Ross J. Anderson (professor)
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| Ross Anderson | |
.jpg/225px-Ross_Anderson_(security_researcher).jpg) Ross Anderson in 2008
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| Born | 15 September 1956 |
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| Residence | United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Fields | Computer science |
| Institutions | University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
| Doctoral advisor | Roger Needham |
| Doctoral students | Markus Kuhn, Robert Watson |
| Known for | work on banking security, security economics, information policy, Serpent (cipher), University of Cambridge politics |
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Ross John Anderson (born 1956) is a researcher, writer, and industry consultant in security engineering. He is Professor in Security Engineering at the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory[1], where he is engaged in the Security Group.
In 1978, Anderson graduated in mathematics and natural science from Trinity College, Cambridge, and subsequently received a qualification in computer engineering. He worked in the avionics and banking industry before moving in 1992 back to the University of Cambridge, to work on his doctorate under the supervision of Roger Needham and start his career as an academic researcher.[2] He lives near Sandy, Bedfordshire.
In cryptography, he designed with Eli Biham the BEAR, LION and Tiger cryptographic primitives, and coauthored with Biham and Lars Knudsen the block cipher Serpent, one of the finalists in the AES competition. He has also discovered weaknesses in the FISH cipher and designed the stream cipher Pike.
In 1998, Anderson founded the Foundation for Information Policy Research, a think tank and lobbying group on information-technology policy.
Anderson is also a founder of the UK-Crypto mailing list and the economics of security research domain.[3]
He is well-known among Cambridge academics as an outspoken defender of academic freedoms, intellectual property, and other matters of university politics. He is engaged in the Campaign for Cambridge Freedoms and has been an elected member of Cambridge University Council since 2002[4]. In January 2004, the student newspaper Varsity declared Anderson to be Cambridge University’s “most powerful person”.[5]
In 2002, he became an outspoken critic of trusted computing proposals, in particular Microsoft’s Palladium operating system vision.[6]
Anderson is the author of Security Engineering, published by Wiley in 2001, ISBN 0-471-38922-6. [1] He was the founder and editor of Computer and Communications Security Reviews.
[edit] See also
- Cryptosystem
- Computer insecurity
- Computer security
- Physical security
- Secure computing
- Security engineering
- Steganographic file system
- University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory
[edit] References
- ^ The Blue Book – “The Computer Laboratory: an Introduction”, University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory, August 2007
- ^ Curriculum Vitae – Ross Anderson, May 2007
- ^ Ross Anderson: Why information security is hard – an economic perspective, ACSAC 2001.
- ^ Election to the Council: Notices 2 December 2002 and 7 November 2006, Cambridge University Reporter
- ^ Cambridge Power 100, Varsity, Issue 591, 16 January 2004
- ^ Ross Anderson: ‘Trusted Computing’ Frequently Asked Questions, August 2003
