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The Information Assurance faculty are a diverse group of international professionals from a myriad of backgrounds related to information security. They are passionate about both information assurance and teaching, and bring the latest developments in their professional activities and research right into the classroom. Each instructor is chosen specifically for his or her unique insight into the curriculum of particular seminars.
All School of Graduate Studies faculty receive comprehensive training in the online learning environment. They recognize their responsibility to bring experience and expertise to bear in the classroom, to facilitate vibrant and engaging discussion of the subject matter, and to support students in all of their learning activities.
The MSIA has over 25 active faculty members on its roster. We provide brief biographies of eight of them. Please contact an Information Assurance Admissions Advisor to request a comprehensive list.
Michel Kabay, PhD, CISSP-ISSMP
Our MSIA program director is M. E. Kabay. Author of over 850 articles on operations management and information assurance since 1986. Dr. Kabay is well-known in the information assurance field for his twice-weekly publication of the Security Management Newsletter distributed by Network World (see archives). He served as technical editor for the Computer Security Handbook, 4th Edition published by Wiley in April, 2002 and which was used as the core text for the MSIA program from September, 2002 to June, 2006. He is currently working on the 5th edition.
Dr. Kabay organized the first and second International Conferences on Information Warfare in 1993 and 1995 and has lectured on IWAR at the Pentagon, the US Army War College, NATO HQ, and NATO Counterintelligence School. He was the leader of the International Delegation of Information Security Experts to the People's Republic of China in 1994 and was a member of the working group that defined the Common Body of Knowledge for the (ISC)² CISSP exam. Dr. Kabay is a member of the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) and of the High Technology Crime Investigation Association (HTCIA) and was founding Secretary of the Vermont InfraGard. In December 2004, he was inducted into the Security Hall of Fame of the ISSA.
Peter Stephenson, PhD, CISSP, CISM, FICAF
Peter Stephenson is a writer, consultant, researcher and lecturer on information assurance and risk, digital investigation and forensics on large-scale computer networks. He has lectured extensively on digital investigation and security and has written or contributed to 14 books and several hundred articles, in major national and international trade, technical and scientific publications. He is the Associate program director in the Master of Science in Information Assurance program at Norwich University and is a research professor at the National Center for the Study of Counter-Terrorism and Cyber Crime, also at Norwich.
Dr. Stephenson obtained his PhD in computer science at Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, England, where his research was in the structured investigation of digital incidents in complex computing environments. He is on the editorial advisory boards of Computer Fraud and Security, Information Systems Security, International Journal of Digital Evidence, SC Magazine and the Norwich University Journal of Information Assurance, and is the co-chair of the certification committee of the Digital Forensics Certification Board. He has been named editor-in-chief of a digital forensics journal published by Taylor and Francis Publishing.
John Orlando, PhD
Dr. Orlando received his PhD from the University of Wisconsin, and has since published articles and presented lectures in a variety of topics related to information assurance. In particular, he has published on ethical issues in information assurance in venues such as the Network World Security Strategies newsletter. He has led the development of online programs at the University of Vermont and Norwich University, and has published articles on the development of high quality distance education courses.
Rebecca Herold, MA, CISSP, CISM, CISA, FLMI
Rebecca Herold is an independent information privacy, security and compliance consultant, author and instructor. Ms. Herold has over 15 years of privacy and information security experience, and assists organizations of all sizes with their information privacy, security and regulatory compliance programs. She specializes in risk assessment, gap analysis, policy content development, awareness training, strategy development and implementation. She has a BS in Math and Computer Science and an MA in Computer Science and Education.
Rebecca Herold is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), a Certified Information Systems Manager (CISM), and a Fellow of the Life Management Institute (FLMI). She has been a member of the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA) since 1990 and has held all board positions throughout her membership in the Iowa chapter. Ms. Herold is a charter member of the Iowa InfraGard chapter that was formed in 2000, and a member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). Ms. Herold was instrumental in building the information security and privacy program while at Principal Financial Group which was awarded the CSI Outstanding Security Program of the Year Award in 1997.
Michael Miora, MA, CISSP-ISSMP
Michael Miora, educated at UCLA and UC Berkeley, earning Bachelors and Masters degrees in Mathematics, has designed and assessed secure, survivable, highly robust systems for Industry and Government over the past 25 years. Mr. Miora, one of the original professionals granted the CISSP in the 1990's and the ISSMP in 2004, was accepted as a Fellow of the Business Continuity Institute (FBCI) in 2005. Mr. Miora founded and currently serves as President of ContingenZ Corporation. As founder of InfoSec Labs (1997-1999), a recognized leader in security consulting and related services, Mr. Miora managed consulting services and programs for major companies and has performed Information security, continuity and privacy assessments for companies across a variety of industry sectors. InfoSec Labs was acquired by Rainbow Technologies (RNBO) in 1999; Mr. Miora then served as Vice President for Rainbow, managing its security consulting services from 1999 to 2001.
Mr. Miora is also a co-founder of ePrivacy Group, the parent company to TurnTide, the developer of the anti-spam firewall appliance of the same name, acquired in 2004 by Symantec. He also founded and served as the Director of the security consulting organization for the National Computer Security Association (NCSA), now called TruSecure Corporation, helping that organization achieve its status as a major force in the Information Security arena.
John Mason, MBA, CISA, CISM, CFE, CFSSP, CFSA
John Mason is an adjunct professor for Norwich University and a consultant for Accretive Solutions; he is based in the Los Angeles, California, area. He has earned an MBA and a BA in Economics. Mr. Mason's other credentials include the CISM, CISA, CFE, CBA, CFSSP, and CFSA certifications. He joined Accretive Solutions in 2006, and he concentrates principally on assisting clients with their Sarbanes-Oxley IT compliance, testing, and preparation. Prior to this, his experience included being the CISO and Director of Audit & Compliance for Lockheed FCU; several years of information security consulting, and Vice President, Audit, Compliance, Loss Prevention, and [defacto] CISO at Kinecta FCU.
At Kinecta and the other institutions, he developed a flexible, risk-based audit model; comprehensive, cost-effective audit programs; a blueprint for secure, cost-efficient home banking; automated fraud tracking and fraud case management systems; and numerous applications for PC-based extracts of mainframe computer reports, for both internal and external customer use. Mr. Mason received the nationally prestigious Terry McEachern Internal Auditor of the Year Award by the Association of Credit Union Internal Auditors (ACUIA) in September 1998.
Donald Holden, MBA, CISSP-ISSMP
Don Holden has been working in the field of information systems, security, encryption, business continuity and disaster recovery planning for more than 20 years. He is currently affiliated with Concordant, a security consulting company in Massachusetts. Prior to this, he worked for SRI Consulting/AtomicTangerine and Digital/Compaq, developing security policies and practices for major financial institutions such as the Federal Reserve System, New York Mercantile Exchange and Providian. After Digital merged with Compaq, he served as program manager for Compaq's Security Program Office, where He led the Compaq Security Forum that coordinated the decentralized security engineering, marketing and consulting initiatives across Compaq, Digital, Tandem and Atalla divisions.
Some of his recent consulting engagements have included a HIPAA security assessment for a Midwest health insurance corporation and a security training program for employees and customers of a regional bank. Mr. Holden also participated in the writing of the Congressional Corporate Information Security Working Group's, Report on Security Best Practices and Metrics, published in January, 2005, as well as the WEDI/SNIP's, Security Policies and Procedures Whitepaper, (HIPAA). Other publications and presentations include numerous white papers covering subjects ranging from security management to technology issues such as intrusion detection, firewalls, biometric authentication and digital watermarking
Dr. David Lease, MS, MBA, PhD
Dr. Lease has multiple professional certifications including PMP, CISSP, ISSAP, ISSMP, C|EH, MCSE, CCNA, and is registered with the National Security Agency as a subject matter expert in information security assessment and evaluation. He is a recognized consultant and technical advisor for a wide range of clients including financial, national security, law enforcement, health care, manufacturing, and intelligence organizations. He has managed system design and integration projects billing over $130 million annually; been the CFO of two medium-size IT consulting firms; and established and grown two small (SBA 8a) IT systems integration firms. Dr. Lease's recent projects include a $2 billion IT security architecture redesign for a Federal law enforcement agency and the design and implementation of a secure financial management system for an organization operating in 85 countries.
Dr. Lease is an accomplished writer and frequent speaker on the topics of leadership in technical environments, information technology, enterprise architecture, information security, and business ethics, at conferences for organizations in the intelligence community, Department of Defense, civilian Federal agencies, as well as commercial and academic organizations. Dr. Lease is also a peer reviewer of technical research for the IEEE Computer Society. Among his recent publications and presentations are: Management Reviled: Is "Leadership" Just "Good Management" Repackaged?; From Great to Ghastly: How Toxic Organizational Cultures Poison Companies; The New Leadership Paradigm: Are Managers Obsolete?; Balancing Productivity and Privacy: Electronic Monitoring of Employees; Factors Influencing the Adoption of Biometric Security Technologies by Decision- Making Information Technology and Security Managers (Doctoral dissertation).
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Norwich University - Master of Science in Information Assurance
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