The Computer Society of the IEEE has named CERIAS Director Eugene (“Spaf”) Spafford the recipient of their 2005 Technical Achievement Award. The citation on the award is "For contributions to information security and digital forensics."

The Computer Society makes this award each year in order to recognize outstanding and innovative contributions to the fields of computer and information science and engineering or computer technology. CERIAS congratulates Spaf on this new important recognition for his contributions to computing!