Security education is becoming a very important topic at all levels, e.g., government, industry, and especially at academia. Academia needs to become proficient in teaching the future information security leaders, so that they can help to protect the nation. In this webinar, we are going to go over some of the topics that information security professionals need to know, and some things that on the horizon that they also need to understand.

About the Presenter

Dr. Brown has over 25 years of technical and business experience in telecommunications, data networks, strategic communications, organizational design, electronic commerce, security, and business management. He is an experienced, published professional with a wide-ranging technical and business background.

Some of his projects have included security assessments, project risk analysis, network security, cyber security and forensic investigations. He has also worked on business planning, strategy development, government technology restrictions, cryptography, intrusion technologies, biometrics, firewalls, evaluating Internet security technologies and virtual private networks, and held several positions of management, directing the work of small groups of highly skilled professionals in developing new products and services for customers.

He currently serves as a curriculum specialist for security and information assurance programs, where he does teaching, researching and assisting with doctoral mentoring of information assurance research with Capella’s learners.

Dr. Brown work has included consultations for a wide range of domestic and international industries including telecommunications, transportation, finance, and he has worked with several State and Federal agencies and directs Capella’s NSA designated Center of Excellence in Information Assurance Education.