About

Hello, my name is Jon Adams. I recentely completed my dissertation in November 2023 at Marymount University in the D.Sc. program in Cybersecurity. 

My dissertation chair was Dr. Michelle Liu. I completed my Bachelors in Computer Information Science at Benedict College. I also completed a Masters of Computer Science at Howard University. I am currently working toward the Public Leadership Credential at Harvard Kennedy School. 

 I have about 20+ years of industry experience in technical, project management and program management roles in the public sector. I have include the CISSP, GIAC GPEN, GCIH, and GCIA certifications. I've taught undergraduate computing courses at several DC Area universities and colleges (George Mason University, Northern Virginia Community College, and University of Maryland Global College).  

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Publications (formal and informal) from the last several years. My current research interests are usable security,  end user security, access controls, and policy impacts associated with disruptive technologies

• Adams, J. K. (2023). The Effect of Security Awareness Training, Leadership Commitment, and Usable Security on Security Compliance Intent. Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. Retrieved from: https://www.proquest.com/dissertations-theses/effect-security-awareness-training-leadership/docview/2917478766/se-2
• Adams, J. K. & Liu, M. (2022, August). Impact of User Experience and Comprehension on Security Awareness Training. In Proceedings of the 2022 Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2022). Top 25% paper – [Full Text]
• Adams, J.K. (2019, September). WifiCue: Public Wireless Access Security Assessment Tool. SANS Gold Paper. Retrieved from: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4635997. 

I have taught computing courses at Northern Virginia Community College, George Mason Univerity School of Business, and University of Maryland Global Campus 

• ITP 270 Programming for Cybersecurity - NVCC: This class covered basic python programming and fundamental cybersecurity concepts, then 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
• MIS 320 Networks and Security - GMU: This course covered fundamental network engineerings concepts including the OSI model, TCP/IP, protocols and functionality at each layer of the network stack, fundamental security topics and issues associated with networking and application protocols, as well as distributed systems concepts incuding cloud computing and virtualization

This website design was borrowed from Jon Barron and  Leonid Keselman