BOSTON - Senior IT executives openly admit there is room for improvement in their organizations in terms of planning around disaster recovery and business continuity, a recent study by IDG has found. "We found that six per cent of budgets are being spent on disaster recovery and business continuity planning; and 72 per cent expect
SAN JOSE - Compliance, security and legal risks are leaving organizations of all types at risk of losing their digital information, according to a warning from 276 long-term archive practitioners who participated in the Storage Networking Industry Association's 100 Year Archive Requirements Survey Report. "Large organizations faced with retaining and preserving huge amounts of digital
ROYAL OAK - RazorThreat announced Shore Mortgage has implemented its security information and threat management software, the Threat Analysis Console. Shore Mortgage, with 350 employees and five offices across the state, specializes in FHA loans and regularly processes financially and personally sensitive information. "Unlike other products we've used, the TAC is great because it's not
DETROIT - Greg Garcia, the Assistant Secretary for Cybersecurity and Telecommunications for the Department of Homeland Security, will deliver the keynote address at Detroit SecureWorld, October 10 at the Ford Conference and Event Center. Garcia will be covering IT Sector-Specific Plan Development and Implementation. MiTech News Subscribers receive complimentary admission to Keynotes, Expert Panels, Vendors
YPSILANTI ? Network security solutions provider XyLocTM announced it has relocated its corporate offices to the Forest Health Services Building in Ypsilanti as the company prepares for rapid growth. Ensure Technologies moved its headquarters to a larger facility shared with Forest Health Services, a XyLoc customer since 1999. The increased office space is designed to
SOUTHFIELD ? Global business intelligence provider Veritas Global has hired Brian Gawne ? president of MotorCity Information Systems Security Association ? to its team as a managing director of computer forensics and IT investigations. ?Brian brings a great deal of computer security and forensic knowledge to our investigative operations,? said Gregory Suhajda, Veritas? chief operating
YPSILANTI ? OnlyMyEmail has introduced a Web-accessed email solution, OME-kids.com, which will offer children protection from internet predators who try to reach kids through their email. OnlyMyEmail will not accept payments from direct marketers to bypass its filters. What?s more, the OME-Kids solution protects children from e-marketers that conduct direct-marketing campaigns aimed at kids. OME-kids.com
WASHINGTON DC - A key portion of the Patriot Act is unconstitutional and violates Americans' free speech rights, a federal judge said Thursday in a case that could represent a bitter setback for the Bush administration's attempts to expand its surveillance powers. U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero said the section of the Patriot Act that
WASHINGTON DC - Under sharp questioning from politicians, Department of Homeland Security officials on last week defended a new plan to make detailed satellite images available to a broader swath of government agencies, including state and local police. At a U.S. House of Representatives Homeland Security Committee hearing here, Democrats and Republican politicians alike accused
LANSING ? U.S. Marine Corps Major General Bradley Lott, the newly appointed Director of the Defense Contract Coordination Center, will be the keynote speaker on Sept. 11 at a program hosted by the Michigan Homeland Security Consortium at the Radisson Hotel in Lansing. The MIHSC program also features a panel discussion on Michigan-based businesses succeeding