IEEE Computer Society Huntsville Chapter Meeting

	Speaker:	Ronald D. Hackett, PE
	Subject:	Electronic Document Security
	Date:	Tuesday, September 23, 2003
	Time:	11:30-1:30
	Place:	The Adtran East Tower. Ask the receptionist for directions to the cafeteria. The meeting will be in the Private Dining Room located directly past the cash registers. The cafeteria has several food stations and a wide variety of reasonably priced meal items are available. If you wish a meal you may take a tray in to the Dining Room.
	Directions:	Take Bradford Drive West past Research Park Boulevard. Continue through the stop light at Explorer Boulevard. The Adtran East Tower is straight ahead. Continue straight to the front courtyard, spaces marked for visitor parking are on the left. If no spaces are available, follow the road around to the right to the general parking area.
	Reservations:	Contact Dr. Glenn Cox at gcox@cs.uah.edu or 824-6433 if you plan to attend.
	Abstract:	Sensitive and private information is routinely and unwittingly compromised by hidden data in desktop publishing documents. Computer generated documents and files often contain hidden information that is unknown to authors and readers, but could be exploited by knowledgeable third parties. Microsoft's Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) standard permits seamless integration of software applications to produce professional looking documents commonly described as Desktop Publishing. Unfortunately, these standards do not consider privacy or security, leading to significant vulnerabilities.
	Biographical Sketch:	Mr. Hackett is an Program Manager for SRS Technologies in Huntsville, Alabama where he has been working since retiring from the United States Air Force. Ron earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering specializing in Digital Electronics and Computers at the University of Central Florida, and he holds a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Dayton where he studied Antenna Theory and Electomagnetics. Mr. Hackett is a registered Professional Engineer (PE) in Ohio and Alabama, and is a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) where he serves as a Director for the Joint Engineering Council of Alabama (JECA).
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