LANSING ? Economic Development and Information Technology have come together under the new Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget offering Michigan businesses the chance to bid on nearly a half billion dollars in IT infrastructure work up for grabs. The money flows through Amy Baumer who provides all the details in this Cyber Defense
LANSING ? Trent Carpenter, the new Chief Information Security Officer for the state of Michigan, talks about how the state has been certified as PCI compliant by the credit cards companies ? meaning the state's 10 million plus residents can do such mundane tasks as buy vehicle license tabs online, rather than stand in line
NEW YORK - For the second time in less than six months, visitors to the Drudge Report say they got malware in addition to the Web site's usual sensational headlines. Matt Drudge denied that his site was infecting visitors, however it's likely that the malware is coming from ads delivered by a third-party ad network
SAN FRANCISCO - Fortify Software has announced the results of a straw poll taken at the RSA Conference 2010. Based on an informal survey of 200 security professionals in attendance, Fortify's poll sought to assess the general awareness of the risk associated with insecure software, as well as the adoption of software security solutions within
NEW YORK - IBM has released results from its annual IBM X-Force 2009 Trend and Risk Report. The report's findings show that existing threats such as phishing and document format vulnerabilities have continued to expand, despite the fact that clients have generally made strides to improve security. The IBM X-Force 2009 Trend and Risk Report
LANSING ? Dan Lohrmann, chief technology officer for the State of Michigan, and Director of Infrastructure Services, says the state is rapidly moving towards a cloud computing infrastructure to store, and retrieve, most state records. To listen, click on MITechNews.JenesysGroup.Com a>>
KALAMAZOO - Don't miss the Great Lakes 2010 InfraGard Conference to be held at The Fetzer Center in Kalamazoo on March 10. As an added bonus, you earn six CPEs for attending this event. "Securing the Next Decade: Great Lakes 2010 InfraGard Conference" Date: Wednesday March 10th, 2010 Time: 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM (breakfast
LONDON - Executives unsure of the viability of cloud computing need look no further than the criminal fraternity for a ringing endorsement of the technology, according to a security expert. Cloud computing has been enthusiastically taken up by criminals for a range of activities, Rik Ferguson, senior security adviser at security firm Trend Micro, told
CUPERTINO, Ca. - Apple's new iPad device looks like it will have some of the same security issues that affect the iPhone, such as weak encryption, a mobile security expert said. For one, if the iPad employs encryption the same way the iPhone does, sensitive personal data, including phone numbers and e-mail addresses, could be
SAN JOSE - Security suite vendor McAfee in its 2010 product line introduced an overhauled interface and new features in a bid to remain competitive. The change to its interface is as dramatic a shift as the one that Avast introduced in its 2010 suites, although McAfee's look is drastically different from any major security