Michel Kabay, PhD CISSP-ISSMP

Michel Kabay, PhD CISSP-ISSMP

Chief Technical Officer (CTO) of Adaptive Cyber Security Instruments, Inc. (ACSI)

Burlington, Vermont Area

Current
  • Chief Technical Officer (CTO) at Adaptive Cyber Security Instruments, Inc. (ACSI)
  • Assoc. Prof. Information Assurance at Norwich University
  • Security Strategies Columnist at Network World
  • Principal at Independent Consultant, Operations & Security (Sole Proprietorship)

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Education
  • Dartmouth College
  • McGill University
  • McGill University
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Industry
Computer & Network Security

Michel Kabay, PhD CISSP-ISSMP’s Summary

Having a ball helping Terry Beaver and his crew of enthusiastic colleagues in realizing his exciting vision of next-generation cyberintelligence -- a disruptive technology that will transform defensive capabilities by bringing intelligence to cyber situational awareness.

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Always interested in consulting and industrial teaching in operations management, security, organizational dynamics, executive seminars, technical editing, and course development.

Highlights: >950 published articles on computer operations and security; co-editor of Computer Security Handbook; have lectured on information security at NATO HQ, NATO COINTEL, US Army War College. Program chair for > 60 professional IT conferences since 1986. Have taught internationally in UK, Germany, Japan, China, Canada. Professional technical editor since 1970. Information Systems Security Association Hall of Fame member since 2004. Fluent in French, modestly competent in German.

Please visit my Web site at http://www.mekabay.com for a complete picture of my work, including a downloadable PDF file with my complete CV, list of publications and list of courses taught and lectures delivered.

Michel Kabay, PhD CISSP-ISSMP’s Specialties:

Operations management, information security policy development & implementation, medical informatics security, IA education / training / awareness, live / online course construction & delivery, organizational analysis, professional technical editing, writing

Michel Kabay, PhD CISSP-ISSMP’s Experience

  • Senior Academic Advisor to the MSIA Program

    Norwich University School of Graduate Studies

    (Higher Education industry)

    April 2009 — Present (9 months)

    Guide curriculum evolution in Master of Science in Information Assurance.

  • Professor of Record, MBA Seminar 1

    Norwich University School of Graduate Studies

    (Higher Education industry)

    April 2009 — Present (9 months)

    Maintain currency of MBA Seminar 1 curriculum (Strategic Resource Management) and supervise academic quality of instruction.

  • Associate Chair of Computing

    Norwich University School of Business & Management

    (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

    April 2009 — Present (9 months)

    Collaborate with Chair of Computing in guiding and supervising quality of curriculum and instruction in informatics, computer-science and information-assurance courses and programs.

  • Chief Technical Officer (CTO)

    Adaptive Cyber Security Instruments, Inc. (ACSI)

    (Computer Software industry)

    January 2009 — Present (1 year )

    Responsible for coordinating strategic applications of information technology in startup phase of an innovative company dedicated to bringing Cyber Situational Awareness(TM) and Real Time Forensics(TM) to the enterprise and national security markets. We are actively seeking accredited investors.

  • Assoc. Prof. Information Assurance

    Norwich University

    (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

    July 2001 — Present (8 years 6 months)

    Teach Fundamentals of Informatics; Introduction to Computers and C++ Programming; Introduction to Business Software; Introduction to Information Assurance; Information Assurance Management; Cyberlaw and Cybercrime; Database Management Systems; Advanced Econometrics; Special Topics in Computer Science (Individual Research Projects); Software Engineering; COBOL; Strategic Applications of Information Technology; Politics of Cyberspace. Director of the Annual Student Symposium in IA; Faculty Advisor for ACM SIGSAC. Publisher of Norwich University Journal of Information Assurance (NUJIA, < http://nujia.norwich.edu >).

  • Security Strategies Columnist

    Network World

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Publishing industry)

    January 2000 — Present (10 years )

    Prepare two security-related columns a week for distribution to readers of the Security Strategies newsletter < http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/sec/ >. Readership has grown from 16,000 in 2000 to >50,000 now.

  • Principal

    Independent Consultant, Operations & Security (Sole Proprietorship)

    (Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Information Technology and Services industry)

    July 1998 — Present (11 years 6 months)

    Consulting services in operations management; facilities security; security policy development and improvement; security awareness, training and education; organizational dynamics analysis and optimization; survey design and statistical analysis; research for and writing of technical white papers; assistance as subject-matter expert for technical advisory boards.

  • CTO, School of Graduate Studies

    Norwich University

    (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

    January 2005 — April 2009 (4 years 4 months)

    Chief Technical Officer, School of Graduate Studies: responsible for providing guidance to colleagues and staff in identifying technical solutions to practical problems including information organization, storage, retrieval, analysis and security. Member of liaison group between SGS and Information Technology Group.

  • Program Director, MSIA

    Norwich University

    (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

    January 2002 — April 2009 (7 years 4 months)

    Responsible for creating and maintaining curriculum of Master of Science in Information Assurance program in the School of Graduate Studies. Overall responsibility for academic and management policy, administration, faculty and students in the MSIA program.

  • Technical Editor, Computer Security Handbook, 4th & 5th Editions

    Wiley-Blackwell

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Publishing industry)

    January 2000 — June 2008 (8 years 6 months)

    Under the direction of Senior Editor Sy Bosworth, responsible for planning chapter titles, sequence and authors for the 4th and 5th editions of the Computer Security Handbook. Provide editorial supervision of content and references. Support Sy Bosworth with additional copy-editoring. Responsible for maintining planning documents to track status of chapters. In 5th edition, support Editor Eric Whyne who manages correspondence with authors.

  • Program Director, BSCSIA

    Norwich University

    (Non-Profit; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

    January 2004 — June 2007 (3 years 6 months)

    Responsible for curriculum design and update of Bachelor of Science in Computer Security and Information Assurance in the Division of Business & Management. For details, see

    http://www.norwich.edu/academics/business/informationassurance.html

  • Security Leader (Consulting)

    Adario/AtomicTangerine

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer & Network Security industry)

    February 2000 — June 2001 (1 year 5 months)

    Representing AtomicTangerine at professional meetings and on professional committees. Teaching seminars at professional meetings and in colleges and universities. Writing White Papers and journal articles on selected topics. Serving as a technical content supplier for the AtomicTangerine Webmaster and for International Institute for Information Integrity (I-4) members. Supporting the ISU (Information Security University). Responding to requests for information from journalists, academics and students. Providing consulting services for clients in operations management and security.

  • Director of Education

    NCSA/ICSA Labs/TruSecure

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer & Network Security industry)

    January 1991 — January 2000 (9 years 1 month)

    Ensuring that all ICSA staff remained up to date in relevant information about information security and I.T. standards, business and regulatory environments. Representing ICSA at professional meetings and committees. Teaching seminars at professional meetings and in colleges and universities. Writing White Papers and journal articles. Technical resource for the ICSA Webmaster and for Consortium managers. Responding to requests for information from journalists, academics and students. Series Editor of the NCSA Guides to Information Security with McGraw-Hill publishers. Wizop for ICSA CompuServe Security Forum.

  • President

    JINBU Corporation (Sole Proprietorship)

    (Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Information Technology and Services industry)

    July 1986 — June 1998 (12 years )

    Consulting in information systems management, security audits and planning, disaster prevention, mitigation and recovery planning, performance analysis and optimization on mainframes, minis and microcomputers. Developing and teaching courses in operations management, information systems security, system performance, database performance, and telecommunications. Experimental and sampling design; survey design and analysis. Organizational analysis and project evaluation. Also Instructor at the Institute for Government Informatics Professionals of the University of Ottawa; instructor in JPC program at John Abbott College Continuing Education (Ste Anne de Bellevue).

  • Director of Technical Services

    MATHEMA, Inc.

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    December 1983 — July 1986 (2 years 8 months)

    Operations of Computer Service Bureau for 28 companies. Responsibilities included providing systems technical support; tuning operating systems; evaluating utilities; standards for documenting procedures; load, recovery, and backup strategies; microcomputer policy and support. Used statistical techniques for capacity planning. Taught courses in operating system internals, system monitoring techniques, network and relational database design, and application program performance enhancement. Assisted actuaries in statistical methodology.

  • Systems Engineer

    Hewlett-Packard (Canada) Ltd

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Computer Software industry)

    February 1980 — December 1983 (3 years 11 months)

    CONSULTING: HP3000 Performance; IMAGE/3000 optimal database design.
    TEACHING: operating system internals and performance, network database design, advanced programming techniques, ad hoc report generator, system management, operations, patching operating system tables, intelligent screen formatter, and text and document processing.
    TECHNICAL SUPPORT: Team Leader, Phone In Consulting Service (PICS); Software Coordinator for Montreal office.
    RESEARCH: 6 months at HP Cupertino developing SYSDUMP Computer-Based Training prototype.

  • Compiler Analyst, Programmer & Statistical Consultant

    Lupfer & Long, Inc.

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

    May 1979 — February 1980 (10 months)

    INPROSYS a relational database management system for General Motors (USA) Corporation Toxic Substances Database which recorded employee exposure to over 2,000,000 different substances in automobile components and manufacturing compounds. Designed syntax for statistical functions of command language; wrote BASIC code for parsing and error messages; wrote code generating sections of compiler to produce object language (structured COBOL); designed quality assurance tests; wrote and produced first edition of reference manual, taught course for medical directors.

  • Associate Professor of Biology

    Université de Moncton

    (Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Higher Education industry)

    September 1978 — May 1979 (9 months)

    TEACHING: biometry, introductory biology, human physiology.
    CONSULTING: helped faculty and others design and analyze research.

  • Professor of Statistics & Biometry

    Canadian International Development Agency

    (Government Agency; 51-200 employees; Higher Education industry)

    November 1976 — August 1978 (1 year 10 months)

    Assigned to Université nationale du Rwanda -- central Africa.

    TEACHING: Helped teach programming using FORTRAN and microcomputer assembler. Taught survey design and data analysis to post graduate students in management and business administration. Designed and taught course in experimental design and statistical analysis for postgraduate students in agronomic engineering program. Designed, taught courses in applied statistics for the BA program in social and economic sciences.
    CONSULTING: Organized symposium on Microcomputers and the Third World in 1978. Wrote computer programs for statistical analysis for Centre d'Etudes et d'Application de l'Energie au Rwanda and for agronomy department. Helped design and analyze studies of local cooperative management projects, agricultural field research, FAO Tick Control Project drug trials and species diversity studies.

  • Teaching Fellow; Research Fellow

    Dartmouth College

    (Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Higher Education industry)

    September 1972 — August 1976 (4 years )

    CONSULTING: Helped professors and graduate students in experimental design and analysis.
    RESEARCH: Designed, executed, and analyzed experiments in rotifer developmental biology. Wrote computer programs for data analysis on microcomputers.
    TEACHING: Assisted in biochemistry, general biology, comparative anatomy, embryology, general genetics, molecular genetics. Developed and taught course in applied statistics for graduate students in biology.

  • Teaching and Research Assistant

    McGill University

    (Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Higher Education industry)

    May 1969 — August 1972 (3 years 4 months)

    Teaching Assistand in general biology and general genetics labs. Summer Research Intern (Summer 1969) under direction of Dr Sally Long. Research projects: melanocyte implantation therapy and melanin substrate replacement for genetically determined albinism in laboratory mice.

Michel Kabay, PhD CISSP-ISSMP’s Education

  • Dartmouth College

    PhD , Inverterbrate zoology & applied statistics , September 1972 — August 1976

    Two major projects:
    1) Allelochemic effects of rotifers Asplanchna sieboldi on reproductive cycle of rotifer Brachionus calyciflorus.
    2) Alpha tocopherol (vitamin E) effects on polymorphism in Asplanchna sieboldi.

  • McGill University

    MSc , Teratology & Developmental Genetics , September 1970 — August 1972

    Worked on methylmercury teratogenesis and effects of alpha-tocopherol in reducing mercury toxicity in mouse embryos; also thesis project on statistical analysis of homeorhesis in F1 hybrids of inbred mouse lines.

  • McGill University

    BSc , Genetics , September 1966 — August 1970

Additional Information

Michel Kabay, PhD CISSP-ISSMP’s Interests:

Hobbies: Occasional co-host, radio program Something to Talk About, WGDR since 1998. Playing chamber music, singing art songs (basso), listening to loud heavy-metal rock music; cross-country skiing; reading philosophy of science, SF and crime novels. Reading to children at the Northfield Public Library. Mowing six acres of meadow and maintaining paths in 40 acres of woodlands and fields in Vermont. Savoring every day with my beloved wife Deborah Black, light of my life.

Michel Kabay, PhD CISSP-ISSMP’s Groups:

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS); American Association of University Professors (AAUP); Association for Computing Machinery & ACM Special Interest Groups SIGCAS (Computers & Society), SIGSAC (Security, Audit & Control); Computer Security Institute (CSI); Information Systems Security Association (ISSA); International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium (ISC)2. International Primate Protection League (IPPL); Greenpeace; Friends of the Earth; Sierra Club. Amnesty International. Associate Editor, ACM Ubiquity. Board of Advisors, Lost Nation Theater 1999-2002., FISSEA

  •    HP Alumni
  •    Norwich University MSIA Alumni
  •    Computer Security Handbook 5th Edition

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