WASHINGTON DC - A dirty bomb explodes in Guam, a U.S. territory in the Pacific. A few hours later, two more dirty bombs detonate, this time on the continental United States. One bomb goes off at Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix, killing an unknown number of people and spreading radiation throughout the airport. Almost simultaneously,
ROYAL OAK - Securing your companies data for mobile users is paramount to operating a comprehensive information security program. The loss of sensitive data from laptops, removable media and smart phones is growing concern among business owners. As privacy laws and regulations come of age, auditors are asking the tougher questions and holding companies to
DETROIT - Now, granted, that number was meant to get your attention. That is the number of countries currently listed by Wikipedia that have less population than the current watch list that has grown to 755,000 entries. Some of those countries include populations of a single island of 50. Still, to call a list this
LANSING - In this time of extreme revenue pressure, it is important that government focus on ways to not only live within their means but also to be innovative and entrepreneurial in finding ways to be good public servants. The proposed MEDC SBIR/STTR/NIST-ATP Matching program is a case in point. SBIR stands for Small Business
SAN JOSE, Ca. - McAfee Inc. has announced the McAfee Security Innovation Alliance, a new program for technology companies who want to integrate with McAfee's ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO). The program offers a set of tools designed to help integrate third-party applications with the company's security and compliance risk management technology. "Traditionally, security products have been
CAMPBELL, Ca. - If all things were equal, 53 per cent of 228 U.S.-based IT security professionals surveyed would deploy open source security software versus 47 per cent that would use a commercial product for similar functionality, according to a recent study conducted by Barracuda Networks Inc., a provider of e-mail and Web security appliances.
DEARBORN - InfraGard shared the excitement along with several hundred security professionals for the two-day SecureWorld conference held this year in Dearborn at the Ford Conference and Event Center. Opening keynoter Jason Witty, Vice President, Security Services, LaSalle Bank covered the State of the Internet. The State of the Internet, in a nutshell, is dangerous.
NEW YORK - It only takes a minute to establish if one is holding that magical key or just toying with a rusty screwdriver. Today, in order to have a commanding presence with universal access on e-commerce, domain names must act like very special golden keys as without it, the entire exercise of Internet-centric commerce
LANSING - Consumers Energy has told the Michigan Public Service Commission that its planned coal-fired plant near Bay City will cost $1.44 billion ? up from $1.15 billion it estimated in May. The utility notified the commission of the cost increase in a filing on Sept. 21. A recent bill draft released by Rep. Frank
DETROIT - You bet! Ask the casinos! But all puns aside, any time our elected officials don't make wise spending decisions, it comes down to the same results that each of us experience in our own personal budgets - the dollars that were squandered thoughtlessly are not available to make desired, or in some case