WASHINGTON DC - Revision3 has investigated the denial of service attack that kept it offline over the Memorial Day weekend and has concluded that antipiracy group MediaDefender is to blame. In a blog post on Thursday morning, Revision3 Chief Executive Jim Louderback writes that much of the traffic that bombarded the Web TV network was
TROY ? The Walsh College IAC Center will host a week-long seminar June 14 to prepare security professionals for the CISSP certification exam. The minimum professional experience requirement for CISSP certification will be five years of relevant work experience in two or more of the 10 domains of the CISSP CBK, or four years of
SOUTHFIELD - The Motor City Chapter of ISSA's June meeting will focus on Threat Models Communicated in Business Practices. ISSA Board member Steven Fox will be the presenter June 19 at Cisco Systems' Southfield office. Registration deadline is June 16. A successful risk assessment considers the processes that leverage technology in realizing business goals. To
BROOKFIELD, Wisconsin - CA is hosting a private seminar on June 3 on planning and implementing and enterprise Identity and Access Management project at the Courtyard by Marriott Milwaukee-Brookfield. Identity and Access Management is key to an organization's success, regulatory compliance, cutting IT costs, and ability to secure its resources. Yet, many organizations face obstacles
DETROIT ? The Detroit/Wayne County Port Authority received $1.6 million from the Department of Homeland Security to continue development of a Risk Mitigation Plan for the Port of Detroit. The port, in three rounds of funding, has received $4.5 million from Homeland Security. Nationwide, Homeland Security has awarded $844 million in funding for fiscal year
WASHINGTON DC - A U.S. Senate panel has unanimously approved a bill that would encourage federal, state, and local police to use and create special software designed to nab child pornography swappers on peer-to-peer file-sharing networks. The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday voted to send an amended version of the Combating Child Exploitation Act, chiefly
WASHINGTON - Politicians from states opposed to the U.S. government's Real ID plan had one message on Wednesday: It's not too late to turn this ship around. Mark Sanford, the Republican governor of South Carolina, and Jon Tester, a Democratic U.S. senator from Montana, on Wednesday delivered a now-familiar bruising to the controversial national driver's
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MOUNTAIN VIEW - You think your personal information is priceless. But everything has a price, even your stolen bank account information. McAfee Avert Labs has discovered a price list that criminals use to buy and sell credit card numbers, bank account log-ins, and other consumer data that have been filched from unsuspecting Web surfers. "Last
DETROIT - Being on an International border is always a hot topic when it comes to security. News this week concerns the precedent set by a search of electronic media on the US/Canada border that ended up overturning a child pornographers appeal to have evidence obtained on his return from the Philippines thrown out of