DETROIT - Michigan InfraGard members - plan to be in Washington DC September 30 and October 1 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center for the two day SecureWorld Expo. A Keynote from the recently appointed National Cyber Security Center Director, Rod Beckstrom will open the conference. Director Beckstrom will highlight the DHS perspective on
LANSING - The Michigan Homeland Security Consortium has appointed two new Executive Board Officers from within the homeland security industry sector. The newly elected officers are Stephen Potter, President of Patriot Service in Southfield and Renae Wallace, President, and CEO of Wallace RS Electric in Traverse City. Keith Brophy of RCM Technologies and Thomas Hines
SAN FRANCISCO - A team of computer scientists has published source code that can in some circumstances bypass encryption used in Microsoft's BitLocker and Apple's FileVault and be used to view the contents of supposedly secure files. A report published by CNET News.Com in February described how the contents of a computer's memory could be
STAMFORD, Conn. - The worldwide security revenue market totaled $10.4 billion in 2007, an increase of almost 20 per cent from 2006, where revenues totaled $8.7 billion, says a new study. The Gartner report also noted that there is an increasing shift toward offering appliance based products, particularly within certain segments such as e-mail security
YPSILANTI - In July, Eastern Michigan University�??s Information Assurance program and the Institute for Geospatial Studies will host 60 Detroit High School youth in a National Science Foundation ITEST Grant Program that will expose them to GIS, Cyber Security, Network Security and Computer Forensics. The summer camp runs from July 20 �?? 25. EMU is
BEIJING, China - If you want information about the earthquake in China get it from a news site and not from a link to a video that arrives in your e-mail inbox. That's the message from the US-CERT (Computer Emergency Readiness Team) on Thursday. The group has received reports of a new variant of the
AUBURN HILLS - Plexus Systems, provider of Plexus Online on-demand software for the manufacturing enterprise, announces it has set key targets for data continuity and disaster recovery for its innovative Plexus Online Software as a Service. Using a redundant infrastructure with replicated data offsite, and the latest in data streaming technology, Plexus Systems has targeted
DEARBORN - Returning to the Midwest this fall is the Detroit SecureWorld, November 4-5 to the Ford Conference and Event Center. MITechNews.Com subscribers can register for the full conference and receive a $50 discount off the $195 two-day conference pass. The Detroit event will draw renowned Security Practitioners, Senior Executives and Government Leaders, Leading Security
STERLING HEIGHTS - Women in Defense will host a meet, greet and eat on June 3 with Cynthia Pepper, Senior Director of Major Gifts and Planned Giving for United Way for Southeastern Michigan, who will discuss how a dynamic group of women harnessed their collective philanthropic resources and delivered swift results; improving the lives of
WASHINGTON DC - A proposed federal law that would slap extensive regulations on technology companies doing business in China and other nations deemed to be unreasonably "Internet-restricting" is facing an uncertain future due to opposition from the Bush administration and telecommunications providers. The House of Representatives bill says that search engines, Web e-mail services, and