Digital Forensics Conference Grabs Media Attention in the Middle East

Keynote presenters of this year’s conference are exceptional experts of the field. Paul Kurtz, a world renowned cyber security expert, former Assistant to the President of the United States and Senior Director for Critical Infrastructure Protection in the White House Homeland Security Council, presented on the first day. Dr. Marcus Rogers, research scholar, professor, and a fellow of CERIAS delivered his keynote address on the second day.

J.P. Morgan Wrestles Web Snarl

Computer Researcher Named Distinguished Fellow of Information Security Group

Eugene H. Spafford has been named as a Distinguished Fellow of the ISSA.

Spafford Comments on Gary McKinnon Case

Professor Eugene Spafford, founder of the Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security at Indiana’s Purdue University, said the victim of a cybercrime should not take the blame. If someone broke a door to rob a store, he said, it was usual to charge them the cost of the door.

CERIAS Prof Finds Confidential Information on State-Auctioned Computers

Rogers found the lottery hard drives contain a list of lottery players, along with their home addresses, email addresses and birthdates; personal emails to and from lottery employees including lewd jokes and information about workers’ children; agency databases, contact lists and contracts; serial numbers and other information about lottery scratch-off and pull tab ticket machines placed in retail stores around the state; and employee usernames and passwords used to log on to state computers.

Purdue class treats hard drive as crime scene

Purdue University is schooling law enforcement officers from around the state this week in digital forensics — a sort of crime scene investigation for computers, according to Marc Rogers, a professor of computer and information technology and director of Purdue’s cyber forensics program.

Educators see secure coding training challenges, improvements

Secure coding training courses often take a back seat to other material that competes for inclusion in the curriculum, said Pascal Meunier, a visiting assistant professor at Purdue University’s Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS) program. Meunier said more security experts need to become teachers and join in the effort in creating and maintaining course material.

Thieves Winning Online War, Maybe Even in Your Computer

The State of Information Security Education: Interview with Prof. Eugene Spafford

Spafford comments on “spear phishing”