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Steven M. Bellovin is a professor of computer science at Columbia
University, where he does research on networks, security, and
especially why the two don't get along. He joined the faculty in
2005 after many years at Bell Labs and AT&T Labs Research, where
he was an AT&T Fellow. He received a BA degree from Columbia
University, and an MS and PhD in Computer Science from the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. While a graduate student, he
helped create Netnews; for this, he and the other perpetrators were
award the 1995 Usenix Lifetime Achievement Award. He is a member of
the National Academy of Engineering and the Department of Homeland
Security's Science and Technology Advisory Board.
Bellovin is the co-author of Firewalls and Internet Security:
Repelling the Wily Hacker, and holds several patents on cryptographic
and network protocols. He has served on many National Research
Council study committees, including those on information systems
trustworthiness, the privacy implications of authentication
technologies, and cybersecurity research needs; he was also a member
of the information technology subcommittee of an NRC study group
on science versus terrorism. He was a member of the Internet
Architecture Board from 1996-2002; he was co-director of the Security
Area of the IETF from 2002 through 2004.
For a more detailed account of my background, consult
my informal biography.
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