November 06, 2006
Lou Dobbs, Dr. Dobb's: Hugh Rules
Trivia Question of the Day: Who is the only person to appear in both "Dr. Dobb's" and "Lou Dobbs"?
Give up? The answer is Herbert ("Hugh") Thompson. Yes, the same Hugh Thompson who has written several articles for Dr. Dobb's, including:
Considering that Hugh is Chief Security Strategist at SecurityInnovation, you can probably can figure out why Hugh pops up from time to time in Dr. Dobb's. What he's doing on Lou Dobbs CNN news analysis TV program is probably not as obvious.
The answer to that has to do with the U.S. national elections on November 7, and the role that electronic voting will play in the outcome. Security of the voting process is paramount in everyone's mind -- and security is what Hugh knows best. That's why Lou Dobbs turned to Hugh for the details. Here's where you can catch a clip of Hugh on Lou Dobbs. Hugh also appeared recently on an MSNBC program on e-voting.
Hugh was also a prominent player in the recent controversial HBO documentary Hacking Democracy.
Finally, it is worth mentioning that, as I said last week, Hugh will be going with us to India early next year for Dr. Dobb's Best Practices India/2007 where he will be presenting at Hyderabad on January 16, Chennai on January 17, and Bangalore on January 19.
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