Bangalore: The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Computer Society has named Ravinderpal "Ravi" Sandhu a Professor at University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), as the Editor-in-Chief of its journal 'IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing'. Sandhu's two-year term begins from January 1, 2010. An expert in information assurance, security and trust, Sandhu is the Lutcher Brown Distinguished Chair in Cyber Security in UTSA's College of Sciences. He is also the Executive Director of the university's Institute for Cyber Security. "The best source of scientific truth still lies in the rigor and authority of the peer review process, even as research journals must accelerate their traditional leisurely pace of submission to publication," said Sandhu. Sandhu's career in security spans more than 35 years. Prior to joining the faculty at UTSA, Sandhu held positions at Ohio State University and George Mason University, becoming one of the most frequently cited security researchers in the security industry. He is an author on the top two most-cited scholarly papers in Access Control. One of those papers, "Role-Based Access Control Models," originally published in IEEE Computer in February 1996, has been cited more than 3,500 times. In 2000, Sandhu founded TriCipher, a corporation that markets software to protect businesses and their customers from online fraud. His earlier associations include McAfee, Trusted Information Systems, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Verizon, SETA Corporation, Argonne National Laboratory, Singapore Management University, Northrop Grumman and Integris Health. Sandhu was the founding Editor-in-Chief of the 'ACM Transactions on Information and System Security' and served from 1997 to 2004. "Professor Sandhu has a keen pulse on current trends in information assurance and security, and his ability to focus that knowledge on research with practical applications. This new IEEE editorial appointment is a testament to Professor Sandhu's successful career. He is certainly well-qualified to oversee the IEEE's highly-respected journal," said Robert Gracy, UTSA's Vice President for Research.