On Thursday, February 17, the NC State Center for Information Society Studies presented the second in the Distinguished Lecture Series, on "Privacy and the Internet," sponsored by the Kenan Institute for Engineering, Technology, & Science; the NC State College of Management, and the NC State Office of the Provost.
Phil Zimmermann
inventor of
PGP (Pretty Good Privacy)
and Senior Fellow at
Network Associates
"Privacy and the Internet"
Phil Zimmermann, creator of PGP privacy encryption, received his
bachelor's degree in computer science from Florida Atlantic
University
in
1978. Prior to founding PGP Inc., Zimmermann was a software engineer
with
more than 20 years of experience, specializing in cryptography and
data
security, data communications, and real-time embedded systems. He has
received numerous technical and humanitarian awards for his
pioneering
work in cryptography. In 1999 he received the Louis Brandeis Award
from
Privacy International, in 1998 a Lifetime Achievement Award from
Secure
Computing Magazine and in 1996 the Norbert Wiener Award from Computer
Professionals for Social Responsibility for promoting the responsible
use
of technology. In early 1996, Zimmermann founded PGP Inc, which was
acquired by Network Associates in December 1997. Zimmermann is now a
Senior Fellow at Network Associates, as well as an independent
consultant
in matters cryptographic.