YPSILANTI ? What does your IT Security Index look like? In recent study Marcus Fedell, manager of federal opportunity products at INPUT reported that civilian cyber security ? related IT spending is anticipated to grow 27 percent over the next five years due to poor security assessment ratings and increased attention to homeland security. Vulnerability,
GRAND RAPIDS ? Our Security Ask the Expert Question in April came from a business owner who asked how he can stop employees from using the Internet for non appropriate sites. The answer came from Tim Whitmer, CISM, CISSP of Computer Associates. Question: As a business owner, how can I stop employees from using the
SOUTHFIELD ?The Detroit Chapter of the Society of Information Management was one of the winners of the annual SIM Membership Growth Competition for 2004, posting the highest growth of membership in its size category. The Detroit Chapter of SIM won the award for the ?Large? category of between 51 and 100 members. The announcement was
SAN FRANCISCO ? CNET.Com warns a new variant of the Crowt worm could block infected browsers from accessing Web sites belonging to some antivirus sellers, and could send bank customers to fraudulent sites. Crowt.D, first discovered last week, opens up the Google News site upon infection, then alters the computer's HOSTS file to add a
SOUTHFIELD ? Computer Associates has acquired an advanced mainframe and access management security software package from InfoSec. The application automatically identifies and removes obsolete, unused and rogue user IDs and access rights. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. The solution, eTrust Cleanup, helps customers cope with the increased complexity of identity and access management,
YPSILANTI ? The Center for Regional and National Security (CeRNS) at Eastern Michigan University could soon become the second college in Michigan to earn the coveted Center of Excellence Status from the National Security Agency. The other is Walsh College in Troy. With a Center For Excellence designation, CeRNS could get more scholarship money for
SOUTHFIELD ? A Homeland Security official will discuss how to prevent Identity Theft Thursday night during the monthly meeting of the Motor City Chapter of the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA). DHS official Dan Langohr will speak at 6:30 p.m. at the Lawrence Technological University?s Buell Management Building in the University Technology and Learning Center,
TROY ? Walsh College will co host SecureDetroit 2005, an ISC2 Security Leadership Seminar on April 27. The focus of this year?s conference is Focus on Enterprise Vulnerability Management. Participants can earn eight CPEs that will be automatically credited to your account without risk of audit. This seminar offers 3 different tracks: Track 1 -
DETROIT ? First there was phishing. Now there is pharming, a new name for an old hacker technique that security professionals call DNS Poisoning ? when web sites are redirected to other places on the net, usually for malicious purposes. The Internet Storm Center has issued warnings this month that pharming is on the rise,
DETROIT ? On March 1, InfraGard and The SANS (SysAdmin, Audit, Network, Security) Institute launched a five-month pilot partnership to provide up-to-date and practical training on current issues for the security community. SANS Institute is the acknowledged leader in security training. Their instructors have front line experience doing the work they teach in the classroom.