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Eugene Schultz (1946 - 2011) was an American computer security researcher and expert on cybersecurity.

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Life

Schultz was born on September 10, 1946, in Chicago to E. Eugene Sr. and Elizabeth Schultz. [1] He was married to Cathy Brown for 36 years. The couple had three daughters. [1]

He died of a stroke on October 2, 2011. [2]

Education

He completed his bachelor's degree from UCLA. [1] He later earned his MS and PhD in cognitive sciences from Purdue University. [1]

Career

He was the founder of U.S. Department of Energy's Computer Incident Advisory Capability (CIAC). He managed it for several years. [3] He was the chief technology officer at Emagined Security. [2] He authored several books and papers on computer security. [2] He was the Editor-in-Chief of Computers and Security which is the oldest journal in computing security. [4] He was an adjunct professor at several universities. [5] He was a winner of the Department of Energy's excellence award. [2]

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References

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