Awards Recognize Exceptional Contributions in
Mathematics, Public Policy and Security Practices
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- RSA(R) CONFERENCE 2004 --
The RSA(R) Conference Awards are a tradition recognizing recipients' ongoing
contributions to the advancement of information security. The awards
committee, comprised of members of the industry, academic community and public
sector, honored the following: mathematics, Professor Silvio Micali, MIT;
public policy, U.S. Senator Robert Bennett; and best security practices, Eric
Guerrino, Bank of New York. Additionally, Jim Bidzos, retiring RSA Conference
chairman, was presented with a special RSA Conference Award for Lifetime
Achievement during opening ceremonies, recognizing him for his contributions
to the information security industry and the RSA Conference.
"The RSA Conference Awards pay tribute to individuals and organizations
that challenge and strive to advance the current standards in information
security," said Sandra Toms LaPedis, general manager of the RSA Conferences.
"With the challenges security professionals faced this past year, it's
important to take a moment and recognize industry leaders and create an
opportunity to share the latest developments and best practices of information
security innovators."
Field of Mathematics Award Winner: Professor Silvio Micali
The RSA Conference Award for mathematics is designed to recognize
innovation and ongoing contribution in the field of cryptography. Dr. Burton
Kaliski of RSA Laboratories presented this award to Professor Silvio Micali.
Professor Micali has been devoted to the study and development of
cryptography from the time of its establishment and has contributed greatly to
the growth of the field. His research has led to the development of key topics
including cryptographically strong pseudo random number generators,
probabilistic encryption, zero knowledge proofs, multi-party computation, fair
public-key escrow systems and chosen message attack secure digital signatures.
Additionally, Professor Micali continues to contribute to this field through
his teaching, guiding others to the advancement of cryptography. Many of the
students he has advised have established influential research programs of
their own.
Field of Public Policy Award Winner: U.S. Senator Robert Bennett,
Republican
The RSA Conference Award for Public Policy is designed to recognize
significant contributions and leadership in the national cryptography and
electronic security policy discussion in the past calendar year. This award
was presented to Senator Robert Bennett by Rick White, CEO of TechNet, a
national network of senior executives of leading technology companies.
Senator Bennett is being recognized for his dedication to the Senate
Republican High-Tech Task Force and his contributions to cyber security and
critical infrastructure protection issues in the Senate. Senator Bennett also
played an important role in the passage of the Homeland Security Act of 2002,
which included several key information security provisions. He remains a
chief supporter of information security as a vital national policy issue and
continues to be the primary contact in the Senate on cyber security and
critical infrastructure protection.
Field of Security Practices Award Winner: Eric Guerrino SVP, CISSP, The
Bank of New York
The RSA Conference Award for Security Practices recognizes outstanding
contributions in commercial applications of cryptography - particularly those
that provide clear value to the end user, or recognizes outstanding
achievement in the practice of security within an organization. Michael
Rasmussen, a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and
an analyst in Forrester's Security research group presented this award to Eric
Guerrino and the Bank of New York.
While The Bank of New York has always been a leader in information
security, the company has further developed its security standards through the
driven efforts of Senior Vice President Eric Guerrino. Over the past year, The
Bank of New York implemented a comprehensive program to improve the process of
evaluating and mitigating risk associated with their information systems. In
addition to his remarkable work at The Bank of New York, Guerrino has been a
long time pioneer of information security in the financial services industry,
whose contributions include serving as a director of the Financial Services
Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS/ISAC); a board member and co-
chairman of the Financial Institutions Data Evaluation and Security, LLC
(FIDES) which operated the BITS Financial Services Security Lab, and a member
of the BITS Security & Risk Assessment Executive Committee. Mr. Guerrino also
is a member of the DHS-sponsored "Security Across the Software Development
Life Cycle" Task Force and is co-chair of its Patch Management Subgroup.
Lifetime Achievement Award Winner: Jim Bidzos, former conference chair and
VP of information security
The RSA Conference Lifetime Achievement Award in the field of information
security honors the individual who has proven to be a visionary, pioneer,
entrepreneur and industry leader. Art Coviello, RSA Security CEO, along with
RSA founders, Ron Rivest, Adi Shamir and Len Adleman had the privilege of
presenting Jim Bidzos with his award.
Jim Bidzos' information security career began in 1986 when his company
created cryptology software and successfully turned his technology into a
major part of the security industry. Upon joining RSA Data Security, Mr.
Bidzos co-founded one of the world's premier research organizations, RSA
Laboratories, in 1989 and founded the RSA Conference in 1991. Throughout the
1990s, he continued to be an industry leader in the fight against government
control of encryption with representatives from virtually all of the computer
industry at his side. He also worked to develop Internet standards for
encryption and digital signatures and then made it a personal goal to educate
professionals on the importance of these standards. This award was
appropriately presented to Mr. Bidzos on the eve of his retirement as chairman
of the RSA Conference.
About the RSA Conference
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and influencers from all major markets, including consumer, education,
financial, government, computer networking, telecommunications, Wall Street
and the media for one of the industry's premier information security and
cryptography events. Later in the year, RSA Conference 2004 continues in
Japan and in Europe. For more information, visit http://www.rsaconference.com.
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