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Kevin R. B.
Butler Ph.D. Candidate Department of Computer Science and Engineering Systems and Internet Infrastructure Security Laboratory Pennsylvania State University Email: butler at cse.psu.edu Phone: (814) 865-6245 Fax: (814) 865-3176 Address: 344 IST Building University Park PA 16802 USA |
My research focuses on security issues as they relate to storage systems, large-scale systems architectures, and networks. Recently, I have been exploring how advances in storage technologies can be used to improve the state of systems security. By autonomously enforcing policy, storage devices can ensure the security of data even if the host is compromised. Some of my other research areas of interest include security in interdomain routing, propagation of malicious code through the Internet, and using secure hardware to enforce systems security.
I am planning to graduate in the summer of 2010. My application materials are available to view.
I will be the Publicity Chair for ACSAC 2010, to be held this December in Austin, TX. Please consider submitting a paper, proposing a panel, giving a tutorial, and attending the conference! The call for participation is here.
Our paper, "OS Security Architectures Built on Smart Disks", was accepted for publication in IEEE Security and Privacy magazine.
I am a recipient of the Penn State Alumni Association Dissertation Award.
Our paper, "Towards a Secure and Efficient System for End-to-End Provenance", was accepted at TaPP'10.
I gave a talk on "Rootkit-Resistant Disks" for the Security Reading Group at the University of Toronto.
I gave a Digital Security Seminar talk at Carleton University in Ottawa on our work, "Rootkit-Resistant Disks".
I have been selected to be a member of the ACM SIGMETRICS shadow program committee.
Our paper, "Scalable Web-Based Attestation", was accepted for publication at ACSAC 2009.
Our paper, "A Survey of BGP Security Issues and Solutions", was accepted for publication in the journal Proceedings of the IEEE.
Our paper, "malnets: Large-Scale Malicious Networks via Compromised Wireless Access Points"", was accepted for publication in the journal Security and Communication Networks.
I received the Graduate Research Assistant Award from the Computer Science and Engineering Department.
I was awarded a Symantec Research Labs Graduate Fellowship.
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