Local and Southwest Area Meetings
March, 2008 Section Dinner Meeting
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The Los Alamos/Northern New Mexico Section of the IEEE Identity Theft and Financial Fraud for the New Millennium University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Tuesday, March 18 Social time: 5:30pm, Dinner Buffet: 6-7pm, Speaker 7-8pm
Dr. Berghel will discuss the latest computing and law enforcement perspectives on identity theft and financial fraud (ITFF). Topics will include credit/debit card scams and related technologies like keystroke logging, skimming, and double-scanning; fungible credentials, counterfeiting, digital forgery and credential amplification; advantages and disadvantages of anti-counterfeiting technologies; tactics for hiding data; what disk wiping doesn’t do (well), etc. Actual illustrations of ITFF taken from law enforcement case files will be presented. Dr. Berghel is currently Associate Dean of the Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and Director of both the Center for Cybermedia Research and Identity Theft and Financial Fraud Research and Operations Center. His current research focuses on computing and network security and forensics, digital white collar crime, and technologies to anticipate network security events-of-interest. He is a Fellow of both the IEEE Computer Society and Association for Computing Machinery and has received the ACM Outstanding Lecturer of the Year Award four times and was recognized for Lifetime Achievement in 2004. He is also the founder and owner of Berghel.net, a full-service information, computing and IT security consultancy. Click here for a printable copy of this notice. |
ASME Technical Talk
In another interaction with our sister organization, ASME (the mechanical engineering society), we are invited to attend their next talk, which is a very interesting subject: The Rise and Fall of the Persian Empire Farhad Banisadr, ES-SE, LANL Tuesday March 11, 2008 12:00-1:00 Otowi Cafeteria Side Rooms A-B Lunch: Buy from cafeteria or bring your own For more details and a map: http://sections.asme.org/nnmss/ Abstract: Over 2500 years ago, Cyrus the Great showed great respect towards cultural traditions and religious beliefs of other nations by declaring the First Charter of Human Rights known to humanity. He conquered Babylon to cheers from the Jewish community who welcomed him as a liberator. Over 25 years ago, a religious extremist establishment replaced the Shah of Iran ending 2500 years of monarchy. It abolished the most elementary Human Rights, and condemned the dissenters to jail or execution on a vague charge of "Corruptor of The Earth." In part, this has been due to lack of existence of separation of church and state, compounded by substandard leadership. Since the overthrow of the Shah, US administrations have had to deal with the Rapid Deployment Force, the Hostage Crisis, Iran-Iraq war, Iran-Contra Affair, and nuclear build up. The Shah's relationships with eight US presidents spanned over 37 years, starting with the initial WW-II conference amongst the Big Three in 1943. Major events of this period include a partial takeover of Iran by the Soviets after 1945 and the U.S. intervention, Nationalization of the Oil and the CIA coup of 1954 that returned the Shah to power. The White Revolution, a land/social reform that was dictated to the Shah by President Kennedy in 1961-62, followed this period. Finally, it consists of implementing a Human Rights policy that in part, triggered the 1979 revolution, and resulted in overthrow of the Shah. The Shah's military build up (conventional and nuclear), the Nixon Doctrine, the Soviet threat, and the Persian Gulf Oil were all intertwined in the US strategic defense in that part of the world prior to 1979. This is a brief overview of the major events in Iran during the 20th Century, with emphasis on US-Iranian relationship after WW-II. It includes some personal experiences.Farhad Banisadr is the building engineer for the Strategic Computing Complex. Farhad's account of 20th century Iran is especially relevant in light of current international relations, and the "personal experiences" he will recount include fascinating tales such as standing outside the gates and having words with the militants that had just occupied the U.S. Embassy at the beginning of what became the Iran hostage crisis.
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Executive Committee Meetings
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Ourt executive committee meetings are held the second Wednesday of the month at LA Meeting Place. |
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