Cybersecurity and Information Assurance Faculty
Randall K. Nichols, M.S., M.B.A.
Associate Professor of Criminal Justice
Office: 213 ECJS Building
http://www.infosec-technologies.com/
Biography
Randall K. Nichols, MSChE, MBA, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, is acting Director of the Cybersecurity and Information Assurance program at Utica College and Director of the Computer Forensics Research and Development Center.
Before joining the Utica College Faculty, Professor Nichols was Chief Operating Officer of INFOSEC Technologies, LLC, a consulting firm specializing in Counter-Terrorism, Counter-Espionage and Information Security Countermeasures for its 1700 commercial, educational and U.S. government clients.
Before joining the Utica College Faculty, Professor Nichols was Chief Operating Officer of INFOSEC Technologies, LLC, a consulting firm specializing in Counter-Terrorism, Counter-Espionage and Information Security Countermeasures for its 1700 commercial, educational and U.S. government clients.
Professor Nichols is internationally respected, with 41 years of experience in a variety of leadership roles. He previously taught graduate courses in INFOSEC, Cryptography, Computer Forensics, Counter-Terrorism, Risk Assessment, and Wireless Security at George Washington University, Washington, D.C.; University of Maryland University College Graduate School, College Park, MD and Towson University Graduate School, Towson, MD.
Professor Nichols is the author of five authoritative books. They include (with co-author Panos C Lekkas): Wireless Security: Models, Threats and Solutions, McGraw Hill, 2002; Defending Your Digital Assets: Against Hackers, Crackers, Spies and Thieves, (with co-authors Dan and Julie Ryan) McGraw Hill, 2000; The ICSA Guide to Cryptography McGraw Hill, 1998; and Classical Cryptography Course, Volumes I & II, Aegean Park Press, 1995, and 1996. Nichols was the Wiley invited author for Chapter 74, Wireless Information Warfarein their December 2005, 3-volume Handbook of Information Security, edited by Hossein Bigoli.
