CERIAS Fellow
Title
Executive Director Emeritus
Office Phone
+1 765 49-47825
Research Areas
Security Policy, Intrusion Detection and Response, Security Architecture, Computer Forensics,Vulnerability Analysis, Counterintelligence/Counterespionage.
Key Areas
Risk Management, Policies, Laws
Trusted Social and Human Interaction
Security Awareness, Education, Training
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Incident Detection, Response, Investigation
Notable Experience
Co-chair of the ACM's U.S. Public Policy Committee and of its Advisory Committee on Computer Security and Privacy. Member of the Board of Directors of the Computing Research Association. Member of the US Air Force Scientific Advisory Board.
Notable Awards
NIST/NCSC National Computer Systems Security Award (2000), generally regarded as the field's most significant honor in information security research. Named a recipient for the "Charles B. Murphy" award (2001) and a Fellow of the Purdue Teaching Academy, the University's two highest awards for outstanding undergraduate teaching. Elected to the ISSA Hall of Fame (2001). Awarded U.S. Air Force medal for Meritorious Civilian Service (2003). ACM President's Award (2017). SANS Lifetime Achievement Award (2011). Purdue University Morrill Professor Award (2012). The William Hugh Murray medal of the NCISSE for contributions to research and education in InfoSec. Inducted to the Cyber Security Hall of Fame (2013). Kristian Beckman Award, IFIP Technical Committee TC 11 (2017).
Notable Affiliations
Fellow of the ACM, Fellow of the AAAS, Fellow of the IEEE, charter recipient of the Computer Society's Golden Core award. Named as a CISSP, honoris causa (2001).
Biography
Eugene H. Spafford is a professor of Computer Sciences at Purdue University, a professor of Philosophy (courtesy appointment), and is Executive Director Emeritus of the Center for Education Research Information Assurance and Security. CERIAS is a campus-wide multi-disciplinary Center, with a broadly-focused mission to explore issues related to protecting information and information resources. Spaf has written extensively about information security, software engineering, and professional ethics. He has published over 100 articles and reports on his research, has written or contributed to over a dozen books, and he serves on the editorial boards of most major infosec-related journals.
Dr. Spafford is a Fellow of the ACM, Fellow of the AAAS, Fellow of the IEEE, and is a charter recipient of the Computer Society's Golden Core award. In 2000, he was named as a CISSP, honoris causa. He was the year 2000 recipient of the NIST/NCSC National Computer Systems Security Award, generally regarded as the field's most significant honor in information security research. In 2001, he was named as one of the recipients of the "Charles B. Murphy" awards and named as a Fellow of the Purdue Teaching Academy, the University's two highest awards for outstanding undergraduate teaching. In 2001, he was elected to the ISSA Hall of Fame, and he was awarded the William Hugh Murray medal of the NCISSE for his contributions to research and education in infosec. Among his many activities, he is co-chair of the ACM's U.S. Public Policy Committee and of its Advisory Committee on Computer Security and Privacy, is a member of the Board of Directors of the Computing Research Association, and is a member of the US Air Force Scientific Advisory Board.
Spaf (as he is known to his friends, colleagues, and students) was the founder and director of the (superseded by CERIAS) COAST Laboratory (founded 1992). COAST was a multiple project computer security research laboratory in Purdue's computer science department
In his spare time, Spaf wonders why he has no spare time.
