GRAND RAPIDS ? Paul Hightower, a senior level official for the Department of Homeland Security, will discus at Grand Valley State University on Nov. 6 private sector participation in security planning. Hightower, Deputy Director, Infrastructure and Coordination Division, Directorate of Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection, Department of Homeland Security, also wants to know what?s on
SAN DIEGO, Ca. - The summer of 2007 may have been a hot one but in the case of spam and virus activity, it was downright cool, according to St. Bernard Software Inc., a global provider of security appliances and on-demand solutions. The average number of messages St. Bernard's customers received per day dropped nearly
YPSILANTI ? Eastern Michigan University will be dedicating its Experiential Learning Center, aimed at training the next generation of Information Assurance professionals on Oct. 25. The new 15,000 square foot security lab is the brainchild of Gerald ?Skip? Lawver, an Associate Professor in the School of Technology Studies at EMU as well as Director of
ANN ARBOR ? The IT Security Services at The University of Michigan and MERIT are holding a conference Oct. 16 in Ann Arbor that will address the latest developments in IT Security and the mounting threat from hackers, phishers and others intent on the malicious destruction of data or technology systems. This event, at the
YPSILANTI ? Eastern Michigan University will be hosting IP3 on Oct. 30-31 for a comprehensive IT-IA Security seminar for corporate and institutional IT Security leaders. Ken Kousky, President and CEO of IP3, will conduct and showcase the world- class seminar, From Strategy to Reality: The Bigger Picture. This is a must attend event for all
TROY ? Walsh College, a designated National Security Association Center of Excellence, has mapped out a new curriculum for IT professionals to understand changing regulations, increase risks and liabilities, new technology ad privacy issues for regulations such as HIPAA, Sarbanes-Oxley and the Patriot Act. Those classes include CNSS 4011, 4012, 4013, 4014 and 4015. Analysts
DEARBORN ? Nanette Poulios, Director of the Information Assurance Center, Walsh College, will deliver a talk on Oct. 9 during the Detroit SecureWorld Conference called Why Phishing Works. The conference session, from 8:30 ? 9:15 am, will look at why our training often fails to produce the effects expected. Included will be phishing examples from
SAN JOSE, Ca. - With Bluetooth wireless features fast becoming commonplace on mobile devices, users need to be aware of the security vulnerabilities linked to the technology, a Symantec executive told CNET News.Com. A study by research firm InsightExpress revealed that 73 percent of mobile device users are not acquainted with security issues that could
DEARBORN ? Motor City ISSA will not be holding a monthly meeting in October, but the security networking group is urging its members to attend an ISSA Lunch at SecureWorld, Oct. 10 at the Ford Conference and Event Center in Dearborn. The featured speaker at the ISSA-member only lunch is Tom Gennell, Director of Data
WASHINGTON DC - Data leakage events continue to become more serious, with the types of information that companies are losing or having stolen becoming increasingly strategic and valuable, according to the Computing Technology Industry Association. The industry group said that even as companies employ new tools and processes to thwart data leakage, the types of