I am currently a PhD candidate pursuing a PhD in Information Technology Management. I have written several cyber-security courses and training manuals for the National Science Foundation and local academic institutions.

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Pursuit of academic excellence

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"It's a tough world out there"

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Professional surfer

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My two Labrador Retrievers

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to share knowledge and to receive critical feedback... be part of "the" solution

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Robson (2002) Real World Research, Block (1999) Flawless Consulting

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Ranch help (Cowboy)

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Birth of my son, daughter(s)

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The support and understanding of my wife and my best friends

Computers & Technology > Computers & Technology (Other) Information assurance strategy maximizing organizational productivity and customer satisfaction

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Introduction
Information assurance (IA), while not precisely defined in the extant literature, commonly includes measures to protect and enforce confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information. Over the last ten years the IA taxonomy has evolved to include authentication and non-repudiation (Korotka, Yin, & Basu, 2005). These five core areas create what is commonly referred to as the pillars of information assurance or IA tenets (Colwill, Todd, Fielder, & Natanson, 2001). Formal computer security research, relevant to the genesis of modern IA strategies, began in mid-1970s when...

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