Welcome to the 2012 New Orleans Computer Society Chapter
Technical talk:
Cyber Warfare -StuxNet and Beyond
Abstract
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Abstract
It is now understood by most world
powers that future wars will all take
place in part in cyberspace. It is also
widely agreed that most of the cyber
warfare technology that will be used
will have descended from the research
facilities of the United States and its
western allies. What is not as obvious
is who the ultimate victors will be. One
of life's ironies is the countries that
lead the way in developing
cyber-technology are not the ones that
are taking best advantage from it.
Within the past five years, DDOS attacks
against Estonia, Georgia and South Korea
and the U.S. have made it abundantly
clear that other non-Western
nation-states have offensive
capabilities that exceed the defensive
abilities of the U.S. and its allies.
Presented by IEEE Distinguish Speaker:
Dr. Hal Bergel
Hal Berghel is currently Professor of
Computer Science at the University of
Nevada, Las Vegas where he has
previously served as Director of the
School of Computer Science and Associate
Dean of the College of Engineering. He
is also the founding Director of the
Identity Theft and Financial Fraud
Research and Operations Center.
His research interests are wide-ranging
within the binary and digital ecosystem,
ranging from logic programming and
expert systems, relational database
design, algorithms for non-resolution
based inferencing, approximate string
matching, digital watermarking and
steganography, and digital security
(including both computer and network
forensics), Since the mid-1990's he has
applied his work in digital security to
law enforcement, particularly with
respect to digital crime, cyberterrorism,
and information warfare. His research
has been supported by both industry and
government for over thirty years. His
most recent work in secure
credentialling technology was funded by
the Department of Justice. In addition
to his academic positions, Berghel is
also a popular columnist, author,
frequent, talk show guest, inventor, and
keynote speaker. For nearly fifteen
years he wrote the popular Digital
Village column for the Communications of
the ACM.
Berghel is a Fellow of both the
Institute for Electrical and Electronics
Engineers and the Association for
Computing Machinery, and serves both
societies as a Distinguished Visitor and
Distinguished Lecturer, respectively. He
has received the ACM Outstanding
Lecturer of the Year Award four times
and was recognized for Lifetime
Achievement in 2004. He has also
received both the ACM Outstanding
Contribution and Distinguished Service
awards. He is also the founder and owner
of Berghel.Net, a consultancy serving
business and industry, and co-owner of
BC Innovations Management, a startup
company in IP and DRM.
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IEEE New Orleans Computer Society
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