Ceisare
Center of Excellence in Information Systems Assurance Research and Education




   

Date: May 8, 2008

Points of Contact
Dr. H.R. Rao
Professor, MIS, UB
mgmtrao@buffalo.edu

Dr. Shambhu J Upadhyaya
Director, CEISARE
shambhu@cse.buffalo.edu

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Dr. Marc Rogers, CERIAS, Purdue University
Topic: Developing a Meaningful Cyber Forensics/Digital Evidence Curriculum

Marcus K. Rogers, Ph.D., CISSP, CCCI is the Chair of the Cyber Forensics Program in the Dept. of Computer and Information Technology at Purdue University. He is a Professor, University Faculty Scholar and a research faculty member at the Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS). Dr. Rogers is a member of the quality assurance board for (ISC)2¹s SCCP designation, is the International Chair of the Law, Compliance, Regulation and Investigation Domain of the Common Body of Knowledge (CBK) committee, and is the Chair of the Ethics Committee for the Digital and Multimedia Sciences section of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences. He is a former Police officer who worked in the area of fraud and computer crime investigations.
Dr. Rogers is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Digital Forensic Practice and sits on the editorial board for several other professional journals. He is also a member of various national and international committees focusing on digital forensic science and digital evidence. Dr. Rogers is the author of several books, numerous book chapters, and journal publications in the field of digital forensics and applied psychological analysis. His research interests include applied cyber forensics, psychological digital crime scene analysis, and cyber terrorism.


Mr. Robert McGraw, Technical Director, IA Architecture and System Security Engineering Group, NSA
Topic: IA Challenges and Trends for the Next Generation of IA Professionals

Mr. McGraw is the Technical Director for the Information Assurance Architecture and Systems Security Engineering Group at the National Security Agency (NSA). His group is responsible for defining the information assurance capabilities for the Department of Defense’s (DoD) Global Information Grid, which will transform DoD’s approach for communications and information management. They are also responsible for providing Information Systems Security Engineering services to a vast array of DoD and other government programs.
Mr. McGraw received a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering degree from the University of Detroit and a Master’s Degree in System Engineering and Technical Management from the Johns Hopkins University. He has been with the NSA since 1973 where he has spent his career architecting and developing Information Security products and systems for space, combat, and cryptographic key management applications.


  

Dr. Timothy Fossum, Program Director, National Science Foundation
Topic: Federal Cyber Service: Scholarship for Service Program

Dr. Timothy Fossum is Program Director of the Division of Undergraduate Education at National Science Foundation. At NSF, he is responsible for the Federal Cyber Service: Scholarship for Service (SFS), and the National Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education Digital Library (NSDL) programs. He is also a professor of Computer Science at SUNY College at Potsdam, Potsdam, NY. Previously, he held faculty positions at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and University of Utah. Dr. Fossum's expertise is in distributed systems, software engineering, and system administration. He actively teaches courses in these areas. He received his Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Oregon.




Mr. Mike Arent, CISSP, NSA-IAM, ITIL, EDS-Global Information Security
Topic: Intrusion Detection and Threat Vectors

Michael Arent has responsibility for security delivery solutions globally. His current focus is security architecture, engineering, implementation and management of security solutions. He supports all industries and works to develop a depth in defense approach along with centralized management/monitoring. He is also very focused on providing the correct level of security based upon the clients industry.
Michael has many years of IT and security experience, most recently he managed the San Diego Network Operations Center for the Navy Marine Corp. This network is second only to the internet in size. He has continually upgraded his skill set and stresses the importance of keeping your skills current. He has functioned in consulting, management and technical roles with emphasis on security operations, automation, and project management.


  

Mr. Keith Mayer, BrightPlanIT.com
Topic: Electronic Discovery: New Demands and Trends

Mr. Keith Mayer is Chief Technology Officer and Enterprise Consultant and Technology Evangelist at BrightPlanIT.com. He has over 15 years of direct experience as a Technical Project Leader in the research, design, implementation, and management of complex enterprise IT projects. Previously he held positions such as Network Services Manager at Hodgson Russ LLP – Buffalo, NY, Enterprise Technology Consultant at Consulting Practices, Inc. – Buffalo, NY, Enterprise Technology Consultant at IKON Office Solutions, Inc. – Buffalo, NY, Senior Technology Engineer at Ingram Micro, Inc – Buffalo, NY, and so on. He holds numerous certifications including Microsoft and Cisco certifications and completed several high impact projects including development and delivery  of “From the Field” training sessions to Regional Microsoft Partners regarding Microsoft Core Infrastructure Optimization (Core IO) and Business Productivity Infrastructure Optimization (BPIO) initiatives. He received a B.S. in computer science from SUNY at Buffalo and is a member of IEEE.


  

Dr. Anthony Billittier, Health Commissioner, Erie County
Topic: Public Health Emergency Response Preparedness in Western New York

Since 2000, Dr. Anthony Billittier has served as Commissioner of Health in Erie County, NY, with a population of approximately one million encompassing the City of Buffalo and surrounding suburban and rural areas. Dr. Billittier is a board-certified, and still clinically active, Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians. He is a graduate of the University at Buffalo, School of Medicine and completed his emergency medicine residency and emergency medical services fellowship training at Alleghany General Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Dr. Billittier has integrated out-of-hospital care and emergency preparedness into his public health agenda and remains committed to academic and scientific, as well as regional, state and national initiatives. In addition, he continues to serve as system medical director for multiple volunteer, municipal, commercial, and air medical EMS agencies throughout Western New York. He has authored or co-authored over sixty publications on emergency medicine, emergency medical services, and public health topics, and is an Assistant Clinical Professor at the University at Buffalo in both the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and the School of Public Health and Health Professions.

As an invited speaker addressing the topic of regional emergency preparedness and public health, Dr. Billittier has presented at numerous area meetings and national clinical conferences. He participates in numerous community service activities related to public health and emergency medicine, including service as co-chairperson of the Western New York Public Health Alliance, Inc.



 
 

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