page_title: Gene Spafford
hierarchical_section_title: Gene Spafford
caption_attribution_description: English: Gene Spafford talks about computer security at http://LinuxForum.dk/2000/ in Copenhagen, Denmark. Photographer: Hans Schou.
context_page_description: Eugene Howard Spafford, nicknamed Spaf, is an American professor of computer science at Purdue University and a leading computer security expert.
  A historically significant Internet figure, he is renowned for first analyzing the Morris Worm, one of the earliest computer worms, and his role in the Usenet backbone cabal, although his role as founder has also been claimed by Mary Ann Horton. Spafford was a member of the President's Information Technology Advisory Committee 2003-2005, has been an advisor to the National Science Foundation, and serves as an advisor to over a dozen other government agencies and major corporations.
context_section_description: Eugene Howard Spafford (born 1956), nicknamed Spaf, is an American professor of computer science at Purdue University and a leading computer security expert.
  A historically significant Internet figure, he is renowned for first analyzing the Morris Worm, one of the earliest computer worms, and his role in the Usenet backbone cabal, although his role as founder has also been claimed by Mary Ann Horton. Spafford was a member of the President's Information Technology Advisory Committee 2003-2005, has been an advisor to the National Science Foundation (NSF), and serves as an advisor to over a dozen other government agencies and major corporations.
caption: Eugene Spafford speaks on computer security at Linux Forum 2000 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
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