HICKORY CORNERS, Mi. - The 2nd biennial Michigan Celebration of Women in Computing forum April 3 -4 has issued a call for papers and posters �?? the submission deadline is March 6. Michigan Celebration of Women In Computing is part of a nationwide effort to address the alarming decline of American women choosing computer science
DETROIT - Dan Shoemaker, who is in charge of the University of Detroit Mercy's Information Assurance Center, is on his way to Paris to help the European Union develop a European strategy to secure cyberspace, starting with tightening up software code. Shoemaker is one of four delegates from the United States that will share details
SOUTHFIELD - Data Breach Investigation Report is the topic March 19 for Motor City ISSA, as David Ostertag offers a comprehensive data-driven report on forensics and computer crime investigations - gathered from 500 cases over a 4-year period. RSVP deadline is March 16. Ostertag from the Verizon Business' Investigative Response team will share insights gathered
PORTLAND, Ore. - The Houston SecureWorld event wrapped up with a 20 percent growth in attendance over last year's program! Sponsors included WebSense, Cyveillance, Alcatel-Lucent, CompTIA, Motorola AirDefense, Great Bay Software, Lumension Security, TippingPoint, Bradford Networks, ArcSight, ESET, Gigamon, Configuresoft, and more. "I look forward to next year. I would recommend your conferences to anyone
NOVI - Walsh College is hosting a workshop on March 17 that will examine Workplace Privacy Policies at the Novi Campus. Email and other forms of electronic communication have become valuable business tools. Organizations need to have an understanding of the universe of laws governing their collection, use, disclosure and protection of electronic mail. This
WASHINGTON - A group of U.S. government security organizations has listed the top 20 security actions that they recommend organizations should take to improve computer security. Called Twenty Most Important Controls and Metrics for Effective Cyber Defense and Continuous FISMA Compliance, the list was published Monday by a conglomerate of U.S. government agencies, including the
BOSTON - A study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of McAfee examining the use of Web 2.0 technology in the enterprise has found that it will continue to increase. The survey, entitled "Next-Generation Secure Web Gateway Trends and Requirements," polled 253 IT professionals and security decision makers around the world. It concluded that the
SAN JOSE - Information from security firm Symantec added. Attackers are making the rounds and exploiting a critical security flaw in Adobe Reader 9 and Acrobat 9. Earlier versions of the PDF-related software are also affected by the critical security flaw, which could cause the applications to crash and potentially let an attacker gain control
CARSON CITY, Nevada - A proposed bill in the Nevada State Legislature would make it a crime to do legitimate research on security weaknesses in radio frequency identification, the Electronic Frontier Foundation reported. . The bill, S.B. 125, would make it a Class 3 felony to possess, read, or capture another person's personal identifying information
WEST PALM BEACH, FL - If you bought something at a Best Buy store in West Palm Beach, Fla., late last year, or stayed at a Wyndham hotel in Florida last summer, or used a U.S. government travel Web site you might want to check your credit card statements closely. Best Buy warned this week