Jon Adams

Research Interests: Usable Security, Cybersecurity User Behavioral Factors, End User Security,  Policy Impacts of Disruptive Technologies

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Taught computing courses at Northern Virginia Community College, George Mason University School of Business, and University of Maryland Global Campus 

  • ITP 270 Programming for Cybersecurity - NVCC: Teaches scripting techniques for automating security tasks such as network monitoring and penetration testing using a high-level programming language common to cyber security professionals. Includes how to write custom tools and the basics of developing software exploits. Close focused on utlizing API to automate and integrate existing cybersecurity tools and to write code to solve unique problems for which there aren't any tools.
  • ITN 260 Network Security Basics - NVCC: This couse covered the basic Security+ CE Body of Knowledge. Provides instruction in the basics of network security in depth. Includes security objectives, security architecture, security models and security layers; risk management, network security policy, and security training. Includes the five security keys, confidentiality integrity, availability, accountability and auditability.
  • MIS 320 Networks and Security - GMU:  Introduces students to fundamentals of networking technologies and their role in businesses. Emphasis is on understanding the business implications of different networking technologies and solutions. Students learn to identify and understand the business requirements, and bring together the different technological components to design the required communication solutions. Also focuses on the types of security threats to the business network infrastructure, and approach to tackling such threats through business practices combined with appropriate technological solutions.
  • CMST 385 Internet & Web Design  - UMUC:  A study of HTML and Web page design, including Internet security measures and social, ethical, and legal issues related to the growth of the Internet. Topics include basic principles and protocols of the Internet, configuration and use of graphical Web browsers, application programs such as e-mail and searching and retrieving information on the World Wide Web, and the use of portals. Assignments include designing and publishing a Web page.



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