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Prof. Eugene Spafford

Eugene H. Spafford is one of the most senior and recognized leaders in the field of computing. He has an on-going record of accomplishment as an advisor and consultant on issues of security, cybercrime and policy to a number of major companies, law enforcement organizations, and government agencies, including Microsoft, Intel, Unisys, the US Air Force, the National Security Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Department of Energy, and two Presidents of the United States. At Purdue, Spaf (as he is generally known) is a professor of Computer Sciences, a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering (courtesy), a professor of Philosophy (courtesy), a professor of Communication (courtesy), and Executive Director of the Purdue University Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS).

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May 16th, 2006 by Spaf in General, Kudos, Opinions and Rants

This is a great blog posting: Security Absurdity: The Complete, Unquestionable, And Total Failure of Information Security. The data and links are comprehensive, and the message is right on. There is a tone of rant to the message, but it is justified.

I was thinking of writing something like this, but Noam has done it first, and maybe more completely in some areas than I would have. I probably would have also said something about the terrible state of Federal support for infosec research, however, and also mentioned the PITAC report on cyber security.

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