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Faculty Affiliates

DZDr. Dmitry Zhdanov
dzhdano@ilstu.edu
State Farm Endowed Chair in Cybersecurity

Current Courses:
O.S. Concepts & Administration – IT 350
Dr. Sumesh Philip
sjphil3@ilstu.edu
Associate Professor of Cybersecurity

Current Courses:
Tools & Techniques In Defensive Security – IT 357
Tools & Techniques in Penetration Testing – IT 369
Dr. Yousra Javed
yjaved@ilstu.edu
Associate Professor of Cybersecurity

Current Courses:
Structured Problem Solving – IT 168
Fundamentals of Information Assurance & Security – IT 250
Dr. Abdelmounaam Rezgui
arezgui@ilstu.edu
Associate Professor of Computer Networking

Current Courses:
Intro To Research Methodology – IT 497
Converged Network Architectures – IT 477
Advanced Computer Networks – IT 379
Data Communications – IT 276
Dr. Rudra Prasad Baksi
rpbaksi@ilstu.edu
Assistant Professor of Cybersecurity

Current Courses:
Practical Cryptography & Trusted Systems – IT 351
Independent Study – IT 287
C++ Programming – IT 180
Dr. Sean Sanders
spsand1@ilstu.edu
Assistant Professor of Cybersecurity

Current Courses:
Security Incident & Event Management & Forensics – IT 360
Tools & Techniques in Penetration Testing – IT 359