MSSE Seminar: Proper System and Software Compartmentalization for Malware Prevention

Paul Stachour will be giving a talk titled "Proper System and Software Compartmentalization for Malware Prevention."

This session will also be available for live viewing on Zoom and will be recorded and posted on the UMSEC YouTube channel after the event.

Abstract

A brief history of compartmentalization in computing with discussion on why it is important, what techniques have worked well in the past, why those techniques are no longer used, and some possibilities for the future. Proper compartmentalization totally prevents malware and ransomware.

Biography

Paul Stachour is a Software Engineer who specializes in total life-cycle Software Quality Assurance. He has extensive expertise in finding large numbers of different kinds of important defects in software. In addition, he has expertise in creating processes to build, document, and track requirements, designs, code, tests, approvals, and software issues and is adept at creating correct, reliable, functional software in effective and efficient ways in many programming languages.

Paul has worked for computer manufacturers IBM, Honeywell, and Secure Computing. His industry experience includes Delphax printers, Boston Scientific Medical, Honeywell Aerospace, Net Perceptions Recommendations, and Detector Electronics fire detection systems. He has taught computing subjects at five different universities, including the University of Minnesota.