Graduate · CSCY 5800
Data Security
Data protection across its lifecycle, including classification, cryptography, privacy, access control, governance and breach analysis.
Teaching
Applied cybersecurity education
My courses connect rigorous security foundations with laboratories, analytical reasoning and realistic technical scenarios.
Courses
CSCY 4407
Security & Cryptography
Core security principles and modern cryptographic tools, protocols, applications and implementation considerations.
CSCY 4742
Cybersecurity Programming and Analysis
Programming techniques for security automation, data analysis, defensive tooling and evidence-based investigation.
CSCY 3800
Information Security
Threats, vulnerabilities, controls, risk management and the organizational context of protecting information assets.
CSCY
Computer Security and Network Security
System hardening, secure architectures, network defense, monitoring, vulnerability assessment and incident response.
Teaching philosophy
I connect foundational concepts to reproducible technical work. Students learn to interpret evidence, explain security decisions, communicate risk and recommend defensible mitigations—not simply operate tools.
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