Fighting Crime.com: CyberSecurity Expert Speaks Feb. 10 at USU

Cyber criminals are climbing in your computer, snatching up your information. So, hide your identification. Hide your credit card numbers. And hide your photos, too, ‘cause thieves are after everyone in cyberspace.

Utah State University’s student chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery hosts 2011 ACM Distinguished Speakers Program lecturer Hal Berghel of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Thursday, Feb. 10, on campus. Berghel presents “Crime.Com: Post-Modern Criminal Behavior” at 3 p.m. in Old Main, Room 121.

The lecture is free and open to all.

“Hal Berghel is a renowned expert in law enforcement against digital crime, cyberterrorism and information warfare,” says Dan Watson, associate professor in USU’s Department of Computer Science and advisor to the USU ACM chapter. “His talk is not just for computer scientists but for everyone with an interest in cybersecurity.”

Berghel is professor and director of UNLV’s School of Informatics. He previously served as director of the School of Computer Science and associate dean of the College of Engineering. Berghel is the founding director of the Center for CyberSecurity Research and the Identity Theft and Financial Fraud Research and Operations Center.

For nearly 20 years, ACM has conducted its Distinguished Speakers Program as an outreach service for ACM chapters and their communities.

For more information about the lecture, contact the Department of Computer Science at 435-797-2451.

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USU College of Science

Contact: Dan Watson, 435-797-2440, dan.watson@usu.edu

Writer: Mary-Ann Muffoletto, 435-797-3517, maryann.muffoletto@usu.edu