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While forensics experts dust for cyberfingerprints at the crime scene, others, such as Bhavani Thuraisingham, are on the offensive. As head of the CyberSecurity Research Center at the University of Texas at Dallas and a professor of computer science, Thuraisingham is developing techniques to prevent cybercrime.

Designing safe systems requires a strong understanding of the underlying technology, she said, but it also “helps to understand the mind of a criminal.” But most computer scientists don’t have that kind of training, so UT Dallas computer specialists are turning to researchers in the business school and social sciences.

“If you don’t understand the mind of an attacker, you may come up with some good solutions, but there may not be a real need for them,” she said.

In particular, Thuraisingham is interested in securing the Semantic Web, a technology that’s still a few years from reality.

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