Kenneth P. Weiss

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SecurID Card,[1] now a trademark of RSA Security
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Career

Weiss holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Bridgeport, continued graduate studies and research at the University of New Hampshire and Temple University, and received a doctorate from the Neotarian Fellowship.[citation needed]

He founded Security Dynamics in 1984 and served as

EMC Corporation
.

In 1994 he published an article enumerating what he regarded as seven significant flaws in the

electronic eavesdropping on any US citizen with a surveillance chip embedded in private electronic communication equipment.[citation needed
]

Weiss has taught at

Penn State, the University of Bridgeport, Nasson College, and at King's College, where he was chairman of the psychology department for seven years as a professor and textbook author.[citation needed
]

He was on the editorial board of the Journal of Information Systems Security, and was chairman of the identification and authentication division of the

American Defense Preparedness Association's committee on computer security.[citation needed] He is also a member of the Technology and Ethics Committee of the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA).[citation needed
]

Currently, Weiss is the founder and CEO of Universal Secure Registry (USR), a company based in Newton, Massachusetts, that develops technologies for identification, authentication and mobile phone applications.[5]

He holds 22 U.S. patents, as well as foreign patents.[citation needed]

Awards and recognition

Weiss is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the honor societies Sigma Xi and Psi Chi.[citation needed]

Philanthropic work

Weiss is also involved philanthropic work for the Cape Ann Symphony, Rockport Chamber Music Society, Gloucester Stage Co., the Gloucester Schooner Festival, historical meeting house restoration, the Cape Ann Historical Association, the Perfect Storm Foundation, Addison Gilbert and Beverly Hospitals, the

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References

  1. PC Magazine
    . Retrieved 2008-06-02.
  2. ^ "Security Dynamics announces resignation of Kenneth P. Weiss as chairman, director and chief technical officer". Business Wire. 22 May 1996. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  3. Network World
    . Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  4. ISSN 0968-5227
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  5. Boston Globe
    . 27 June 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
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