Cliff Frost is a lucky network chief. As director of networking at UC Berkeley, he has the school’s famed Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (which developed Unix, BIND, and Smart Dust) as his network test lab. The school’s WLAN was initially an EECS research project and last year, the department and Frost’s team got to play with alpha and beta Cisco WLAN mesh products.But like some other network execs, Frost has also suffered his share of network security breaches. Read our Q&A with Frost about shoring up security at UC Berkeley, and what else he learns from the EECS geeks.Linda Leung lleung@nww.com Related content news analysis iPhone 8 Rumor Rollup: Cranking up the processors; 3D cameras; $1K-plus price With iPhone 8 A11 processors reportedly in production, the next great Apple smartphone is starting to feel more real By Bob Brown May 14, 2017 3 mins Small and Medium Business Smartphones Apple news analysis SNL one step ahead of Amazon with Echo Silver In SNL spoof, Amazon and AARP team to address senior citizens' most pressing digital assistant needs By Bob Brown May 14, 2017 1 min Small and Medium Business Amazon.com Collaboration Software news analysis You really should know what the Andrew File System is "Model of storing data in cloud and delivering parts of it via on-demand caching at the edge is something everyone takes for granted today," one AFS creator says By Bob Brown May 10, 2017 7 mins IT Training Open Source Servers news analysis Getting a jump on private LTE networks Federated Wireless, Lemko join forces on CBRS wireless networks for private LTE By Bob Brown May 08, 2017 3 mins Small and Medium Business Internet of Things Mobile Podcasts Videos Resources Events NEWSLETTERS Newsletter Promo Module Test Description for newsletter promo module. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe