Posted June 11, 2009 Atlanta
On June 10, Seymour (Sy) Goodman briefed the U.S. House of Representatives' Science and Technology Committee and Research and Science Education Subcommittee during its hearing on "Cyber Security Research & Development."
Goodman is a professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs and the College of Computing, and serves as co-Director of both the Georgia Tech Information Security Center (GTISC) and the Center for International Security, Technology, and Policy (CISTP).
In his remarks, Goodman stated that "cybersecurity should be viewed as a broad societal issue, like auto safety or public health" and that "cyber protection will be an ongoing need, requiring continually improved responses to dynamically changing circumstances." He focused on two dimensions of cybersecurity: "what I fear is a coming tsunami of insecurity due to the spread of cellular telephones and other mobile devices" and their increased use for accessing the internet and conducting business, and the challenge of educating a professional workforce capable of achieving "safer and more secure cyberspace".
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