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About the Authors

Ken Sigler, is a faculty member of the Computer Information Systems (CIS)
program at the Auburn Hills campus of Oakland Community College in
Michigan. His primary research is in the areas of software management,
software assurance, cybersecurity risk management, and cybersecurity
education. He Has spoken nationally on numerous topics related to
cybersecurity and has served as served as the liaison for the college to the
International Cybersecurity Education Coalition (ICSEC), of which he is one of
three founding members. Ken is a member of the University of Detroit Mercy
Center of Cybersecurity and Intelligence Studies Board of Advisors.

Daniel P Shoemaker, is principal investigator and senior research scientist
at the University of Detroit Mercy’s Center for Cyber Security and Intelligence
Studies. Dan has served 30 years as a professor at UDM with 25 of those
years as department chair. He served as a co-chair for both the Workforce
Training and Education and the Software and Supply Chain Assurance
Initiatives for the Department of Homeland Security and was a subject matter
expert for the NICE Workforce Framework 2.0. Dan has coauthored six
books in the field of cybersecurity and has authored over one hundred
journal publications. Dan earned his PhD from the University of Michigan.

Anne Kohnke, is an Associate Professor of Cybersecurity and the PI for the
Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense at the University of Detroit
Mercy. After a 25-year career in IT, Anne transitioned from a Vice President of
IT and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) position into full-time
academia in 2011. Dr. Kohnke was also a tenured Associate Professor at
Lawrence Technological University where she taught technical IT and
cybersecurity courses.

Dr. Kohnke’s research is focused in the area of cybersecurity, risk
management, threat modeling, and mitigating attack vectors. Dr. Kohnke has
recently coauthored six books and several peer-reviewed journal articles in this field of study. Dr. Kohnke
earned her PhD from Benedictine University, an MBA from Lawrence Technological University, and
courses in the Master of Science in Information Systems and Technology at the University of Michigan
Dearborn.

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