TROY - Walsh College will be offering CISSP exam preparation courses for the information security industry standards of excellence four times in 2006, starting in March. The week-long review seminar is $2,495. Call Walsh Professor Nan Poulios at 248-823-1369 or (ISC)2 at 1-866-GO-CISSP for more information. The first course will be held at the Troy
DETROIT - The Detroit Regional Chamber is currently proposing that the federal government adopt the drivers license as the citizenship ID of choice for NAFTA border crossings by consolidating the approach to two separate, but closely related security initiatives that stand to impact not only the Detroit Region, but all US border crossings between Canada
FARMINGTON HILLS - Pornography has traditionally been used as a weapon by mass mailers to spread deadly infections over the internet. Exploiting the human vulnerability for sex related content, this method has proved to be highly effective in malice proliferation. The unsuspecting user is lured to open an attachment which promises to be some thing
DEARBORN - CA and CMP Media are co hosting a breakfast seminar in February aimed at helping Michigan CIOs, Directors, Vice Presidents and Information Technology decision makers to learn more about best practices for deploying IT service management. Participants will have the opportunity to interact with CA experts, and a highly experienced senior consultant from
SOUTHFIELD - The January meeting of ISSA Jan. 19 will feature a presentation by Jim Hanlon who will discuss Managing Security from a CISCO Perspective. The discussion starts at 6:30 pm at 2000 Town Center, Suite 200B conference room. The meeting is open to all paid and trail members of ISSA and their guests. To
CUPERTIONO, CA - A security update to Apple Computer's popular QuickTime media player software is being blamed for causing problems for some Mac OS X and Windows users. People have reported a variety of glitches on discussion boards on Apple's Web site. Mac OS X users appear to be having the most trouble, including deleted
WASHINGTON DC - A coalition of software companies have agreed on standard methods for identifying and combating spyware, those unwelcome downloads that have plagued Internet users with pop-up ads and other annoyances. The Anti-Spyware Coalition, whose members include Microsoft, Symantec, Computer Associates, McAfee, AOL and Yahoo, said on Thursday that it has finalized its spyware
WASHINGTON DC ? Critics have taken aim at a study published by the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team that said more vulnerabilities were found in Linux/Unix than in Windows last year. The report, Cyber Security Bulletin 2005, was released last week. It claimed that out of 5,198 reported flaws, 812 were found in Microsoft's Windows
TROY ? The application deadline for the Walsh College Information Assurance Scholarship ? funded by the Defense Department ? is just a week away. Applicants must be students in the Walsh master of science in information assurance program or another graduate program and specialize in information assurance ? delivering data, text, and more in a
DETROIT - Experts are advising corporations to use an unofficial patch to combat the latest Microsoft Windows Meta File exploit, which can open the door to malicious spam to MSN Messenger worms. Antivirus vendor F-Secure and the Internet Storm Center, a volunteer security group, separately urged businesses on Tuesday to use the unofficial patch, as