About Us
Our mission is to advance the security of the nation’s critical cyber infrastructures through research, education and outreach.
Goals
- Create improvement in security, preparedness and resiliency of cyber systems.
- Develop strategies, methods and tools to prevent, mitigate and recover from security incidents.
- Develop high-quality education for future workforce training.
Where Are We?
The Center for Cybersecurity is located at 7150 Indianapolis Blvd., just a few blocks west of the Purdue University Northwest Hammond campus. We are located in the Commercialization and Manufacturing Excellence Center (CMEC) Building in rooms 138 through 145 within the center.
Center Director
Point of Contact for the CAE-CDE
Professor, Computer Information Technology
(219) 989-2634
Hammond, Anderson Building 235
Center Staff
K-12 Cybersecurity Technology Specialist
(219) 989-3253
Hammond, Commercialization and Manufacturing Excellence Center, Room 138
Kimberly Jane Mirjanic
Administrative Assistant, Center for Cybersecurity
(219) 989-2423
Hammond, Commercialization and Manufacturing Excellence Center, Room 145
Kyle Riordan
Assistant Director, The Center for Cybersecurity
(219) 989-3253
Hammond, Commercialization and Manufacturing Excellence Center, Room 144
Michael J Sbalchiero
Academic Engagement Specialist
(219) 989-2513
Hammond, Anderson 222
Center Students
- Cyber Physical Security and AI Team:
- Sumendra Singh (Doctoral Student)
- Tianzong Zhang (Graduate Student)
- James Alger (Undergraduate Student)
- Tariq Awaidah (Undergraduate Student)
- Workforce Development Student Team:
- Lily Koelikamp
- Jonathan Marek
- Chelsia Tapia
Center Faculty
Professor, Computer Information Technology
(219) 989-2013
Hammond, Anderson Building 238
Lecturer, Computer Information Technology
(219) 989-2741
Hammond, Potter 223
Associate Dean, Graduate Studies, College of Technology
(219) 989-2131
Hammond, Anderson Building 238 & 232
Professor, Computer Information Technology
(219) 989-3138
Hammond, Anderson Building 236
Associate Professor, Computer Information Technology
(219) 989-2421
Hammond, Anderson Building 237
Department Chair, Engineering Technology
(219) 989-2280
Hammond, Anderson Building 143A
Director, School of Education and Counseling
(219) 785-5578
Hammond, CLO 313A
Assistant Professor of Cybersecurity
(219) 989-8062
Hammond, Anderson Building 239
Associate Professor, Computer Information Technology
(219) 785-5212
Hammond, ANDR 208K
Department Chair, Computer Science
(219) 989-2697
Hammond Campus, GYTE 181
Center Industrial Advisory Board
| Name | Title | Company |
|---|---|---|
| Robert E. Johnson | President/CEO | CIMCOR |
| Joseph Uzubell | SVP,CTO | EnVisionIT Consulting, Inc. |
| Mark Orciuch | President and Chief Software Architect | Next Generation Solutions, Ltd. |
| Ben Marrero | Assistant Professor/DC | Ivy Tech Community College, Northwest |
| Gina Rue | Instructional Designer, Graduate and Online Education | Valparaiso University |
| Daniel O'Day | Manager | Palo Alto Newworks |
| Kim Spoa-Harty | Security Infrastructure Principal Engineer (director level) | Dropbox |
| Jon Dobrzeniecki | Cloud Solution Architect, Data & Al | Microsoft |
| Mike Gregory | Chief Information Security Officer | CDW Healthcare |
| Amir Shamdani | Senior Technical Manager | ResMed |
| Alex Roland | Lead IT Security Analyst | Purdue University |
| Marjan Sitnikoski | Lead IT Security Engineer | Purdue University |
| Donna Gin | Vice President, Operations and Technology | Peoples Bank |