Wireless Security: An Oxymoron?
November 4, 2003
Panelists
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William Arbaugh, Assistant Professor
University of Maryland
William Arbaugh joined the Computer Science department at Maryland after spending sixteen years with the U.S. Department of Defense of Defense-first as a commissioned officer in the Army and then as a civilian. During the sixteen years, Prof. Arbaugh served in several leadership positions in diverse areas ranging from tactical communications to advanced research in information security and networking. In his last position, Prof. Arbaugh served as a senior technical advisor in an office of several hundred computer scientists, engineers, and mathematicians conducting advanced networking research and engineering. Prof. Arbaugh received a B.S. from the United States Military Academy at West Point, a M.S. in Computer Science from Columbia University in New York City, and a PhD in computer science from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Prof Arbaugh's research interests include information systems security and privacy with a focus on wireless networking, embedded systems, and configuration management. He also currently serves on the editorial boards of IEEE Computer where he edits a bi-monthly column on Information Security, and IEEE Security and Privacy.
Jeffrey A. Campbell, Director of Technology and Communications Policy of Worldwide Government Affairs
Cisco Systems, Inc
Jeffrey A. Campbell is Director, Technology and Communications Policy of Worldwide Government Affairs for Cisco Systems, Inc., the global leader for networking for the Internet. Since 2001, he has been responsible for developing and implementing Cisco's worldwide public policy agenda with respect to telecommunications and technology issues. In addition to his expertise in telecommunications regulation, Mr. Campbell has experience in the intersection of copyright law and information technology.Prior to this position at Cisco, Mr. Campbell headed the Washington government affairs office of Compaq Computer. Mr. Campbell began his career as a telecommunications regulatory attorney with the Washington, D.C. office of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey. Mr. Campbell received his B.A. in History from Yale University and his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center.
Jim Halpert, Partner
Piper Rudnick LLP
Jim Halpert is a partner in the E-Commerce and Privacy and Intellectual Property practices of Piper Rudnick LLP. He also helps to manage the firm's Government Affairs practice group. Mr. Halpert has helped to negotiate and draft many of the U.S. laws that apportion liability and government surveillance power on the Internet. He has a BA from Yale and law degree from Harvard.
Edward Roback, Chief of the Computer Security Division
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Edward Roback serves as Chief of the Computer Security Division at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) supporting the agency's responsibilities to protect sensitive Federal information and promote security in commercial information technology products. NIST leads efforts in security standards, testing, public key infrastructure, studying security issues with emerging technologies, and developing security guidelines for Federal agencies. Mr. Roback heads NIST's participation on the NIST/NSA Technical Working Group Mr. Roback received his M.A. at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in Political Science and holds a B.S. in Mathematical Economics and Computer Science from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.