Notable Cryptography Speaker To Visit

Dr. Don Costello will speak on the history and future of cryptography Monday, April 8, 8 – 9 p.m. in R. 106, Resch Science Hall.

Cryptography involves techniques for secure communication. The need for secure communication has become more critical with the increase in cyber-attacks against banks, businesses, military and government agencies.

The talk will include both historical and technical details, including the Enigma used by the Germans in WWII and broken by world-famous mathematician and computer scientist Alan Turing, more recent developments that will play a key role in e-commerce, and new ways of doing business.

The event is sponsored by Graceland’s student chapter of ACM. 

About the Speaker

Don Costello is a member of the British Computing Society and has lectured all over the world. He helped form computing departments at six major universities where he taught. He is a 40-year member of ACM. He has founded and sold several firms and been a consultant with over 100 firms internationally. He is a Senior Lecturer and NCITE Scholar at the University of Nebraska.