BOSTON - Sixty-five percent of businesses surveyed by Forrester Research said they plan to buy software that will protect their systems from spyware. The survey was done with Technology decision makers at 185 North American companies. While 69 percent of large enterprises said they would purchase anti-spyware tools this year, only 53 percent of small
GREAT FALLS, VA. ? The nearly 170 million online adults in the United States spend an average of three minutes each day deleting spam, which when you factor in the average working wage, costs the U.S. economy almost $22 billion annually in lost productivity. This data comes from the 2004 National Technology Readiness Survey, produced
PALO ALTO ? In February, Hewlett-Packard released its latest antivirus software, meant to block attacks once they?ve been launched on a network. The new HP Virus Throttle software is designed to speed the rate at which companies can find and address threats posed to their IT systems. HP said the tools search for abnormal, virus-like
GRAND RAPIDS - Among the technical security chatter among InfraGard Presidents in January was a reference to someone spoofing a company?s caller phone ID. While the incident was not used for a phishing scam, concern was expressed that a hacker could adopt the technique to dupe some unsuspecting soul out of precious private information ?
DETROIT ? Foreign visitors departing from Detroit Metropolitan Airport are now required to provide their two index finger scans and hold for a photo as part of a pilot program to test and evaluate an automated biometric exit process. The new anti-terrorist security screens are part of an aggressive program rolled out Friday by the
TROY ? More than 1,000 eight grade students in the Troy School District found out how easy it is for hackers to harvest their personal information during an Internet Security career fair presentation sponsored by Walsh College. Brian Gawne, vice president of Olympus Security Group, in a 20-minute talk given four times on Jan. 12-13,
TROY - The United States Department of Defense is seeking graduate students from Walsh College who are interested in a grant funded scholarship program for concentrated studies in the Walsh College information assurance program - a concentrated Security curriculum. Individuals must be admitted to the MSIA or another graduate program and specialize in information assurance.
SEATTLE ? A Romania-based security service provider said that a patch issued by Microsoft this month fails to resolve all of the security issues involving the ActiveX control in Windows, which could flood PCs with spyware. GeCad said that the patch has not addressed at least one weakness that could allow a hackers to exploit
SOUTHFIELD ? Computer Associates International?s incoming CEO John Swainson will reorganize the company into autonomous business units that will have more control over their development and marketing spending and more leeway in pursuing acquisitions. The new structure will seek out more acquisitions to build out its product portfolio, Swainson said. The new structure will "ensure
SOUTHFIELD ? Computer Associates International announced Monday that its eTrust SiteMinder 6.0 has been approved by the U.S. General Services Administration under its E-Gov E-Authentication Initiative, an open standards solution for the federal government. The announcement means eTrust SiteMinder can now be used by federal agencies taking part in the E-Gov E-Authentication Initiative. What the