The Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS)

The Center for Education and Research in
Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS)

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Sensors Everywhere Could Mean Privacy Nowhere, Expert Says

Thu, September 18, 2014

Eugene Spafford, professor of computer science at Purdue University and executive director of the Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS), says the so-called “Internet of Things” will see small microprocessors and sensors placed seemingly everywhere, and these devices will collect much data about us - often without our knowledge.















CERTs, Security Patches And Sloppy Design

Wed, June 25, 2014CERIAS Media Citings

When will we reach the tipping point? Spafford has this to offer, “If we keep patching, the system will collapse under the weight of all those patches.”