Acclaimed Cyber-Sleuth Speaks March 21
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Paul Williams |
Paul Williams, founder and chief executive officer of the
Gray Hat Research security consulting company and one of the
nation's top cyber-detectives, will discuss his work March
21 at Sam Houston State University.
His presentation is expected to be of interest to SHSU students
planning to pursue the university's new programs in digital
forensics. A bachelor's degree in that area will be offered
beginning in the fall of 2005 and a master's in 2006.
Williams, who is regarded as one of the foremost experts on
architectural design-level security in the U.S. today, will
speak on "Advanced Attack Strategies and Countermeasures."
The presentation is scheduled for 1 p.m. in the Criminal Justice
Center auditorium.
Prior to founding Gray Hat Research, Williams served as chief
technology officer of Galaxy CSI, a Washington, D.C. area
computer security and technology company that performs highly
classified work for the United States government, specifically
the intelligence community and military.
Williams was technical liaison and security expert on behalf
of the company, responsible for the company's technical direction,
innovation, and research and development activities.
He works regularly with federal law enforcement as a special
informant and adviser on some of their toughest cyber crime
cases. He is certified by the U.S. National Security Agency
(NSA IAM) and is a nationally recognized authority on network
security.
His research has been widely published and he has been a featured
lecturer recently at the Electric Power and Research Institute
(EPRI) in Palo Alto, California, FBI Infragard's Fall Security
Seminar at the University of Houston, Technology Leadership
Forums for major Texas cities and the South Carolina Institute
for Energy Studies at Clemson University.
During his 11-year career at Compaq Computer Corporation,
Williams developed numerous breakthrough artificial intelligence
algorithms in robotic machine programming and computer vision
logic. He also spent three years at NetIQ Corporation in Houston,
where he served as the lead test engineer for NetIQ's leading
software products.
He was also the lead test engineer for NetIQ's Domain Migration
Administrator (DMA), the leading NT 4.0 to Windows 2000 migration
tool in the enterprise market space, and served in a design
level advisory role to NetIQ's Security Team.
As a result of his special skills in the field of computer
security, over the years he has collected a wide assortment
of hacking tools, worms, Trojan Horses, and computer viruses.
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SHSU Media Contact: Frank
Krystyniak
March 9, 2005
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