DETROIT - In Cambridge, Mass, a 12-mile fiber optic photonically encrypted secure network is in operation, perhaps the most secure network in the world. But it is security without a cause because there is nothing to protect on the network. It is a test bed, providing proof of concept for military and early adopters that
PITTSBURGH ? U.S. Cert has issued a Cyber Security Alert for the Apple Mac Operating System, which has been diagnosed with multiple vulnerabilities to hackers. The system affected it the Mac OS X Version 10.3.0 (Panther) and Mac OS X Server version 10.3.9. Apple has released Security Update 2005-005 to correct several vulnerabilites affecting Mac
SAN FRANCISCO - The new generation of Operating Systems includes improvements aimed at keeping data safer. Microsoft, long the target of hackers' efforts and resulting customer ire, has promised anti-spyware and other tools in the upcoming version of Windows, code-named Longhorn. And while they aren't as aggressive about marketing their security efforts, Apple Computer and
SEATTLE - Microsoft on Tuesday issued an "important" Windows security fix as part of its monthly patch cycle, tackling a script injection vulnerability that could allow an attacker to take over a PC. The software giant also published two early alerts as part of its new pilot program, Microsoft Security Advisories, which confirms reports of
CHICAGO ? Dan Lohrmann, Chief Information Security Officer for the state of Michigan, has been nominated for the first Information Security Executive of the Year Midwest Awards 2005. This Award, which recognizes information security excellence across the Midwest, will be presented at a gala dinner at the Fairmont Hotel in Chicago on May 12. Lohrmann,
DETROIT - Asks a banner ad on the SANS web site (www.sans.org) for a leading provider of enterprise information consolidation tools for monitoring security systems in real time: Prime Time for Real Time is the title of an article in the latest issue of Intelligent Enterprise talking about how business success is defined more and
DETROIT ? Seminars on information assurance and patch management updates are the topics in May of two events co sponsored by the Grand Rapids and Motor City Chapters of the Information Systems Security Association. On May 24, Walsh College is offering at its Novi Campus a half-day seminar on information assurance to government and not
ARLINGTON, Va. ? U.S. CERT ? United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team ? issued two alerts in April, one on the security vulnerabilities of various Oracle products and the other on Microsoft and the vulnerabilities discovered in Windows. Oracle released a Critical Patch Update in April that addresses more than seventy vulnerabilities in different Oracle
TROY ? Some eighty Security professionals attended the SecureDetroit 2005, which doubled as an (ISC)2 Security Leadership Seminar, an event Walsh College plans to make an annual event. SecureDetroit?s focus was on Enterprise Vulnerability Management, said Nanette Poulios, Director of Walsh?s Information Assurance Center and assistant professor in the Business Information Technology Department. The event
BLOOMFIELD HILLS - The ?password blues? is a term coined by Dan Blum of The Burton Group, and it refers to the collection of passwords a typical user has to navigate multiple directories, web sites and portals to make their way through a manufacturing, design and/or procuring process. In a customer model ? this phenomena