals for the two-day SecureWorld conference held this year in Dearborn at the Ford Conference and Event Center. Opening keynoter Jason Witty, Vice President, Security Services, LaSalle Bank covered the State of the Internet. The State of the Internet, in a nutshell, is dangerous.
WASHINGTON -- Former Vice President Al Gore won a share of the Nobel Peace Prize for his work publicizing global warming, an honor that plays the green card even more in presidential politics and increases the probability Gore will enter the 2008 presidential race. The former vice president ? who won the popular vote in
LANSING - A ballot question committee to put a proposal allowing research in Michigan using embryonic stem cells on the November ballot has filed with the Department of State, but a spokesperson said there is no decision yet on whether to pursue a ballot initiative. Marcia Baum of Michigan Citizens for Stem Cell Research and
KALAMAZOO - Dan Lohrmann, Michigan's Chief Information Security Officer, talks about the 10 cyber security threats that keep him awake at night as Michigan's cyber czar. Lohrmann gave a longer version of this presentation at the GLIMA Southwest Security Conference on Oct. 4. His power point presentation can be found at GLIMASouthwest.Com To listen, click
DEABORN - Greg Garcia, Assistant Secretary of Cyber Security and Communications for the Department of Homeland Security, discusses the threats facing the United States from hacktivsts, terrorists, state-sponsored terrorism and more in this News Maker interview from the Detroit SecureWorld Expo. Garcia is the nation's first cyber czar. To listen, click on MITechNews.MediaRica.Com a>>
DEARBORN - Greg Garcia, Assistant Secretary of Cyber Security and Communications for the Department of Homeland Security, discusses the threats facing the United States from hacktivsts, terrorists, state-sponsored terrorism and more in this News Maker interview from the Detroit SecureWorld Expo. Garcia is the nation?s first cyber czar. To listen, click on MITechNews.MediaRica.Com a>>
AUBURN HILLS - The United Auto Workers and Chrysler Wednesday reached a tentative agreement on a labor contract only six hours after union workers went on strike to accelerate the talks. The pact calls for Chrysler to create a multibillion-dollar trust fund to cover the cost of health care for UAW retirees, The Wall Street
LANSING ? Michigan House Tax Policy Chair Rep. Steve Bieda (D-Warren) is working with business groups and others on potential legislation that would tighten definitions of the new tax on 26 categories of services that is to go into effect December 1. Bieda, who has held several private sessions on the subject, said his work