Guest Columns

9-11 Catalyst For Development Of InfraGard

DETROIT - On this month's anniversary of 9/11, it is only fitting that InfraGard takes a moment to reflect on the event that was possibly the single greatest catalyst to the development of the security organization. While there are tons of websites that contain information about the terrorist attacks and subsequent reaction of the United

By |2008-09-19T00:00:00-04:00September 19th, 2008|Archive, Guest Columns|

Lack of Technological Innovators Threatens Michigan

TRAVERSE CITY - A sharp decline in engineering-school enrollments in Michigan will have an adverse effect on the state's economy and also threatens the long-term recovery of the nation's domestic auto industry. "In the past six years new engineering enrollments at Michigan universities have plummeted by more than 13 percent compared to a nine percent

By |2008-08-12T00:00:00-04:00August 12th, 2008|Archive, Guest Columns|

New Protections for Genetic Information

DETROIT - On May 21, President Bush signed into law the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, a law designed, in part, to prohibit employers from discriminating against employees and applicants for employment on the basis of their genetic information. Part of the reason for the enactment of GINA was to enable individuals to take advantage of

By |2008-08-08T00:00:00-04:00August 8th, 2008|Archive, Guest Columns|

ID Analytics Study Looks Into Employees’ Criminal Misuse Of Stolen Identities

SAN DIEGO - ID Analytics, which providers on-demand identity intelligence, has released the findings of its survey that analyzed the criminal behavior patterns associated with the misuse of identities stolen from the workplace by employees. The ID Analytics' study, "Analysis of Internal Data Theft", sought to expose how, where and when employees misused data stolen

By |2008-08-05T00:00:00-04:00August 5th, 2008|Archive, Guest Columns|

Cyber-Crime Takes On Methods Of Legitimate Business

SAN JOSE, Ca. - Cyber-criminals have become organized and bare more than a passing resemblance to legitimate business today, according to Finjan's latest trends report from its Malicious Code Research Center. The report looked at the trend of cyber-crime during the second quarter of 2008, and it looks like cyber-criminals have gone up-scale. Finjan's research,

By |2008-07-25T00:00:00-04:00July 25th, 2008|Archive, Guest Columns|

Spam On The Rise; Spammers Turn To New Avenues

BOSTON - Spam is on the increase again, and Sophos' latest spam trends report shows that only one in 28 e-mails can be considered legitimate. The rest are like the Vikings in that classic Monty Python skit: Spam, spam, spam. While there have been increases and decreases over the last couple of years, with spam

By |2008-07-25T00:00:00-04:00July 25th, 2008|Archive, Guest Columns|

It’s Time For Michigan To Host A National SBIR Conference

LANSING - Each of our companies received and effectively used multi-millions in government-sponsored R&D grants to fund the research, development and most importantly, commercialization of breakthrough technology innovations that have led to our business success in Michigan. Mark Clevey, a nationally recognized expert in these grants, was an instrumental part of this effort. Our interest

By |2008-07-21T00:00:00-04:00July 21st, 2008|Archive, Guest Columns|

Social Networking In Workplace Endangering Corporate Networks

TORONTO, Ontario - Trend Micro has reported an increase in the number of employees who admit to visiting social networking sites on the Internet while connected to the corporate network, according to the results of a study that explores corporate computer users' perceptions of and experiences with security threats. The study, which surveyed 1600 corporate

By |2008-07-15T00:00:00-04:00July 15th, 2008|Archive, Guest Columns|