Author: Dr. Mansur Hasib, CISSP, PMP, CPHIMS

Dr. Mansur Hasib is the only cybersecurity professional in the world with 12 years experience as Chief Information Officer, a Doctor of Science in Cybersecurity, and the prestigious CISSP, PMP, and CPHIMS certifications. His book Cybersecurity Leadership (2014) shares his leadership model and organizational strategy which he implemented in healthcare, biotechnology, education and energy. His book Impact of Security Culture on Security Compliance in Healthcare (2013) examines cybersecurity in US healthcare. For more information visit: www.cybersecurityleadership.com 

From the Summer 2015 Issue

A Time for American Leadership in Cybersecurity

Author(s):

Dr. Mansur Hasib, CISSP, PMP, CPHIMS, Public Speaker and Cybersecurity Leader,

Fellows of non-partisan think tank ICIT1 frequently get called upon to provide expert cybersecurity advice and analyses to congressional members and government leaders.  On the evening of April 30th, 2015, we participated in a fascinating discussion with Michael Echols, Director of the Cyber Joint Program Management Office.2 This discussion made one thing clear to me: … Read more

From the Winter 2015 Issue

Cybersecurity is a STEMB Field … … and the B Isn’t Silent!

Author(s):

Dr. Mansur Hasib, CISSP, PMP, CPHIMS, Public Speaker and Cybersecurity Leader,

Put together a bunch of passionate academics, government officials, and industry leaders who love to discuss their niche in the vast, exciting, multi-disciplinary field of cybersecurity – and sparks are bound to fly! And this is exactly what happened at the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) conference held in Columbia, Maryland, November 5-6, 2014. … Read more

From the Fall 2014 Issue

Cybersecurity Culture and Compliance

Author(s):

Dr. Mansur Hasib, CISSP, PMP, CPHIMS, Public Speaker and Cybersecurity Leader,

CYBERSECURITY DEFINED While attending several cybersecurity conferences recently I noticed a lack of a common understanding of what cybersecurity is. I also noticed some confusion between cybersecurity and information assurance. I observed that many cybersecurity professionals and even NIST documents were advocating cybersecurity policy based on the 1991 McCumber model of information security (McCumber, 1991) … Read more