State-of-the-Art in Information Security

When: Wednesday, July 20, 2016
Where: PGH 550
Time: 11:00 AM

Speaker: Dr. Rolf Oppliger

Host: Dr. Rakesh Verma

Information security is a timely and increasingly important topic and field of study that is heavily investigated both in theory and practice. But in spite of this huge effort, we are still far away from being secure in our information society. In this talk, we provide a bird's eye view of information security and we overview and discuss the state-of-the-art in information security. We thereby make a distinction between key concepts (that work) and common misconceptions (that don’t work). As the market for information security products and services proliferates, we believe that being able to make this distinction is getting more and more important and is key to the success of any information security professional.

Bio:

Rolf Oppliger studied computer science, mathematics, and economics at the University of Bern, Switzerland, where he received M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in computer science in 1991 and 1993, respectively. In 1999, he received the venia legendi for computer science from the University of Zurich, Switzerland, where he was appointed adjunct professor in 2007. The focus of his professional activities is on technical information security and privacy. In these areas, he has published many books and scientific articles and papers, regularly participates at conferences and workshops (both as a contributor and a member of the respective program committees), serves on the editorial board of some leading magazines and journals (e.g., IEEE Computer and Security & Privacy), and is the editor of the Artech House information security and privacy book series.

He's the founder and owner of eSECURITY Technologies Rolf Oppliger, works for the Swiss federal administration, and teaches at the University of Zurich. He is a senior member and distinguished speaker of the ACM, a senior member of the IEEE, a member of the IEEE Computer Society, and a member of the IACR. He also served as vice-chair of the IFIP TC 11 working group on network security.