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Cyber Security and Privacy:An Optimist’s Perspective
Prof. Ravi SandhuExecutive Director, Institute for Cyber Security
Lutcher Brown Endowed Chair in Cyber Security
Trinity University Computer Science ColloquiumNo-Boundary Thinking
March 22, 2016
www.ics.utsa.edu
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Pragmatic Optimist
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Pragmatic Optimist
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Elephant Problem
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Cyber-Elephant Problem
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What is Cyber?
ComputerSecurity
CommunicationsSecurity
Pre-NetworkAge
InformationSecurity
NetworkAge
CyberSecurity
InternetAge
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Security vis a vis Privacy
Security
Privacy
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Security vis a vis Privacy
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Security vis a vis Privacy
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Security vis a vis Privacy
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Clipper Chip 1993
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Total Information Awareness 2003
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Security vis a vis Privacy
Security
Privacy
How can there be conflict from such a simple picture?
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The Virtuous Cycle
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The Virtuous Cycle
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The Virtuous Cycle
Personal info
Delightful serviceAggregated
AnalyzedModeled
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The Virtuous Cycle
Personal info
Delightful serviceAggregated
AnalyzedModeled
Misused?- Malicious- Negligent- Coerced
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3 Ongoing Experiments
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Money is the Easier Problem
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Machine Ethics
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On a Lighter Note