Donn B. Parker
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Donn B. Parker, CISSP, Information Security Researcher and Consultant, 2008 Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery
pioneering and working in information and computer security. Prior to his SRI employment, he was a senior research engineer and systems manager for General Dynamics
for eight years and Control Data Corporation
for eight years. He is currently a retired emeritus senior consultant engaged in writing and lecturing, and his collected papers are archived at the Charles Babbage Institute
at the University of Minnesota.
Parker became active in the Association for Computing Machinery
(ACM) from 1954. He was elected Secretary of the ACM from 1966 to 1970 while serving on the ACM Council from 1964 to 1974 and was chairman of the professional standards and practices committee for several years. In addition, he is a member of the Information Systems Security Association
and is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional
(CISSP).
Donn has been involved with many other organizations. He is a grantee of the National Science Foundation
, and the US Department of Justice, and is the founder in 1986 (while at SRI International) of the International Information Integrity Institute (I-4) an ongoing confidential service to large, international corporations and governments now owned and operated by KPMG-UK.
Parker has received many awards in the information security field. He has lectured at conferences, seminars, and universities worldwide. He is author of six books on computer crime and security as well as hundreds of articles, papers, and public reports. He was the subject writer on computer crime for the Encyclopædia Britannica, Groliers Encyclopedia, Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia, and the Encyclopedia of Computer Science (Nature Publishing Group, Anthony Ralston, Editor). In 2002 Parker proposed the Parkerian Hexad
, six atomic and orthogonal elements of information security that extent the traditional model of Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability
(CIA triad).
Parker has lectured for the Commonwealth Club of San Francisco, Churchill Club of Silicon Valley, many universities, and the World Organization of Detectives. He was the subject of three articles in People Magazine and profiled in the Los Angeles Times and Information Security Magazine and has appeared on national and international television including 60 Minutes, NOVA, Today, and 20/20 and is frequently quoted in news and business media on information security. He was the consulting editor and columnist for the Journal of Information Systems Security (Auerbach) from 1994 to 1997.
Biography
Donn Parker earned BA (1952) and MA (1954) degrees in mathematics from the University of California at Berkeley. He has over 50 years of experience in the computer field in computer programming, computer systems management, consulting, teaching, and research including 30 years at SRI InternationalSRI International
SRI International , founded as Stanford Research Institute, is one of the world's largest contract research institutes. Based in Menlo Park, California, the trustees of Stanford University established it in 1946 as a center of innovation to support economic development in the region. It was later...
pioneering and working in information and computer security. Prior to his SRI employment, he was a senior research engineer and systems manager for General Dynamics
General Dynamics
General Dynamics Corporation is a U.S. defense conglomerate formed by mergers and divestitures, and as of 2008 it is the fifth largest defense contractor in the world. Its headquarters are in West Falls Church , unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, in the Falls Church area.The company has...
for eight years and Control Data Corporation
Control Data Corporation
Control Data Corporation was a supercomputer firm. For most of the 1960s, it built the fastest computers in the world by far, only losing that crown in the 1970s after Seymour Cray left the company to found Cray Research, Inc....
for eight years. He is currently a retired emeritus senior consultant engaged in writing and lecturing, and his collected papers are archived at the Charles Babbage Institute
Charles Babbage Institute
The Charles Babbage Institute is a research center at the University of Minnesota specializing in the history of information technology, particularly the history since 1935 of digital computing, programming/software, and computer networking....
at the University of Minnesota.
Parker became active in the Association for Computing Machinery
Association for Computing Machinery
The Association for Computing Machinery is a learned society for computing. It was founded in 1947 as the world's first scientific and educational computing society. Its membership is more than 92,000 as of 2009...
(ACM) from 1954. He was elected Secretary of the ACM from 1966 to 1970 while serving on the ACM Council from 1964 to 1974 and was chairman of the professional standards and practices committee for several years. In addition, he is a member of the Information Systems Security Association
Information Systems Security Association
The Information Systems Security Association is a not-for-profit, international professional organization of information security professionals and practitioners...
and is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional
Certified Information Systems Security Professional
Certified Information Systems Security Professional is an independent information security certification governed by International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium ²...
(CISSP).
Donn has been involved with many other organizations. He is a grantee of the National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation
The National Science Foundation is a United States government agency that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. Its medical counterpart is the National Institutes of Health...
, and the US Department of Justice, and is the founder in 1986 (while at SRI International) of the International Information Integrity Institute (I-4) an ongoing confidential service to large, international corporations and governments now owned and operated by KPMG-UK.
Parker has received many awards in the information security field. He has lectured at conferences, seminars, and universities worldwide. He is author of six books on computer crime and security as well as hundreds of articles, papers, and public reports. He was the subject writer on computer crime for the Encyclopædia Britannica, Groliers Encyclopedia, Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia, and the Encyclopedia of Computer Science (Nature Publishing Group, Anthony Ralston, Editor). In 2002 Parker proposed the Parkerian Hexad
Parkerian hexad
The Parkerian hexad is a set of six elements of information security proposed by Donn B. Parker in 2002. The term was coined by M. E. Kabay. The Parkerian hexad adds three additional attributes to the three classic security attributes of the CIA triad .The Parkerian Hexad attributes are the...
, six atomic and orthogonal elements of information security that extent the traditional model of Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability
(CIA triad).
Parker has lectured for the Commonwealth Club of San Francisco, Churchill Club of Silicon Valley, many universities, and the World Organization of Detectives. He was the subject of three articles in People Magazine and profiled in the Los Angeles Times and Information Security Magazine and has appeared on national and international television including 60 Minutes, NOVA, Today, and 20/20 and is frequently quoted in news and business media on information security. He was the consulting editor and columnist for the Journal of Information Systems Security (Auerbach) from 1994 to 1997.
Awards
- Information Systems Security Association 1992 Individual Achievement Award
- U.S. NIST/NSA 1994 National Computer System Security Award
- Aerospace Computer Security Associates 1994 Distinguished Lecturer
- MIS Infosecurity News 1996 Lifetime Achievement Award
- The Information Security Magazine profiled him as one of the five top Infosecurity Pioneers (1999)
- The Information Systems Security Association Hall of Fame in 2000
- (ISC)² Harold F. Tipton Lifetime Achievement Award 2003
- Fellow of the Association for Computing MachineryAssociation for Computing MachineryThe Association for Computing Machinery is a learned society for computing. It was founded in 1947 as the world's first scientific and educational computing society. Its membership is more than 92,000 as of 2009...
Books
- Crime by Computer (Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1976)
- Ethical Conflicts in Computer Science and Technology (AFIPS Press, 1979)
- Fighting Computer Crime (Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1983)
- Computer Security Management (Reston Publishing, 1983)
- Ethical Conflicts in Information and Computer Science, Technology, and Business (QED Information Sciences, 1990))
- Computer Security Reference Book (Butterworth, 1993)
- Fighting Computer Crime, a New Framework for Protecting Information (John Wiley & Son, 1998)
Major Reports
- Computer Abuse (SRI International, 1971)
- Criminal Justice Resource Manuals on Computer Crime published by the US Department of Justice
- Computer Security Techniques (US Government Printing Office, 1980 and 1989)
External links
- Oral history interview with Donn B. Parker, Charles Babbage InstituteCharles Babbage InstituteThe Charles Babbage Institute is a research center at the University of Minnesota specializing in the history of information technology, particularly the history since 1935 of digital computing, programming/software, and computer networking....
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