Richard Forno

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Dr. Richard Forno is a teaching professor in the UMBC Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, where he directs the UMBC Graduate Cybersecurity Program, serves as the Associate Director of the UMBC Cybersecurity Institute and is an Affiliate Scholar of the Stanford Law School. Prior to academia, his 20-year career in operational cyber spanned both technical and management roles, including helping build a formal cybersecurity program for the US House of Representatives, serving as the first Chief Security Officer for Network Solutions (then, the global center of the internet DNS system), and other assorted roles with the government, military/defense entities, and Fortune 500 companies. As a technologist and student of national security studies, Dr. Forno is an unconventional, albeit realistic, critical thinker about the relationships between technology, security, and society. Most recently, he is co-author of Cybersecurity and Local Governments (2022, Wiley).

Experience

  • 2010–present
    Principal Lecturer, UMBC

Education

  • 2010 
    Curtin University of Technology, Ph.D., Internet Studies
  • 2002 
    Salve Regina University, M.A., International Relations
  • 1997 
    US Naval War College, Graduate Certificate, Strategic Studies
  • 1994 
    American University, B.A., International Relations
  • 1992 
    Valley Forge Military College, A.A, Business

Publications

  • 2022
    Cybersecurity and Local Government (co-author), Wiley
  • 2017
    The persuasion of perception: Internet narratives in the public consciousness (co-author), ACM
  • 2015
    Hack, Play, Win: Lessons Learned Running The Maryland Cyber Challenge, USENIX
  • 2001
    Incident Response (co-author), O'Reilly

Honours

Distinguished Visiting Professor, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo (UAEH)

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