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UW-W students audit computer security for school districtsNews from Janesville Gazette: WHITEWATER — Most people see computer savvy and people skills as opposites. UW-Whitewater professor Roger Yin sees them differently. He places high value on both and brings them together in capstone projects for students majoring in information technology with an emphasis in networking and [...]

White House Orders New Computer Security RulesNews from New York Times: By ERIC SCHMITT Published: October 6, 2011 WASHINGTON — The White House plans to issue an executive order on Friday to replace a flawed patchwork of computer security safeguards exposed by the disclosure of hundreds of thousands of classified government documents to WikiLeaks last [...]

Jeff Gelles: Vigilance remains key to computer security | Philadelphia …News from Philadelphia Inquirer: Posted on Thu, Sep. 22, 2011 Viruses, worms, Trojans, phishers, bots. The list of computer threats never shrinks, and the number of devices at risk only grows. Now we have to worry about security on smartphones and tablets along with personal [...]

Elsevier Security Experts Offer Advice on National Infrastructure, Homeland …News from Bradenton Herald: Over the past decade the focus on national infrastructure, homeland and computer security has sharpened. Elsevier Science & Technology Books’ security experts are at the forefront of efforts to create thoughtful solutions which are made available in cutting-edge security books. In Terrorism: [...]

Security computer at San Onofre mysteriously shuts down News from Los Angeles Times: A security computer at the San Onofre nuclear generating plant near San Clemente mysteriously shut down early Saturday morning, prompting the plant manager to issue an “unusual event” report. The computer, which monitors gates and doors as one part of the plant’s [...]

US computer security expert,Unix developer dies at age 78 News from Tulsa World: By Wire reports Published: 7/2/2011 2:31 AM Last Modified: 7/2/2011 5:25 AM

Robert Morris, Pioneer in Computer Security, Dies at 78 News from New York Times: By JOHN MARKOFF Published: June 29, 2011 Robert Morris, a cryptographer who helped developed the Unix computer operating system, which controls an increasing number of the world’s computers and touches almost every aspect of modern life, died on Sunday in Lebanon, [...]

Symantec Compares Apple iOS, Google Android Security Features News from eWeek: Even though both Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android smartphone operating systems are pretty secure, they are still susceptible to multiple types of attacks, Symantec said. Android and iOS were designed with mobile security in mind and were superior to traditional desktop operating systems, Symantec [...]

11 Internet Security Myths That Delude Computer Users News from eWeek: Myth 1: I Will Know When I Am Infected (93 Percent) Almost all Internet users around the world are convinced they will know when their computer is compromised, when in actuality, modern malware is stealthy and hard to detect. Myth 2: Free Security Software [...]