Announcement

Bradley University Announces the 13th President

James E. Shadid has been named Bradley University’s 13th president, the university’s Board of Trustees announced today. Read More

Research

The Center for Cybersecurity helps coordinate and catalog Bradley University’s research on various cybersecurity-related topics, such as behavioral security research, ethics, privacy, and anonymity.

Current research that falls under the scope of the Center for Cybersecurity consist of:

  • Security assessment methodology, performance, and findings
  • Use of technology to enhance security, privacy, and anonymity
  • Development of pedagogy for cybersecurity education
  • Examining laws related to security, privacy, and anonymity
  • Development of a best practices guide for cybersecurity

Featured Research

Young, J.A., & Farshadkhah, S. (2022) “Teaching Cybersecurity Incident Response Using the Backdoors & Breaches Tabletop Exercise Game,” Cybersecurity Pedagogy and Practice Journal (1)1, 4-17.

Young, J.A., Courtney, J.F., Bennett, R.J., Ellis, T.S., & Posey, M.C. (2021) “The Impact of Anonymous, Two-Way, Computer-Mediated Communication on Perceived Whistleblower Credibility,” Information Technology & People (34)3, 1119-1151.

Young, J.A., Smith, T.J., & Zheng, S.H. (2020) “Call Me BIG PAPA: Extending Mason’s Information Ethics Framework to Big Data,” Journal of the Midwest Association for Information Systems (2020)2.

Young, J.A. (2020) “The Development of a Red-Teaming Course,” Journal of Information Systems Education (31)3.

Smith, T. J. (2020). Haystack in a Hurricane: Mandated Disclosure and the Sectoral Approach to the Right to Privacy. Yale Journal on Regulation, 37, 25.

Young, J.A., Biros, D.P., Schuetzler, R.M., Smith, T.J., Stephens, P.R., Syler, R.A., & Zheng, S.H. (2020) “When Programs Collide – A Panel Report on the Competing Interests of Analytics and Security,” Communications of the Association for Information Systems (46)5, 584-602.

Marcum, T.M. & Young, J.A. (2020) “Defining the Whistleblower: The Digital Realty Case and Proposed Legislation,” Richmond Journal of Law & Technology (26)3.

Marcum, T.M. & Young, J.A. (2019) “Blowing the Whistle in the Digital Age: Are You Really Anonymous? The Perils and Pitfalls of Anonymity in Whistleblowing Laws,” DePaul University Business & Commercial Law Journal (17)1, 1-38.