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Computer security expert to speak at School of Mines
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| Title | Computer security expert to speak at School of Mines |
| Transcript | South Dakota Tech News 501 E. Saint Joseph Street • Rapid City, SD 57701-3995 Phone: (605) 394-6082/2554 • Fax: (605) 394-6177 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 18, 2005 Contact: Steve Buchholz, Public Information Manager, 394-6082 Computer Security Expert To Speak At School of Mines William R. Cheswick, one of the world's authorities on computer security, will present a lecture at 4 p.m. Monday, April 25, at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology in Rapid City. The presentation, "My Dad's Computer, Microsoft, and the future of Internet Security, " is free and open to the public. It will be held in room 252 of the Electrical Engineering/Physics Building. During the lecture, Cheswick will discuss the wretched state of computer security. The talk rings a special bell to those who spend their weekends cleaning viruses, worms, and other malicious software off their computers. Cheswick is chief scientist at Lumeta Corporation who first described a firewall, although not by that name, in 1990. An internationally acclaimed expert on security, Cheswick co-wrote the bible for firewall management, "Firewalls and Internet Security: Repelling the Wily Hacker." Cheswick has been invited to speak at technical symposiums across the world, and InfoWorld magazine recently selected him as a 2004 Technology Innovator for his breakthrough work in network security. "This is a chance to hear about the current state of computer security and prospects for the future from one of the acknowledged experts in the field, " Dr. Ed Corwin, a professor in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, said. "Anyone who works with computers ought to be interested in this talk." #30# |
| Creator | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. University Relations; |
| Subject | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; |
| Local Subject | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
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| Digital Publisher | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. Devereaux Library
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| Contributors | Buchholz, Steve; |
| Date | 2005-04-18 |
| Type | Text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Language | eng |
| Relation | Is part of Office of University Relations SDSM&T News Collection |
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| Submitting Institution | Devereaux Library. South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. |
| Date Digital | 2009 |
| CONTENTdm number | 7074 |
| CONTENTdm file name | 7913.pdf |
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