What Every Engineer Should Know About Cyber Security and Digital Forensics

Joanna F. DeFranco, earned her Ph.D. in computer and information science from New Jersey Institute of Technology, M.S. in computer engineering from Villanova University, and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Math from Penn State University. She is an Associate Professor of Software Engineering with the Pennsylvania State University. She has worked as an Electronics Engineer for the Navy as well as a Software Engineer at Motorola. Dr. DeFranco is also a researcher for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) working with the Secure Systems and Applications group. She is a senior member of the IEEE and an area and column editor for IEEE Computer Magazine. Her research interests include software engineering, Software Security, Distributed Networks, and Internet of Things.

Bob Maley, Inventor, CISO, Author, Futurist, and OODA Loop Fanatic, is the Chief Security Officer at Black Kite, the leader in third-party cyber risk intelligence. Bob has previously worked in physical security as a law enforcement officer. He also worked as the head of PayPal's Global Third-Party Security & Inspections team and as Chief Information Security Officer for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Bob led the Pennsylvania Information Security Architecture program to win the 2007 award for outstanding achievement in information technology by the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO). He has been named a CSO of the Year finalist for the SC Magazine Awards and was nominated as the Information Security Executive of the Year, North America. Bob's certifications include CRISC, CTPRP, OpenFAIR, and CCSK.