Cyber Defense

Homeland Security Picks Chief Privacy Officer

WASHINGTON DC - U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced on Thursday she is appointing attorney Mary Ellen Callahan as the department's chief privacy officer. "Homeland security and privacy are not mutually exclusive, and having a seasoned professional like Mary Ellen on the team further ensures that privacy is built in to everything we do,"

By |2009-02-20T00:00:00-05:00February 20th, 2009|Archive, Cyber Defense|

McAfee Introduces New Data Protection Solutions

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Ca. - McAfee Inc. has announced the release of a new set of McAfee Data Protection solutions. "It is the coming together of all the products that [McAfee] has acquired in the data protection space over the last several years onto a common management platform and coming together as a unified solution for

By |2009-02-05T00:00:00-05:00February 5th, 2009|Archive, Cyber Defense|

Forensics, Anti-Forensic Techniques Focus Of MotorCity ISSA February Meeting

SOUTHFIELD - Forensics and Anti-Forensic Techniques will be the topic Feb. 19 when the Motor City Chapter of ISSA holds its monthly membership meeting. RSVP deadline is Feb. 16. The presentation - at Cisco Systems, Southfield Office, 2000 Tower, Suite 405, 4th floor, Southfield Town Center - will be made by Justin Peltier, Senior Security

By |2009-02-03T00:00:00-05:00February 3rd, 2009|Archive, Cyber Defense|

SAS Software User Group Meeting Feb. 5 In Ann Arbor

ANN ARBOR - The February 5 SAS Software Users Group Meeting will feature three presentations and be held at United BioSource Corp. starting at 2 pm. The agenda includes: Random Effects vs. Marginal Model Approach With Repeated Measures Data- Kathy Welch, University of Michigan Welch is a co-author of the book "Linear Mixed Models: A

By |2009-01-27T00:00:00-05:00January 27th, 2009|Archive, Cyber Defense|

Dan Lohrmann Keynotes SecureWorld Houston Feb. 12

HOUSTON - Dan Lohrmann, acting Chief Technology Officer for the State of Michigan, and a frequent speaker at SecureWorld Expo conferences, will keynote the second day of the Houston SecureWorld Expo on Feb. 12. His topic will be "E Reputation: Virtual Decisions in a Web 2.0 World." To get a quick overview of what Lohrmann

By |2009-01-26T00:00:00-05:00January 26th, 2009|Archive, Cyber Defense|

McAfee Announces New Additions To Security Innovation Alliance Program

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Ca. - McAfee has launched the Sales Teaming Program, a new tier in the company's Security Innovation Alliance that is designed to enable the McAfee sales force and channel to drive more complete security solution relationships with enterprise customers. The McAfee Sales Teaming Program was launched at McAfee's annual Sales Kick-Off event, which

By |2009-01-23T00:00:00-05:00January 23rd, 2009|Archive, Cyber Defense|

SECNAP Launches Next Generation e-Mail Security Appliance

BOCA RATON, Fl. - SECNAP Network Security Corp., a provider of security solutions, has announced the launch of its next generation e-mail security appliance: The advanced Email Security Gateway Powered by SpammerTrap that protects businesses from spam-borne viruses, Trojans, worms, DoS and DHA attacks and other malware. "SpammerTrap is a direct result of our customers

By |2009-01-23T00:00:00-05:00January 23rd, 2009|Archive, Cyber Defense|

MITechNews Partners With SecureWorld To Take Security Channel National

GRAND RAPIDS - MITechNews.Com is going national with its Security podcasting channel in a new alliance with SecureWorld Expo of Portland, Oregon. The audio-interview series is called the SecureWorld Channel. SecureWorld Channel will explore cyber security issues with national experts and reach a national audience. SecureWorld Expo, which hosts in 2009 eight live two-day security

By |2009-01-23T00:00:00-05:00January 23rd, 2009|Archive, Cyber Defense|

DOD Scholarship For Information Assurance Studies Deadline Feb. 13

TROY - February 13 is the deadline to apply at Walsh College for the U.S. Department of Defense-funded scholarship for concentrated studies in information assurance. The scholarships are available to undergraduate and graduate students beginning in the fall 2009 semester. Individuals must be admitted to the Walsh Master of Science in Information Assurance program or

By |2009-01-23T00:00:00-05:00January 23rd, 2009|Archive, Cyber Defense|