Mark Tuttle
Type of lecture: lecture
Language: EN
Held on 2010-07-10 15:00:00 (length: 50 min)
Location: WerkzeugH
In February 2010, the DNI (director of National Intelligence) presented the annual 'National Threat Assessment' report to Congress. Cyber threats are number one this year, displacing the dominance of terrorism. Creating a war against something of concern is nothing new - we have had other wars, wars on drugs, wars on terror that arguably didn't require a war effort, but it is the way to build a large momentum against a treat - imagined or real. Cyber crime and the cyber threat to national online infrastructure is the new war. This 'war' will yield major amounts of money to secure the Internet, and the critical connected infrastructure. It also will likely not truly solve the core problem with all systems, the lack of strong identity.
When the authorities and bureaucrats realize that strong identity is at the core of many problems, we can look forward to the government creating a national strong identity platform initiative. If we are lucky, it will be pretty good, if we are not, it will mean a complex system that no doubt will impinge on our personal privacy and rights. One thing is clear though: that biometrics will be at the center of the system. President Obama has created a Cyber Security CZAR position to address this problem, a chief technology officer for the Internet, and he has activated programs for research, development and deployment of new technologies to address the problems. Some estimates puts spending at 5 Billion USD per year to solve this problem.
In this presentation, we will examine the change in awareness, look at the current state of biometrics, and cover a new architectural paper on securing transactions over an insecure Internet; delivered by Dr. Michael Fiske to the DOD and NSA (IMPC 2009 Miami) addressing this topic. On a lighter note, Mark will also cover Dr. Lee Haddad's paper on the reported Gummy Bear attack against biometric finger print security systems.
Mark Tuttle is an experienced executive working in security and business; serving as a bridge between engineers, management and customers. Currently he serves as Director of European Business development for Biogy.com. Mark also lectures at the European University of Vienna on topics of International Business Management.