Jeffrey Hunker
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Jeffrey Hunker received his bachelor's degree
from Harvard College
and Ph.D.
from Harvard Business School
. He joined the Boston Consulting Group
before becoming an advisor in the Department of Commerce
and the founding director of the Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office. This led him to serve on the National Security Council
as the Senior Director for Critical Infrastructure.
Hunker was also a Vice President at Kidder, Peabody & Co.
, dean
of the Heinz College at Carnegie Mellon, and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations
. He is credited with coining the term cyberinfrastructure
and has worked closely with Richard A. Clarke
on cyberterrorism issues. Hunker's research is primarily concerned with Homeland and Information Security. Prof. Hunker has also been the Carnegie Mellon Representation for the Institute for Information Infrastructure Protection
.
In 2008 Hunker was charged three times with driving under the influence
(http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08240/907173-53.stm), followed by another incident on Thanksgiving 2009. In May 2010 Hunker pleaded guilty to these four drunken driving charges and was sentenced to 3 to 6 months in jail (http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/22599352/detail.html). He was paroled at sentencing and currently is serving 24 months probation.(http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/s_680998.html)
In 2010 Dr. Hunker released the book Creeping Failure: How We Broke the Internet and What We Can Do to Fix It(http://www.mcclelland.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780771041488)published by McClelland and Stewart, a division of Random House(http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780771041488). Creeping Failure is a Scientific American magazine Recommended Book (http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=recommended-nov-10). Also in 2010 he was co-editor of Insider Threats in Cyber Security (http://www.docstoc.com/docs/50872833/Insider-Threats-in-Cyber-Security) and his article (co-authored with Christian Probst)The Risk of Risk Analysis and its Relation to the Economics of Insider Threats appears in The Economics of Information Security and Privacy (http://www.springerlink.com/content/wt54g6h3821g886g/).
Bachelor's degree
A bachelor's degree is usually an academic degree awarded for an undergraduate course or major that generally lasts for three or four years, but can range anywhere from two to six years depending on the region of the world...
from Harvard College
Harvard College
Harvard College, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is one of two schools within Harvard University granting undergraduate degrees...
and Ph.D.
Doctor of Philosophy
Doctor of Philosophy, abbreviated as Ph.D., PhD, D.Phil., or DPhil , in English-speaking countries, is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities...
from Harvard Business School
Harvard Business School
Harvard Business School is the graduate business school of Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts, United States and is widely recognized as one of the top business schools in the world. The school offers the world's largest full-time MBA program, doctoral programs, and many executive...
. He joined the Boston Consulting Group
Boston Consulting Group
The Boston Consulting Group is a global management consulting firm with offices in 42 countries. It is recognized as one of the most prestigious management consulting firms in the world. It is one of only three companies to appear in the top 15 of Fortunes "Best Companies to Work For" report for...
before becoming an advisor in the Department of Commerce
United States Department of Commerce
The United States Department of Commerce is the Cabinet department of the United States government concerned with promoting economic growth. It was originally created as the United States Department of Commerce and Labor on February 14, 1903...
and the founding director of the Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office. This led him to serve on the National Security Council
United States National Security Council
The White House National Security Council in the United States is the principal forum used by the President of the United States for considering national security and foreign policy matters with his senior national security advisors and Cabinet officials and is part of the Executive Office of the...
as the Senior Director for Critical Infrastructure.
Hunker was also a Vice President at Kidder, Peabody & Co.
Kidder, Peabody & Co.
Kidder, Peabody & Co. was a U.S.-based securities firm, established in Massachusetts in 1865. Its operations included investment banking, brokerage, and trading....
, dean
Dean (education)
In academic administration, a dean is a person with significant authority over a specific academic unit, or over a specific area of concern, or both...
of the Heinz College at Carnegie Mellon, and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations
Council on Foreign Relations
The Council on Foreign Relations is an American nonprofit nonpartisan membership organization, publisher, and think tank specializing in U.S. foreign policy and international affairs...
. He is credited with coining the term cyberinfrastructure
Cyberinfrastructure
United States federal research funders use the term cyberinfrastructure to describe research environments that support advanced data acquisition, data storage, data management, data integration, data mining, data visualization and other computing and information processing services distributed over...
and has worked closely with Richard A. Clarke
Richard A. Clarke
Richard Alan Clarke was a U.S. government employee for 30 years, 1973–2003. He worked for the State Department during the presidency of Ronald Reagan. In 1992, President George H.W. Bush appointed him to chair the Counter-terrorism Security Group and to a seat on the United States National...
on cyberterrorism issues. Hunker's research is primarily concerned with Homeland and Information Security. Prof. Hunker has also been the Carnegie Mellon Representation for the Institute for Information Infrastructure Protection
Institute for Information Infrastructure Protection
The Institute for Information Infrastructure Protection is a consortium of national cyber security institutions, including academic research centers, government laboratories and non-profit organizations, all of which have long-standing, widely recognized expertise in cyber security research and...
.
In 2008 Hunker was charged three times with driving under the influence
Driving under the influence
Driving under the influence is the act of driving a motor vehicle with blood levels of alcohol in excess of a legal limit...
(http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08240/907173-53.stm), followed by another incident on Thanksgiving 2009. In May 2010 Hunker pleaded guilty to these four drunken driving charges and was sentenced to 3 to 6 months in jail (http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/22599352/detail.html). He was paroled at sentencing and currently is serving 24 months probation.(http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/s_680998.html)
In 2010 Dr. Hunker released the book Creeping Failure: How We Broke the Internet and What We Can Do to Fix It(http://www.mcclelland.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780771041488)published by McClelland and Stewart, a division of Random House(http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780771041488). Creeping Failure is a Scientific American magazine Recommended Book (http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=recommended-nov-10). Also in 2010 he was co-editor of Insider Threats in Cyber Security (http://www.docstoc.com/docs/50872833/Insider-Threats-in-Cyber-Security) and his article (co-authored with Christian Probst)The Risk of Risk Analysis and its Relation to the Economics of Insider Threats appears in The Economics of Information Security and Privacy (http://www.springerlink.com/content/wt54g6h3821g886g/).