SMU cyber warrior Fred Chang receives annual ‘Security 7’ award
Posted: December 16th, 2014
SMU’s cyber warrior, Fred Chang, has been named an Information Security Magazine “Security 7” award winner, which annually spotlights information security leaders at the top of their profession.
Chang, who is former research director for the National Security Agency (NSA), joined the SMU faculty in September 2013 as the first Bobby B. Lyle Centennial Distinguished Chair in Cyber Security. He was named founding director of the Lyle School of Engineering’s Darwin Deason Institute for Cyber Security at the announcement of its creation in Jan. 2014.
“The Security 7 award recognizes security professionals who are making important contributions to their organizations and the security community,” said Kathleen Richards, features editor for Tech Target Information Security Magazine and SearchSecurity.com. “Frederick Chang is one of this year’s winners because he has served the industry in government, commercial and research capacities and is now tackling one of the security industry’s greatest challenges – educating the next generation of security specialists.” READ MORE