Steven M. Bellovin

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Steven M. Bellovin
Bellovin in 2016
Born
Brooklyn, New York
NationalityAmerican
Education
Alma materColumbia University
Known forUSENET; computer security; firewalls; cryptography
Scientific career
Doctoral advisorDavid Parnas

Steven M. Bellovin is a researcher on

Florham Park, New Jersey.[2][3]

In September 2012, Bellovin was appointed chief technologist for the United States Federal Trade Commission, replacing Edward W. Felten, who returned to Princeton University.[4] He served in this position from September 2012 to August 2013.[5]

In February 2016, Bellovin became the first technology scholar for the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board.[6]

Career

Bellovin received a BA degree from Columbia University,[7] and an MS and PhD in computer science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

As a graduate student, Bellovin was one of the originators of

Morris Worm.[according to whom?
]

Bellovin and Michael Merritt invented the encrypted key exchange password-authenticated key agreement methods. He[who?] was also responsible for the discovery that one-time pads were invented in 1882, not 1917, as previously believed.[9]

Bellovin has been active in the

DNSSEC
.

He received 2007 National Computer Systems Security Award by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the National Security Agency (NSA).[10] In 2001, he was elected as a member into the National Academy of Engineering for his contributions to network applications and security.[11]

In 2015, Bellovin was part of a team of proponents that included Matt Blaze, J. Alex Halderman, Nadia Heninger, and Andrea M. Matwyshyn who successfully proposed a security research exemption to Section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.[12]

Bellovin is an active NetBSD user and a NetBSD developer focusing on architectural, operational, and security issues.

He is a two-time recipient of the

USENET.”. In 2023, he and two others received the award “for a profound and lasting impact on Computer Science, Computer Security, Law, and Public Policy through their groundbreaking research, their influential publications, and their dedication to advancing knowledge that informs public policy.”.[8]

Selected publications

Bellovin is the author and co-author of several books, RFCs and technical papers, including:

As of October 21, 2020, his publications have been cited 19,578 times, and he has an h-index of 59.[13]

See also

References

  1. ^ Steve Bellovin's home page
  2. ^ "Steven M. Bellovin | InformIT".
  3. ^ "AT&T; Labs Research - Bellovin, Steven M". Archived from the original on 2010-12-05. Retrieved 2010-03-20.
  4. ^ "FTC Announces Appointments to Agency Leadership Positions", FTC press release, August 3, 2012
  5. ^ "FTC Chief Technologists". Federal Trade Commission. 2018-05-01. Retrieved 2021-07-02.
  6. ^ "Technology Scholar Appointed by Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board" Archived 2016-02-17 at the Wayback Machine, PCLOB press release, February 12, 2016
  7. ^ "Columbia College Today" (PDF). Columbia College Today. Fall 2019. p. 58. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
  8. ^ a b "Flame Award". USENIX.
  9. New York Times
    . Retrieved 2011-07-26.
  10. ^ NIST/NSA National Computer Systems Security Award 2007
  11. ^ "Dr. Steven M. Bellovin".
  12. ^ "Section 1201 Rulemaking: Sixth Triennial Proceeding to Determine Exemptions to the Prohibition on Circumvention" (PDF).
  13. ^ "Steven Bellovin - Google Scholar Citations". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2020-10-21.

External links

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