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CyLab Technical Director Adrian Perrig Wins Prestigious “Security 7” Award From Information Security Magazine

Carnegie Mellon University's Adrian Perrig was awarded a Security 7 Award from Information Security magazine for innovative cybersecurity research in academia.

Perrig, Technical Director of Carnegie Mellon CyLab, is also a professor in the departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Engineering and Public Policy, and the School of Computer Science. He will be recognized in the magazine's October issue. This is the fifth year of the awards program, which drew more than 150 nominations throughout North America.

"I am deeply honored by this award because it demonstrates the important contributions under way by academic researchers in critical areas of security decision-making and novel technologies designed to protect users from cyber attacks," Perrig said.

Michael S. Mimoso, editor of the Massachusetts-based Information Security magazine, said the awards recognize the achievements of security practitioners and researchers in a variety of industries, including education. "Professor Perrig is being recognized for attacking future threats by designing systems that cut down on user error," said Mimoso, a 2007 fellow at Carnegie Mellon's Information Technology Media Fellowship Program supported by the university's College of Engineering.

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More on this story at CyBlog, including an excerpt from Adrian Perrig’s “Security 7” Essay