Cyber Security Business & Management | The Cyber Workforce | Expert Crowdsourcing | Experiential Learning
Publications
Brian Lemus, Fatima Majid, Bella Nguyen, Quan Vo, Brian K. Ngac, & Nirup Menon. The U.S. Allies Leading AI Development Malware and Network Security. Information Systems Security Association Journal. Issue 2, Vol 23. March 2025.
Eun Ju Jung, Nirup Menon, & Brian Ngac. Unraveling the Impact of Cloud Adoption on Cybersecurity Risks in Healthcare. International Conference on Information Systems 2024. [December 2024].
Brian K. Ngac & Nirup M. Menon. The Professional Readiness Experiential Program (PREP) in Action - Spring 2024: 7 Projects with 5 Industry Partners in 1 Semester to Enhance the Workforce. International Conference on Information Systems 2024. TREO Session. [15 December 2024]
Hanh Nguyen, Celeste Clarke, Sahrash Tanveer, Zachary Risseeuw, & Brian K. Ngac. An Assessment of the Chinese Communist Party’s Made in China 2025” Initiative on Technological Advancement and Economic Development in the Area of the Internet of Things. Information Systems Security Association Journal. Issue 7, Vol 22. November 2024.
Celeste Clarke, Hanh Nguyen, Sahrash Tanveer, Zachary Risseeuw, & Brian K. Ngac. An Assessment of the Chinese Communist Party’s Made in China 2025” Initiative on Technological Advancement and Economic Development in the Area of Quantum Computing. Information Systems Security Association Journal. Issue 6, Vol 22. October 2024.
Brian Ngac & Mihai Boicu. "Considering Professional Diversity as a Factor in a Consensus Building Method for Expert Crowdsourcing of Curriculum Topics." 2024 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference. June 2024.
Brian K. Ngac & Nirup M. Menon. Doing Before Graduating: Experiential Learning with Part-time Internships & Grants. American Society for Engineering Education 2024 Annual Conference. [24 June 2024]
Yasmin Nakhleh Jubran, Parsa Sadeghi, Kevin Melecio, Felipe Casabianca, & Brian K. Ngac. "Enhancing Collaboration to Improve Cybersecurity Practices." ISACA Journal. Volume 2: The (R)Evolution of the Data Ecosystem. 20 March 2024.
Brian K. Ngac & Nirup M. Menon. "Cyber Experiential Learning with Industry Participants & Real Projects" Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS) 2023 Conference. [12 August 2023]
Brian Ngac & Mihai Boicu. "Consensus Building Method for Expert Crowdsourcing of Curriculum Topics." American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) 2023 Annual Conference. June 2023.
Nirup Menon, Brian Ngac, & Fatou Diouf. "The Value Relevance of an Official Press Release of a Security Breach and Complementarities between the Content Elements of the Release." Workshop on Information Security and Privacy (WISP) 2022. December 2022.
Brian Ngac & Mihai Boicu. "Crowdsourcing Cyber Experts to Determine Relevant Topics During Cyber Curriculum Development Efforts." Innovations in Education & Teaching International. 59(2): April 2022. DOI: 10.1080/14703297.2022.2063924
Brian Ngac. "Virtual CISOs: Security Leader or Security Risk?" ISACA Journal. Volume 5: The Human Element of Security, pgs 22-27. September 2021. Featured as Top Story in the 10/4/2021 ISACA SmartBrief on Cybersecurity
Brian Ngac. "Direct From the Practitioner: Crowdsourcing for Cybersecurity Curriculum." ISACA Journal. Volume 4: Do Algorithms Make the World Go Round?, Online pgs 1-5. August 2021. Featured Article in the 9/22/2021 ISACA Newsletter
Brian Ngac. "From Intern To Cyber Professional – Building A Career At Parsons." Parsons Corporation. May 2020.
Brian Ngac. "Training The Next Generation Of Cyber Warriors." Parsons Corporation. March 2020.
Brian Ngac. "Cyber Professionals can be the Best Cyber Teachers." Information Systems Security Association Journal. Volume 18, Issue 2 pgs 30-33. February 2020.
Presentations
Brian Ngac. Curriculum Development Using Expert Crowdsourcing for Requirements Determination. Innovations in Teaching & Learning Conference, Volume 14. George Mason University [30 September 2022]
Brian Ngac. Improving Cyber Curriculum Through Crowdsourcing Domain Experts + Digital Engineering Potentials. 9th International Conference on Big Data Analysis and Data Mining. Invited [3 & 4 August 2022]
Brian Ngac. Collective Curriculum Development. Innovations in Teaching & Learning Conference, Vol 12: Teaching Towards the Future. George Mason University [22 September 2020]