Wed. April 9, 2008: Simson Garfinkel on Two talks for the Price of One!
Come hear two talks for the Price of One! Simson Garfinkel presents
two short papers on privacy and security:
CRCS Privacy and Security Lunch Seminar
Date: Wednesday, 9 April 2008
Time: 12:00pm-1:30 pm
Place: Maxwell Dworkin 319
Speaker: Simson Garfinkel
1. IRBs and Security Research: Myths, Facts and Mission Creep
Having decided to focus attention on the “weak link” of human
fallibility, a growing number of security researchers are discovering
the US Government’s regulations that govern human subject research.
This talk discusses those regulations, their application to research
on security and usability, and presents strategies for negotiating the
Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval process. It argues that a
strict interpretation of regulations has the potential to stymie
security research.
2. Cell Phones and Privacy: What’s the current state of Law and Technology
Cell phone privacy has gone far beyond the occasional eavesdropping.
Today cell phones are being used as location wireless tracking devices
for criminals, delivery services, and even children. Meanwhile the
cellphone itself, crammed with personal information, has become an
important platform for exploitation and computer forensics.
Simson L. Garfinkel is a fellow at the Center for Research on
Computation and Society and an Associate Professor at the Naval
Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA. In addition to his academic work,
Garfinkel has written for several national magazines and papers,
authored or co-authored 14 books, and is a founder of Sandstorm
Enterprises, a computer security firm that develops advanced computer
forensic tools used by businesses and governments to audit their
systems. Talk #1 is based his paper for the Usability, Psychology &
Security workshop on April 15, 2008 in San Francisco.
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