Identity Theft and Financial Cyber Fraud in the New Millennium

Jim Lumia jlumia@ieee.org	Tuesday, March 30, 2010 at 6:00 PM
	Meeting Description When: MEETING IS TUESDAY Evening, March 30, 2010 at 6:00 pm Dinner Meeting WHERE: CDB's Southside Italian Restaurant 3671 S. Westshore Blvd. Tampa, FL 33629 Phone: 813-805-2327 TOPIC: Identity Theft and Financial Cyber Fraud in the New Millennium SPEAKER: Hal Berghel, Professor and Director of the School of Informatics and Associate Dean of the Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering SPONSOR: FWCS IEEE Computer Society & AESS This is an open meeting. Take advantage of a chance to learn about the genesis of the problem of identity theft and financial cyber fraud, network with fellow engineers and have an excellent dinner at CDB's Southside Italian Restaurant in South Tampa. You may order salad/soup, entree and sides from the special menu for only: $20 for IEEE members. $15 for student members. $30 for guests of members or non-members. You will need to pay by check or cash at the meeting. Make out your check to IEEE FWCS. Make your on-line reservation soon! Select "Make a Reservation" on the left, ignore the error message and then "View Attendees List" to check your reservation. If you have problems registering on this web site, please email your registration information to JLumia@ieee.org or Call Jim Lumia at (813) 832-3501. If you join IEEE or add AESS or the Computer Society to your IEEE membership, you get your dinner free! Sign up and email JLumia@ieee.org (813)832-3501. Membership information is at: http://ewh.ieee.org/r3/floridawc/membership.html and http://www.ieee.org/web/membership/societies/index.html
	Additional Information The Topic: The genesis of the problem of identity theft and financial fraud is two inter-related phenomena: fungible credentials, and the technology that creates, validates, and authenticates them. Hal will explain the origins of modern ID theft and financial fraud and provide several examples of how they are perpetrated my modern e-criminals. Modern criminal exploits will be explained, and details of specific crimes will be given. Technologies that may be used to thwart these activities will be explained, and if possible, demonstrated. About the Speaker: Hal Berghel currently Professor and Director of the School of Informatics and Associate Dean of the Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering, and Professor and past-Director of the School of Computer Science, at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He is also founding Director of both the Center for Cybersecurity Research, and the Identity Theft and Financial Fraud Research and Operations Center. Berghel has held a variety of research and administrative positions in industry and academia during his thirty-year career in computing. His current research focuses on computing and network security, digital forensics, and digital crime. He is also a popular columnist, author, talk show guest, and keynote speaker. Berghel is a Fellow of both the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the Association for Computing Machinery, and serves both societies as ACM Distinguished Lecturer and an IEEE Distinguished Visitor. He has received the ACM Outstanding Lecturer of the Year Award four times and was recognized for Lifetime Achievement in 2004. He has also received both the ACM Outstanding Contribution and Distinguished Service awards. He is also the founder and owner of Berghel.net, a consultancy serving business and industry, and co-owner of BC Innovations Management, a startup company in IP and DRM.
	Meeting Location CDB's Southside Italian Rest. 3671 S. Westshore Blvd, Tampa Driving Directions Click on Mapquest above.
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