Washington University Engineering

As technologies have enabled unprecedented positive advancements during the past two decades, the same technologies have created unexpected, and sometimes negative, opportunities. From computers that control our nation's utilities, transportation and financial systems to mobile devices, health-care records and military systems — the need for new holistic approaches to security has created one of the greatest engineering challenges of the 21st century.

Associate Professor Patrick Crowley leads Online Identity & Consumer Trust event

This activity was funded by the Brookings/Washington University joint venture fund and the transcript is available online: brookings.edu

Inside & Out: A security analyst's assessment

Alumnus John Gannon, PhD, a national security expert, is president of the intelligence and security arm of BAE Systems, a global aerospace, defense and security company.

Professor Chenyang Lu discusses credit card security on local NBC affiliate

The Computer Science & Engineering professor spoke about the risks of using credit cards embedded with radio frequency identification technology, or RFID.