Cyber Defense

RazorThreat Appoints Tierney Vice President Strategic Accounts

PONTIAC - RazorThreat has appointed Deane Tierney, Vice President Strategic Accounts. He reports to Greg Guidice, president and CEO. Tierney brings to RazorThreat extensive information technology industry experience in Channel Management and Development, Sales and Sales Management. He also brings with him more than ten years network security experience. Most recently he was a Channel

By |2014-01-15T00:00:00-05:00January 15th, 2014|Archive, Cyber Defense|

Michigan Cyber Summit 2013: The Importance Of Government Partnerships

NVOI - Kelvin Coleman, Branch Chief for the Government Engagement Office of Cybersecurity and Communications for the Department of Homeland Security, discusses the importance of partnerships and the need to come together at the federal, state and local levels when combating cyber challenges. Kelvin applauds Governor Snyder and Michigan on their persistence in dealing with

By |2014-01-10T00:00:00-05:00January 10th, 2014|Archive, Cyber Defense|

Michigan Cyber Summit 2013 – Gov. Snyder Shares Cybersecurity Best Practices

NOVI - Governor Rick Snyder, host of the 2013 Michigan Cyber Summit, shares examples of how and why cybersecurity is so critical and best practices to follow. He discusses current cybersecurity projects and initiatives in Michigan, nationally and globally to address the increasing threat and to help us be prepared. Governor Snyder announces the launch

By |2014-01-10T00:00:00-05:00January 10th, 2014|Archive, Cyber Defense|

Yahoo Mail Now Provides Automatic Encryption

SAN FRANCISCO - As promised, Yahoo is now automatically encrypting Yahoo Mail users' connections to the service. The company announced Tuesday it has enabled automatic HTTPS as the default for all users on the network, coming in a day before the January 8 deadline it placed on itself in October, CNET News.Com reported. With the

By |2014-01-09T00:00:00-05:00January 9th, 2014|Archive, Cyber Defense|

Snapchat Users Beware – Hackers Compromise 4.6 Million Accounts

SAN FRANCISCO - Heads up, Snapchat users: someone has allegedly comprised 4.6 million accounts, potentially exposing your usernames and phone numbers. The Snapchat account information apparently had been posted to a site called SnapchatDB.info by an individual or group determined to prod the 2-year-old photo-sharing service, which has more than 8 million adult users in

By |2014-01-02T00:00:00-05:00January 2nd, 2014|Archive, Cyber Defense|

IT Security Industry Has a New Adversary

BIRMINGHAM - My coverage of the NSA's massive data gathering and attacks on fundamental security technology has been focused on the expected impact on the IT security industry. I was one of the first to publish trepidation a day after the first Snowden report and again a week later. Recent events appear to validate my

By |2014-01-02T00:00:00-05:00January 2nd, 2014|Archive, Cyber Defense|

The Increasing Mobility Threat to IT Security

TENAFLY, N.J. - Any organization that has not already started to think about the impact mobility has on IT security should start doing so this year. 63% of businesses provide formal access to some of their business applications to mobile users, a Quocirca research report "Digital Identities and the Open Business," showed. Furthermore, the sheer

By |2014-01-02T00:00:00-05:00January 2nd, 2014|Archive, Cyber Defense|

US District Judge Dismisses ACLU Lawsuit Against NSA

WASHINGTON DC - A US district judge dismissed the American Civil Liberties Union's lawsuit against the government's top spy agency, ruling that bulk collection of telephony metadata by the NSA is lawful. In June, the ACLU filed suit to challenge the constitutionality of the National Security Agency's mass collection of phone records, arguing that the

By |2013-12-30T00:00:00-05:00December 30th, 2013|Archive, Cyber Defense|