SEATTLE - Windows Vista will have new antipiracy technology that locks people out their PCs if the operating system isn't activated within 30 days after installation. If Vista is not activated with a legitimate product registration key in time, the system will run in "reduced functionality mode" until it is activated, Thomas Lindeman, a senior
WASHINGTON, D.C. - It is not just young adults using social networking web sites, like MySpace.Com, but a growing number of older adults, with the growing potential to make a social network user a victim of cyber-crime. This information comes from a study just released by CA and the National Cyber Security Alliance that examined
ISLANDIA, N.Y. - Managing security events in today's corporate environment poses a series of challenges for beleaguered IT personnel and their organizations. A daily onslaught of security data from disparate systems, platforms and applications delivers the first challenge. Numerous point solutions such as antivirus software, firewalls, intrusion prevention systems, intrusion detection, access control, identity management,
NEW YORK - General Electric Co. said a company laptop containing the names and Social Security numbers of 50,000 current and former employees was stolen in early September from a locked hotel room. The Fairfield, Conn.-based company began mailing letters this week to the people whose names and Social Security numbers were on the laptop
WASHINGTON DC - In response to the seemingly endless disappearances or thefts of laptops from government agencies, Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.) has introduced a bill that would address the problem - or so it seems. The "Federal Agency Data Breach Protection Act," or H.R. 6163, as penned by Government Reform Committee chair Davis, would direct
SOUTHFIELD - David Powloski, Product Director, SOA Software, will discuss the benefits of SOA Security at the Oct. 19 meeting of the Motor City ISSA. Powloski?s presentation examines the impact of SOA on enterprise security, and describes the technology and procedural approaches to managing this risk. As the Product Director for SOA Software, Powloski is
ROYAL OAK - Intelligent Connections has partnered with Barracuda Networks, which provides enterprise-class application security appliances for email, Internet, and IM protection. ?Intelligent Connections has achieved the highest level of partnerships with best-of-breed manufacturers, and the new partnership with Barracuda Networks will give us an even stronger competitive edge in the industry? says Brian Haboush,
SEATTLE - For the second time in as many weeks a group of security professionals has released a third-party fix for a Windows flaw that is actively being used in cyberattacks. The group, calling itself the Zeroday Emergency Response Team, or ZERT, created the patch so Windows users can protect their PCs while Microsoft works
ROCHESTER ? Michael Brown, the former director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Richard Marshall of the National Security Agency will be featured Oct. 20 at Oakland University's third annual Emergency Preparedness and Business Continuity Conference. Topics include cyber security, workplace violence, identity theft, modeling and simulation, risk analysis, mitigation policies, media relations, financial assurance,
SEATTLE - Microsoft may offer an Internet Explorer security update before its next official Patch Tuesday. The update is being designed to fix a serious flaw in the way the widely used Web browser handles certain graphics files, CNET News.Com reported. The flaw, first reported last week, is increasingly being used in attacks on IE