2 Winona State Students Are Suspected of Involvement in Large-Scale Cybercrimes

U.S. Government, Businesses Are Poorly Prepared for Cyber Attacks, Experts Say at AAAS

Spafford said academic specialists have been warning for more than 25 years about vulnerabilities in computer systems that can lead to identify theft, credit card fraud and other security intrusions.

Battling Cyber Threats

Computer security experts say the United States faces a radical shortage of highly skilled cybersecurity professionals who can prevent and combat cyber attacks. One federal official has estimated that there are only 1000 cybersecurity experts in the United States who have the deep technical knowledge required to safeguard national security; tens of thousands are needed, he believes.

Information Assurance Education 2011: A Year of Promise

Professor Spafford discusses the state of information assurance education in a podcast available on GovInfoSecurity.com.

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.