Susan H. Nycum is a lawyer who specialises in computer security and intellectual property issues.
She was an early member of its special interest group for higher education, SIGUCCS, and was inducted into its hall of fame in 2004.
[6] Nycum has worked with fellow information security researcher Donn B. Parker.
They co-authored the 1973 study Computer Abuse, a minor classic that was one of the first attempts to define and document computer-related crime.
She approved funding for the Internet in her role as an advisory board member for the National Science Foundation.