Faculty

Forno, Richard F.

Clark, Robert W.

Getek, Ryan C.

Huhn, Michael S.

Kinney, Albert

Leschke, Timothy

Nicholas, Charles K.

Owen, Cathleeen

Pinkston, John

Rasch, Mark

Shariati, Ben

Sherman, Alan T.

Thompson, Terry L.

Waddell, William

Williams, Tina C.

Richard F. Forno, Ph.D.
Lecturer & Graduate Program Director, Cybersecurity

Ph.D., Curtin University of Technology
M.A., Salve Regina University

Graduate Certificate (National Security & Strategic Studies) US Naval War College
B.A., American University

Dr. Forno’s research interests and professional expertise include information age conflict, cybersecurity operations, risk communication, Internet policy, and the social shaping of technology.

Robert W. Clark, J.D.
Adjunct Instructor, Cybersecurity

L.L.M., The Judge Advocate General's School, United States Army

J.D., Michigan State University College of Law

B.G.S., University of Michigan

Mr. Clark is a practicing cyber operational attorney for the U.S. Army. His research interests include full spectrum computer network operations; federal cybersecurity; computer crimes; use of emerging technologies; privacy; and Internet law.

Ryan C. Getek, Ph.D. CISSP-ISSEP
Adjunct Instructor, Cybersecurity

Ph.D., UMBC

M.S., UMBC

MS., UNC Charlotte

BSBA, Appalachian State University

Dr. Getek's research interests include privacy in the cloud, web personalization and privacy, ethical and practical usability considerations of data mining and common Internet data collection practices, and trusted computing (applications of the Trusted Platform Module and hardware-based disk encryption to protect boot integrity and data-at-rest).

Michael S. Huhn, CISSP, ISSEP
Adjunct Instructor, Cybersecurity

M.S., University of Southern California
B.S., Shippensburg University

Albert Kinney

Adjunct Instructor, Cybersecurity

M.S., Naval Postgraduate School

B.S., United States Naval Academy

Timothy Leschke

Adjunct Instructor, Cybersecurity

Ph.D. Candidate, UMBC
M.S., Loyola University (Chicago)
B.A., Villanova University

Charles K. Nicholas, Ph.D.
Professor, Computer Science  (Faculty Advisor, UMBC CyberDawgs)

Ph.D., Ohio State
M.S., Ohio State
B.S., University of Michigan - Flint

Dr. Nicholas's research interests include document engineering, information retrieval, malware analysis, and computing in the humanities.

Cathleen Owen, J.D.
Adjunct Instructor, Cybersecurity

J.D., University of Maryland Baltimore Law School

B.A., Ohio State University (w/honors)

Graduate Certificate (Information & Telecommunications Systems), Johns Hopkins University

Cathy's professional and research interests include the legal and international issues surrounding active computer network defense and related areas.

John Pinkston, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus, Computer Science and Electrical Engineering

Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, MIT
M.S., Electrical Engineering, MIT
B.S.E., Electrical Engineering, Princeton University

Dr. Pinkston's research interests include information assurance, specifically intrusion detection and cryogenic electronics for ultra high speed computation.

Mark D. Rasch, J.D.
Adjunct Instructor, Cybersecurity

J.D., State University of New York Buffalo Law School
B.A., State University of New York at Albany

Mark's professional expertise includes national and international intellectual property protection, information security, privacy, business continuity, computer forensics, regulatory compliance and computer incident response. During the 1990s, he established DOJ’s initial computer crime unit (now CCIPS), established federal cyber evidence standards, and served as lead counsel in the historic Cornell University "Internet" computer worm case.

Ben Shariati
Adjunct Instructor, Cybersecurity

Ph.D. Candidate, George Washington University

Graduate Certificate in Information Security, George Washington University

M.S. George Washington University

CNSS 4011 Certified

Alan T. Sherman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Computer Science and Director, UMBC Center for Information Security & Assurance (CISA)

Ph.D., MIT
S.M, MIT
Sc.B., Brown University  (magna cum laude)

Dr. Sherman’s research interests include high-integrity voting systems (including Scantegrity), key management for large dynamic groups, cryptanalysis, applications of cryptography, information assurance education, and theoretical foundations of cryptology.

Terry L. Thompson, Ph.D.
Adjunct Instructor, Cybersecurity

Ph.D., Georgetown University
M.A., Wayne State University
B.A., Wayne State University

Dr. Thompson's professional expertise includes cybersecurity, intelligence analysis, developing national cybersecurity programs signals intelligence technical analysis, and national security.

William O. Waddell

Adjunt Instructor, Cybersecurity

M.A., U.S. Naval War College

M.A., Salve Regina University

B.S., University of Wisconsin - LaCrosse

Tina C. Williams

Adjunct Instructor, Cybersecurity

J.D., University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law

M.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

B.S., UMBC