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Friday, 06 March 2009 |
Two Carl Albert State College faculty members are using Endowed Professorship funds to learn about computer crime and how to stop it.
Bill Gann and Bob Hendricks, who teach computer forensics and information security at CASC, received the F.L. Holton Endowed Professorship and the Julian J. Rothbaum Endowed Professorship to broaden their knowledge of the growing field of technological security.
The pair used the funds from the F.L. Holton professorship to attend the Techno Security Conference in North Carolina, which every year is host to hundreds of law enforcement officials and computer forensics investigators. This year’s conference started with two days of intense cellular telephone forensics training, which is what drew Gann and Hendricks to the event.
“One thing you learn first in any type of cyber crime investigation is that no one person knows everything and it is good to have associates that can provide a fresh perspective on things,” Gann said.
Gann and Hendricks used the Julian J. Rothbaum professorship to attend the National White Collar Crime Center conference in Memphis. The conference focused on the growing challenge faced by law enforcement to identify, track and prosecute today’s criminals, who use the Internet and emerging technologies in economic and cyber crime.
Hendricks, who also is chief of campus police at CASC, said the college and community will reap the benefits of staying on the cutting edge of information systems and cyber crime problems in a time when high-tech crime is constant and borderless.
Each year, the CASC Development Foundation awards Endowed Professorships to faculty for enrichment, training, equipment purchases and other projects that will improve CASC and provide better instruction for students.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 09 March 2009 )
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