14 DAY TRIAL // This upcoming Thursday, October 29, the Cybersecurity Hall of Fame is holding a banquet to induct its most recent members of the class of 2015.
The Cybersecurity Hall of Fame, established in 2012, is designed to honor people that made key contributions to the world of IT and Internet security.
Cybersecurity Hall of Fame Class of 2015
Cynthia E. Irvine - Distinguished Professor of Computer Science at the Naval Postgraduate School. She contributed to the world of IT security through curriculum development, educational tools, and her work in cyber operations.
Susan Landau - Professor of Cybersecurity Policy in Worcester Polytechnic Institute. She is the author of numerous books on cybersecurity and has been a Senior Staff Privacy Analyst at Google and a Distinguished Engineer at Sun Microsystems.
Steven B. Lipner - Retired Director of Software Security in Trustworthy Computing Security at Microsoft. Mr. Lipner holds 12 U.S. patents with two pending applications in the field of computer and network security and is also the co-author of The Security Development Lifecycle book.
Ron Ross - Member of the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Ron Ross is the man behind the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) security standard. Previously, Mr. Ross also received the NSA Scientific Achievement Award, Defense Superior Service Medal, Department of Commerce Gold and Silver Medals, and three Federal 100 Awards.
Jerome H. Saltzer - Professor Emeritus of Computer Science Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Mr. Saltzer helped design the Multics time-sharing system and the Kerberos single-login authentication system.
Here's a list of all Cybersecurity Hall of Fame inductees, complete with this year's list:
| Year | Name | Occupation |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Cynthia E. Irvine | Distinguished Professor of Computer Science at Naval Postgraduate School |
| 2015 | Susan Landau | Professor of Cybersecurity Policy in Worcester Polytechnic Institute |
| 2015 | Steven B. Lipner | Retired Director of Software Security in Trustworthy Computing Security at Microsoft |
| 2015 | Ron Ross | Fellow, National Institute of Standards and Technology |
| 2015 | Jerome H. Saltzer | Professor Emeritus of Computer Science Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 2014 | Steven M. Bellovin | Professor of Computer Science - Columbia University |
| 2014 | Vinton G. Cerf | VP & Chief Internet Evangelist - Google |
| 2014 | Richard Alan Clarke | Served as Special Advisor to the President on cyber security |
| 2014 | Paul Kocher | Designed SSL3 cryptographic elements |
| 2014 | Philip R. Zimmermann | Creator of Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) |
| 2013 | James Anderson | Started the study of intrusion detection and "THE BRAIN TRUST" |
| 2013 | David E. Bell | Co-author of the Bell-La La Padula model of computer security |
| 2013 | Jim Bidzos | Jim Bidzos is CEO and Chairman of VeriSign, Inc |
| 2013 | Eugene H. Spafford | Professor of CS @ Purdue University |
| 2013 | Willis H. Ware | Computer Scientist emeritus at RAND Corporation |
| 2012 | Leonard Adleman | Theoretical computer scientist and Prof. of CS and Mol.Biol. at the USC |
| 2012 | Dorothy Denning | Dorothy Denning is recognized as one of the world's leading experts in information security |
| 2012 | Whitfield Diffie | Developed the world's earliest public key cryptographic system along with Merkle and Hellman |
| 2012 | Martin Hellman | Professor Emeritus - Stanford University |
| 2012 | Carl Landwehr | Lead Research Scientist - CSPRI at George Washington University |
| 2012 | F. Lynn McNulty | An early champion of Information Security in the Government |
| 2012 | Ralph Merkle | Developed earliest public key cryptography system with Diffie and Hellman |
| 2012 | Peter Neumann | SRI Computer Science Lab since September 1971 |
| 2012 | Ronald L.Rivest | Professor of Computer Science at MIT's EECS Department |
| 2012 | Roger Schell | President of ESec, providing platforms for secure, reliable e-business on the Internet |