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Daily Pennsylvanian: SEAS Aids U.S. Security Efforts

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 31, 2003

“But computer protection is not by any means a new issue.

“When the PC became mass marketed, companies created machines
that were more user-friendly but were lacking means to protect
information.

“And now, the challenge is to balance the two factors without
diminishing either–to achieve this, four Penn faculty members are
researching new ways to enhance security methods.

“‘Our goal is to add security to open source software,’ Computer
and Information Science Professor Jonathan Smith said…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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