The Internet and Cyber-Security

Feb 21, 2009

C-SPAN | Washington Journal

Professor Gene Spafford talked by remote video from Purdue University about cybersecurity and explained how the current Internet is a conduit for all types of "cybercrime." He talked about an article ("A New Internet?) by John Markoff in the February 14, 2009, New York Times in which he was quoted. The piece argued for a new type of .. Read More
Professor Gene Spafford talked by remote video from Purdue University about cybersecurity and explained how the current Internet is a conduit for all types of "cybercrime." He talked about an article ("A New Internet?) by John Markoff in the February 14, 2009, New York Times in which he was quoted. The piece argued for a new type of Internet that is more secure yet comes with the trade-off of less user anonymity. Professor Spafford talked about alternative solutions, and he responded to telephone calls and electronic mail.

33 minutes | 194 Views

View Entire Event (6 Programs)

SHARE

  • SEND VIDEO
  • POST VIDEO TO FACEBOOK
  • BOOKMARK VIDEO

EMBED THIS VIDEO

Copy the code below and paste it into your website:

MORE OPTIONS

Change Size

TRANSCRIPT

TIME SPEAKER TEXT
00:00:17 HOST FOR OUR FINAL SEGMENT, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE TOPIC OF CYBERSECURITY. OUR GUEST FROM PURR PURDUE...
00:00:33 Unidentified Speaker
00:00:36 GUEST WELL, IT IS A COMBINATION OF THING. IT IS COMPUTER SECURITY FOR END POINTS AND NETWORK SECURITY FOR...
00:01:00 HOST YOU WERE QUOTED IN "THE NEW YORK TIMES" WHEN ASKED THE QUESTION IF THERE IS SOMETHING LIKE A NEW INTERNET...
00:01:19 GUEST CERTAINLY. THE CURRENT INTERNET WAS SET UP AS A MECHANISM FOR SHARING INFORMATION AND IS EFFECTIVELY...
00:02:12 HOST WOULD YOU DEFINE CYBERSECURITY BREACHES, THINGS PEOPLE MAY HAVE HEARD ABOUT THAT IS BECAUSE OF THE...
00:02:25 GUEST WELL, THINGS THAT PEOPLE SEE OVER RECENT YEARS ARE SPAM MESSAGES FOR VARIOUS THINGS, HERBAL SUPPLEMENTS...
00:03:26 HOST ONE OF THE ARGUMENTS IN THE PIECE ENTITLED "THE NEW INTERNET" BY JEAN-MARCOFF OF "THE NEW YORK TIMES",...
00:03:49 GUEST THAT'S GENERALLY THE TRADE-OFF WHEN PEOPLE LOOK AT A SINGLE SOLUTION. ONE OF THE PROBLEMS THAT WE...
00:05:12 HOST OUR GUEST WILL BE WITH US UNTIL 10:00, BUT IF YOU WANT TO ASK ABOUT CYBERSECURITY ISSUES, IT'S 202-737-0001...
00:05:48 GUEST THERE ARE TWO ISSUES THERE. YES, THERE IS AN IDENTIFIER, ADDRESS FOR EACH SYSTEM CONNECTED TO THE...
00:06:43 HOST BEING HERE IN D.C. AS YOU STUDY THESE THINGS, DOES THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAVE AN INTEREST IN THIS...
00:06:50 GUEST THE GOVERNMENT HAS A DEFINITE INTEREST AS A PROVIDER, SERVICES, AS AN ORGANIZATION THAT IS COMMITTED...
00:07:08 HOST AS AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT IN OTHER THINGS, DOES POLICY NEED TO BE WRITTEN IN ORDER TO MAKE THE INTERNET...
00:07:21 Unidentified Speaker THERE IS A CONSIDERABLE ROLE FOR POLICY THAT HASN'T BEEN FULLY EXPLORED TO DATE. AND IT IS NOT SIMPLY...
00:07:59 HOST ANYTHING SPECIFIC ON YOUR LIST AS FAR AS THINGS THAT NEED TO BE EXPLORED?
00:08:06 GUEST WELL, IT'S A RATHER LONG LIST. PART OF THE PROBLEM IS THAT WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PUBLIC AWARENESS,...
00:08:59 HOST EUGENE STAFFORD IS A PROFESSOR OF COMPUTER SCIENCE. CALLER: GOOD MORNING. PEDRO, THANK YOU FOR TAKING...
00:10:04 GUEST FIRST OF ALL, LET ME CONGRATULATE YOU ON GETTING YOUR CERTIFICATES, AND THANK YOU, ALSO, FOR YOUR...
00:11:04 HOST LEESBURG, VIRGINIA, GOOD MORNING. CALLER: GOOD MORNING. I IF YOU COULD MAKE IT SO YOU HAVE TO HAVE...
00:11:29 HOST THAT'S AN EXCELLENT THOUGHT, ONE THAT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED BY A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WORKING WITH THE INTERNET....
00:12:41 HOST PA TOMORROW MAG -- POTOMAC, MARYLAND FOR EUGENE STAFFORD. CALLER: I HAVE BEEN IN MANAGEMENT AND I...
00:13:10 GUEST THE FIRST QUESTION IS ABOUT THE FEDERALLY MANDATED I.D. CARD FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES AND THAT INCLUDES...
00:13:28 Unidentified Speaker THEN TICKS, WHICH IS A KEY -- AND AUTHENTICATION THAT IS TO SHOW THAT THE PERSON ON THE IDENTITY CARD...
00:14:59 GUEST NO. THE ORIGINAL DESIGN WAS AN EXPERIMENT TO ENABLE US TO EXPERIMENT WITH NEW PROTS DOLLS, NEW IDEAS,...
00:15:55 HOST WHEN YOU TALKED INITIALLY ABOUT DEVELOPING A NEW SYSTEM IN ORDER TO MAKE THINGS SAFE FORETHOSE USING...
00:16:08 GUEST WELL, YES. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE NEED A NEW INTERNET. AS I SAID, IT'S A VERY OPEN PLATFORM, AND...
00:17:30 Unidentified Speaker
00:17:33 HOST ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, YOU'RE NEXT. I HAVE AN IDEA IN TERMS OF NATIONAL SECURITY. THIS MAY SOUND...
00:18:47 GUEST I THINK YOU RAISE A GOOD POINT, WHICH IS WHEN WE HAVE CRITICAL OPERATIONS, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE...
00:19:49 GUEST CALLER: DO YOU THINK THERE IS PROGRAMS YOU CAN BUY TO PROTECT YOUR COMPUTERS FROM ANY TYPE? ARE THEY...
00:20:00 GUEST SOME OF THOSE PROD ICTSES ARE GOOD, AND THEY DO ADVERTISE. FOR INSTANCE, MOST OF THE ANTI- VIRUS...
00:20:54 HOST BACK TO THE CALLER THAT JUST TALKED ABOUT IT, HAVE WE ORDERED OUR LIVES AS SUCH THAT IF THE INTERNET...
00:21:06 GUEST WELL, TOMORROW IF ALL OUR COMPUTERS STOPPED WORKING, WE WOULD SEE SOCIETY HAVE MAJOR PROBLEMS. FOR...
00:22:06 HOST CALLER, GO AHEAD. YOU ARE ARE HEARING YOURSELF TALK G AHEAD.
00:22:11 GUEST I WORK AS A DATA BASE ADMINISTRATOR FOR A MAJOR OIL COMPANY IN THE MIDDLE EAST, SAUDI ARABIA, PRIMARILY....
00:23:09 HOST PROFESSOR SPAFFORD.
00:23:11 GUEST IT IS CERTAINLY THE CASE THAT A LARGE NUMBER OF PERSONAL COMPUTERS, END POINTS IN PEOPLE'S HOUSES...
00:24:36 HOST DO CONCERNS ABOUT SECURITY INCREASE OR DECREASE AS A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE USING MORE CELL PHONES AS PORTABLE...
00:24:47 GUEST WELL, I HAVE MORE CONCERNS ABOUT THAT AND SO DO MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES. WE RUN INTO OTHER PROBLEMS...
00:25:25 HOST GO AHEAD.
00:25:28 GUEST BEING WIRELESS ALSO MEANS THAT UNLESS CARE IS TAKEN IN SETTING UP THE WIRELESS LINKS, SOMEBODY WITH...
00:25:41 HOST KINGSTON,, IN FOR EUGENE SPAFFORD OF PURDUE, UNIVERSITY. CALLER: GOOD MORNING. FIRST OFF, IT IS A...
00:26:35 GUEST I THINK THAT HAVING A NUMBER OF SOLUTIONS A GOOD THING, BECAUSE WE HAVE DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTS THAT...
00:27:56 HOST DAYTON, OHIO, GOOD MORNING. CALLER: HELLO.
00:28:00 HOST
00:28:02 HOST YOU'RE ON. CALLER: I'M A FIRST-TIME CALLER AND I APPRECIATE THIS SERVICE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MY...
00:28:52 GUEST WELL, I AGREE COMPLETELY WITH YOU THAT A BIG PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE ARE THESE APPLICATIONS THAT ASK...
00:29:58 HOST SO IF I MAY ASK, HOW DO YOU PROTECT THE COMPUTER THAWZ USE?
00:30:02 GUEST I USE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT SYSTEMS FOR DIFFERENT PURPOSES. I ENSURE THAT MY SYSTEMS ARE UP TO DATE...
00:30:38 Unidentified Speaker
00:30:46 HOST BETTINGDORF, IOWA. CALLER: THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY CALL. I WANT TO KNOW IF YOU KNOW ABOUT THE WORM...
00:31:18 GUEST THE FIRST QUESTION, I CAN'T SAY THAT I'M FAMILIAR WITH THAT PARTICULAR INSTANCE OF WHAT WE HAVE CALLED...
00:32:37 HOST EUGENE SPAFFOR DID FROM PURDUE UNIVERSITY, THANK YOU TO TALKING TO US THIS MORNING. GLENN: MY PLEASURE....

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

RELATED PROGRAMS

PEOPLE GRID LIST

  • Spafford, Eugene H.
  • Echevarria, Pedro

PURCHASE