Jon Adams

I completed my dissertation in November 2023 at Marymount University in Cybersecurity. My dissertation chair was Dr. Michelle Liu.
I'm currently enrolled in the Harvard Kennedy School Public Leadership Credential program. 

I have a MS in Computer Science from Howard University. I also have a BS in Computer Information Science from Benedict College, in Columbia, SC. Other relevant practitioner credentials I have include the CISSP, GIAC GPEN, GCIH, and GCIA certifications.     

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I have about 20+ years of industry experience in technical, project management and program management roles in the public sector.

 

Research

I'm interested in Human Factors in Cybersecurity, Privacy Enhancing Technologies, and Endpoint/Mobile Device Security. My dissertation is, broadly, about human factors related to the adoption of good cyber-hygiene and corporate policy compliance.

Adams, J. K. (2023). The Effect of Security Awareness Training, Leadership Commitment, and Usable Security on Security Compliance Intent. Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. Retrieved from: https://www.proquest.com/dissertations-theses/effect-security-awareness-training-leadership/docview/2917478766/se-2 

Adams, J. K. & Liu, M. (2022, August). Impact of User Experience and Comprehension on Security Awareness Training. In Proceedings of the 2022 Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2022). Top 25% paper – [Full Text1, Full Text2] 

Adams, J.K. (2019, September). WifiCue: Public Wireless Access Security Assessment Tool. SANS Gold Paper. Retrieved from: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4635997. 

Adams, J. K. (2006, April). A service-centric approach to a parameterized RBAC service. In Proceedings of the 5th International conference on Applied computer science (pp. 1050-1055). – [Full Text] 

Adams, J. K. & Bristow, B. N. (2006, June). Access Control for Hierarchical Joint-Tenancy. WSEAS Transactions on Computing, 5(6). [Full Text] 

 ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9623-4175

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jon_Adams3 

DBLP: https://dblp.org/pid/14/5585.html 

 

Teaching

I have taught computing courses at Northern Virginia Community College, George Mason Univerity School of Business, and University of Maryland Global Campus 



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