Hutton Honors College

Discussion Supper: "Is your (Cyber)World Secure?" with cyber security expert Seymour Goodman, professor of international affairs and computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

This is a small-group program and requires participants to sign up in advance. Participants must be IU undergraduates and must sign up using the established procedures. For complete sign-up procedures, see http://www.indiana.edu/%7Eiubhonor/hdextra/signup.php.

Imagine a world where the everyday information infrastructure becomes an instrument of chaos. A hacker gains access to a national power grid. Another disrupts a local 911 system. Another suspends the Web sites of several major banks and other companies. Another upsets air traffic control. These scenarios are all examples of computer-based attacks on the nation's, and the world's, electronic infrastructure, a system often taken for granted even in this age of terrorism. Cyber security is an escalating problem for businesses, governments, and the public, with cyber attacks costing billions of dollars each year and putting the security of individuals, nations, and the world at risk.

Leading this discussion, which is co-sponsored by the Wells Scholars Program and the Honors College, will be Seymour Goodman, professor of international affairs and computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Professor Goodman has testified before Congress on numerous occasions; served as an advisor to the U.S. Department of Defense and the President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure; provided top-level briefings to many countries, including Cuba, Egypt, Israel, the former Soviet Union, Venezuela, Vietnam, and Zambia; and served on the task force that led to the establishment of today's Internet. Professor Goodman's research has taken him to all seven continents and more than 80 countries and focuses on international IT developments, technology diffusion, IT and national security, and related public policy issues. He started his undergraduate career at Columbia University as an English major.