Selected Honors and Awards
- 1992 Inducted in Sigma Xi, research scientists' honor society.
- 1992 Inducted in Upsilon Pi Epsilon, the Computer Sciences honor society.
- 1996 Awarded charter membership in the IEEE Computer Society's Golden Core for distinguished service to the Computer Society during its first 50 years.
- 1996 Award of Distinguished Technical Communication (highest award) and Award of Merit by the Society for Technical Communication for Practical Unix and Internet Security.
- 1997 Inducted as a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery.
- 1999 Inducted as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
- 2000 NIST/NCSC National Computer Systems Security Award.
- 2000 Proclaimed a CISSP, honoris causa by (ISC)²
- 2000 Inducted as a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
- 2001 Named to the ISSA (Information Systems Security Association) Hall of Fame.
- 2003 Awarded U.S. Air Force medal for Meritorious Civilian Service.
- 2005 Honorary D.Sc. from the State University of New York (SUNY)
- 2006 IEEE Computer Society Technical Achievement Award
- 2007 ACM President's Award
- 2009 Computing Research Association Distinguished Service Award
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