The Tribune

CYBER security expert Dr Herbert Hugh Thompson will deliver the commencement address at the University of The Bahamas’ historic Spring 2017 Commencement, the first since the institution’s charter on November 10, 2016.

A University of The Bahamas alumnus, Dr Thompson is the chief technology officer at Symantec Inc, an international cyber security solutions provider billed as the world’s largest security software company with more than 12,000 employees.

UB’s inaugural commencement will be held on May 25 at 7pm at the Thomas A Robinson National Stadium under the theme ‘Dawn of a New Era: The Power of Perseverance’.

Dr Thompson has also co-authored several books on cyber security.

SC Magazine has named Dr Thompson one of the “Top 5 Most Influential Thinkers in IT Security” and the Financial Times calls him “one of the world’s foremost cryptology and internet security experts”.

For several years, he was an adjunct professor in the Computer Science Department at Columbia University in New York.

Hundreds of graduands are expected to form the first commencement class of UB, an event that will go down in the annals of history.