Hoffman, Lance2014-12-232014-12-232014-07-01Lance Hoffman, OH 451. Oral history interview by Rebecca Slayton, 1 July 2014, Washington, D.C. Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.OH 451OH 451https://hdl.handle.net/11299/168279Transcript, 65 pp.This interview with security pioneer Lance Hoffman discusses his entrance into the field of computer security and privacy—including earning a B.S. in math at the Carnegie Institute of Technology, interning at SDC, and earning a PhD at Stanford University—before turning to his research on computer security risk management at as a Professor at the University of California–Berkeley and George Washington University. He also discusses the relationship between his PhD research on access control models and the political climate of the late 1960s, and entrepreneurial activities ranging from the creation of a computerized dating service to the starting of a company based upon the development of a decision support tool, RiskCalc. Hoffman also discusses his work with the Association for Computing Machinery and IEEE Computer Society, including his role in helping to institutionalize the ACM Conference on Computers, Freedom, and Privacy. The interview concludes with some reflections on the current state of the field of cybersecurity and the work of his graduate students. This interview is part of a project conducted by Rebecca Slayton and funded by an ACM History Committee fellowship on “Measuring Security: ACM and the History of Computer Security Metrics.”enComputer historyComputer securityGeorge Washington UniversityCarnegie Institute of TechnologyCarnegie-Mellon UniversityPerlis, Alan J.Simon, Herbert Alexander, 1916-System Development Corporation (SDC)Control Data CorporationStanford University.Miller, William F.Westin, Alan F.Berkeley Free Speech MovementWare, WillisBaran, PaulAtomic Energy Commission (AEC)Computer datingUniversity of California, BerkeleyCybersecurityDenning, Dorothy E.Crocker, SteveTurn, ReinRisk analysisRisk managementCalifornia Assembly Committee on Statewide Information PolicyCORPUS Alameda County criminal justice information systemPrivacy Protection Study CommissionOffice of Technology Assessment (OTA)Privacy Law Scholars ConferenceRiskCalcCourtney, RobertSecurateZadeh, LotfiFuzzy set theoryNational Bureau of Standards (NBS)National Computer Security Center (NCSC)SIGSACIEEE Committee on Communications and Information PolicyNeumann, Peter G.ACM Risks ForumACM Conference on Computers, Freedom, and PrivacyWarren, JimOral History