95 percent of U.S. ATMs run on Windows XP (MARKETPLACE.org)

95 percent of U.S. ATMs run on Windows XP (MARKETPLACE.org)


95 percent of U.S. ATMs run on Windows XP (MARKETPLACE.org)

Posted: 20 Mar 2014 05:41 AM PDT

"Therefore, anybody running an XP system could fall prey to someone who is trying to exercise one of those vulnerabilities," says Eugene Spafford, executive director of The Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security at Purdue University. He says XP users had more than six years to prepare for the end, but not everyone has been proactive.

Spafford Interviewed on Balancing Breadth and Depth in Cybersecurity Education

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 05:37 AM PDT

Spaf_ACM_Interview.pdf

People of ACM: Eugene Spafford

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 05:36 AM PDT

Eugene H. Spafford is chair of ACM's U.S. Public Policy Council (USACM), and is a Member-at-Large of the ACM Council. He is a professor of Computer Science at Purdue University, and founder and executive director of the Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS) there. His current research interests are focused on issues of computer and network security, cybercrime and ethics, technology policy, and social impact of computing. More information »

Security Professionals: Time to Step Up

Security Professionals: Time to Step Up


Security Professionals: Time to Step Up

Posted: 03 Mar 2014 01:47 PM PST

In an interview conducted at RSA 2014, Professor Spafford discusses: The dangerous intersection of information security and government; The plight of women entering IT security; How to grow the profession. More information »

Telling the Future, Looking at the Past: A Few Short Items

Telling the Future, Looking at the Past: A Few Short Items


Telling the Future, Looking at the Past: A Few Short Items

Posted: 02 Mar 2014 10:49 AM PST

I have continued to update my earlier post about women in cybersecurity. Recent additions include links to some scholarship opportunities offered by ACSA and the (ISC)2 Foundation. Both scholarship opportunities have deadlines in the coming weeks, so look at them soon if you are interested. The 15th Annual Security Symposium is less than a month away! Registration is still open but filling quickly. If you register for the Symposium, or for the 9th ICCWS held immediately prior, you can get a discount on the other event. Thus, you should think about attending both and saving on the registration costs! See the link for more details. I periodically post an item to better define my various social media presences. If you follow me (Spaf) and either wonder why I post in multiple venues, or want to read even more of my musings, then take a look at it. I ran across one of my old entries in this blog — from October 2007 — that had predictions for the future of the field. In rereading them, I think I did pretty well, although some of the predictions were rather obvious. What do you think? Sometime in the next week or so (assuming the polar vortex and ice giants don't get me) I will post some of my reflections on the RSA 2014 conference. However, if you want a sneak peek at what I think about what I saw on the display floor and after listening to some of the talks, you can read another of my old blog entries — things haven't changed much.