Carl Landwehr

Who is Carl Landwehr?

Carl E. Landwehr is an American computer scientist whose research focus is cybersecurity and trustworthy computing. His work includes identification of software vulnerabilities toward high assurance software development, architectures for intrusion-tolerant and multilevel security systems, token-based authentication, and system evaluation and certification methods. In an invited essay for ACSAC 2013, he proposed the idea of developing building codes in building software for critical infrastructures. Among other activities, he is currently a Lead Research Scientist at the Cyber Security Policy and Research Institute at George Washington University.

Carl Landwehr has developed and led cybersecurity research programs at the National Science Foundation, IARPA, Mitretek Systems and the Naval Research Laboratory. From 2007 to 2010, he served as Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Security & Privacy Magazine as well as Associate Editor of several IEEE journals. He was a member of DARPA's Information Science and Technology Study Group and has served on several studies for the National Academy of Sciences.

Carl Landwehr holds degrees from Yale University and the University of Michigan.