“The fact that multiple very large corporations indicated they had all been victims of this … and many issued public statements and took a stand, that’s not something we’ve seen before,” said Eugene Spafford, a computer security specialist at Purdue University who has advised two U.S. presidents and numerous companies and government agencies.
Professor Spafford describes how events like the recent earthquake in Haiti bring out con artists and scammers, and how to avoid them.
CERIAS is partnering with Northrop Grumman Corp., CMU and MIT to advance research and address the nation’s most pressing cyber threats. This new consortium will work to accelerate the transfer of technology from ideas to real-life application.
Eugene H. Spafford has been named as a Distinguished Fellow of the ISSA.