National Cybercrime Conference: May 9-11

The National Cybercrime Conference will be taking place at The John Marshall Law School in Chicago on May 9-11, 2002.  Speakers include practicing experts from government and industry who are making and enforcing the law today.  More information is available at
www.cybercrimeconference.org.

Researchers Develop “The Privacy Place”

Researchers at NC State University have developed a new internet site to provide individuals and companies resources about privacy issues.  To learn more check out the NC State College of Engineering News

INTERNET CRIMES EXPERT TO SPEAK AT PURDUE

Internet crime expert Jayne Hitchcock, founder of the organization Working to Halt Online Abuse, will speak at Purdue about her personal experience
with cyberstalking and what can be done to prevent it. She will speak at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 20, in Fowler Hall. The lecture, sponsored by the Women’s Resource Office, is free and open to the public. For all the information check out the University News

Director Gene Spafford interviewed by PKI

CERIAS’s Director, Gene Spafford, was interviewed by the PKI Forum on August 30. Click
here to see what he had to say.

Fourth Annual e-ProtectIT Infrastructure Security Conference

The Fourth Annual e-ProtectIT Infrastructure Security Conference will be held March 20th - 22nd 2002 at Norwich University in Northfield, VT.  If you are interested in this or any other conference, please check out the CERIAS
Events Calendar

Operating System Security Short Course, February 20-21

This two day course will provide an interesting look at Information Security as it crosses two of the most popular platforms in today’s world. We will be looking at the security of Unix and Windows 2000. This course will highlight several areas of security including: IP Based Restriction, File System Security, File System Sharing to the Network, Cryptography, Delegation of Control, Logging, Creating a Forensic Trail, Intrusion Detection, and Virus Detection. We will look at each of these areas and how you can most effectively implement them on each platform.

Statement From President Jischke’s Office

The Office of the President here at Purdue University has released a formal message to the Purdue community concerning the recent terrorist attacks on American cities.

Protecting Information in the Computer and Beyond

This announcement includes details on a one year-institute which includes participation in a 4-day workshop, some readings beforehand, participation and 4 half-day sessions facilitated at a distance. No further travel is required after the 4-day workshop. Over the course of the year, you will be engaged as both a learner and a teacher. For more specific information, please see the online description and to register, fill out the online application and send it in.

Here Is Your Chance To Work With A Center Of Excellence

This callout is a mixer for faculty and Purdue students to
to get together and find out if CERIAS is for you or if any project captures your interest.  You can work for credit or pay, or even volunteer - you can learn a lot by participating in a project.  In any case, having a national center of excellence on your resume won’t hurt your career.  If you are interested, please give us some information to help match your skills to projects. You may print it and bring it to the callout, or email it to Pascal Meunier. The callout will be held:

• Date: Tuesday, August 28
• Place: Recitation 121
• Time: 5:30-6:30 PM

Check Out Our K-12 Site Additions

The CERIAS K-12 site is steadily growing. If you haven’t seen it yet or have not been there in a while then check it out. Interesting recent additions include:

 
• Copyright Issues Tutorial authored by a Purdue student
 
• Downloadable Resources for use in the classroom

The kid-friendly, parent and teacher hotlists are still available and are a great resource for links appropriate for children.