William Crowell, The Compelling Business Case for Information Security (August 22, 2001)
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William Crowell, CEO Cylink Corporation
The Compelling Business Case for Information Security
August 22, 2001
at the
Naval Postgraduate School
(http://www.nps.edu)
ABSTRACT
This lecture will present how business is dealing with computer and network security issues, future directions of computer security and cryptography for business and government use, and issues surrounding DoD use of commercial solutions.
About William P. Crowell
CEO Cylink Corp.
William P. Crowell is President and CEO of Santa Clara California-based Cylink Corporation, a leading provider of e-business security solutions.
Prior to becoming Cylink's CEO in November 1998, Crowell developed the new-product roadmap as Cylink's vise President of Product Strategy. Crowell came to cylink from the National Security Agency, where he held a series of senior positions, serving as the agency's Chief of Staff, Deputy Director of Operations, and finally as its Deputy Director and senior cryptologist. As Deputy Director, Crowell set the agenda for both information security systems development and the NSA's operations intelligence mission. From 1989 to 1990, Crowell served as a vise president at Atlantic Aerospace Electronics Corporation in Greenbelt, Maryland, leading new-business development by drawing upon the company's strengths in space technology, mathematics and signal processing.
In April 99, Crowell was appointed by President Clinton to the President's Export Council (PEC), which advises the administration on trade and export policy. He also serves as chairman of the PEC Subcommittee on Encryption, which worked with the Clinton administration, Congress and private industry to substantially loosen restrictions on the export of encryption products and technology in 1999 and 2000.
Crowell sits on Cylink's board of directors and also serves as a director for a Silicon Valley Internet streaming-video company. In September 1999, Crowell was elected a member of the National Board of the American Electronics Association. In March 2001, the Secretary of Defense appointed Crowell to a Federal Advisory Committee that is conducting a comprehensive review of the U.S. Nuclear Command and Control System.