Curriculum Vitae at a Glance

· Doctoral of Philosophy, Nova Southeastern University Florida, 2020

· Master of Science, Information Security and Intelligence, Ferris State University, 2014

· Bachelor of Science, Information Security and Intelligence, Ferris State University, 2012

· Certified Space Security Specialist Professional (CSSSP) 2021 - present

· Payment Card Industry Professional (PCIP) 2018- present

· Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) 2015- present

· Internal Security Assessor (ISA), for MSU 2015- 2018

Assistant Professor, Department of Accountancy, Finance, and Information Systems, Information Security and Intelligence, Ferris State University, 2014 - present. 

Undergraduate and Graduate Level Curriculum:

· ARTI 113  Introduction to Artificial Intelligence

· ISIN 121  Digital Security Awareness

· ISIN 300  Link and Visual Analysis

· ISIN 301  Data Intelligence and Competitive Theory

· ISIN 308  Principals of Information Security

· ISIN 380  Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity

· PROJ 320  Project Management Fundamentals

· STQM 360 Risk Analysis and Strategy

· PROJ 640  (Graduate) Project Management

· MISI 660  (Graduate) Information Security/Assurance

· MISI 665  (Graduate)Secure Information Systems

· MISI 740 (Graduate) Business Intelligence

· MISI 760  (Graduate)Governance, Risk, and Compliance

· MISI 788 (Graduate) Special Projects

Cooper, M. Levy, Y., Wang, L., & Dringus, L. (2020). Subject matter experts’ feedback on a prototype development of an audio, visual, and haptic phishing email alert system. Online Journal of Applied Knowledge Management, 8(2), (107-121). https://doi.org/10.36965/OJAKM.2020.8(2)107-121

Cooper, M. (2020). An empirical assessment of Audio/Visual/Haptic alerts and warnings to mitigate risk of phishing susceptibility in emails on mobile devices. https://search.proquest.com/openview/79610ddc7ac19a1ca64d723edbeebe8a/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=44156

Cooper, M., M. (2020). Innovations in Cybersecurity (CyberRoll). 2020

Innovations in Cybersecurity Education, National CyberWatch Center.

Cooper, M., Levy, Y., Wang, L., & Dringus, L. (2020). Initial insights form subject matter experts on a phishing email alert system prototype using audio, visual, and haptic warnings [Extended Abstract]. Proceedings of the 2020 Knowledge Management (KM) Conference, ISEG – University of Lisbon, Portugal, p.27. [Best Student Paper Award].

Cooper, M., Levy, Y., Wang, L., & Dringus, L. (2019). Towards an assessment of audio and visual alerts and warnings to mitigate risk of phishing emails susceptibility. Proceedings of the Cybersecurity Education, Research, and Practice Conference, Kennesaw State University, GA., pp. 1-7.

Wash, R., & Cooper, M. M. (2018). Who provides phishing training? Facts, stories, and people like me. Proceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI). Montreal, Canada. [Honorable Mention Award]. https://doi.org/10.1145/3173574.3174066

Co-Owner, ARK Simulator 2021

· Cybersecurity and information security experience-based scenario building

· Information security team communication consultation

· Information security team holistic consultation

· Incident response team consultation

· PCI - DSS Tabletop exercise consultation

Information Security Governance, Risk and Compliance Lead, Michigan State University 2018

· Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) team strategy and planning

· University risk assessment planning and implementation

· University information technology governance planning and implementation

· Information security compliance, risk, and project reporting for senior leadership

· Information security dashboards, metrics, and status reporting for MSU IT

· Information security awareness project planning, implementation, development, and research

Information Security Compliance Lead, Michigan State University 2016-2018

· NIST, PCI-DSS, HIPAA, NERC-CIP compliance program implementation, development, auditing, and leadership

· Confidential data remediation (IT-wide information security enhancement) project management

· Security baseline controls validation management

· Risk assessment program management

· Information security control assessment, implementation, and reporting

· Heads-Up! An Alert and Warning System for Phishing Emails (Co-author)

· Cybersecurity Situational Preparedness Through Gamification

· Student participation in gamified virtual learning: What impact does gamification have on cybersecurity student engagement and satisfaction during the COVID-19 pandemic? (Co-Author)

· InfoSec Simulator – Scenario Based Preparedness for Information Security Teams

· CAT-R. Towards an Information Security Communication Framework

· CyberSPACE. Towards an Analysis Methodology for Securing Cybersecurity in Outer Space

· Implementation of Audio, Visual, and Haptic Alerts and Warnings to Mitigate Risk of Phishing Attacks Using Artificial Intelligence

· MuSEC. Towards an Information Security Framework for Music Industry

· Artificial Intelligence Applications for Music Trends

· FSU ISI Center for AI and Strategic Tech (Co-Lead) 2020 – present

· FSU ISI Podcast Series (Producer) 2020 - present

· FSU Women in Cyber Security (Advisor) 2018 – present

· FSU College of Business Curriculum Committee (Chair) - 2019-present

· FSU Security + Certification Study Group (Facilitator)– June 2018 – present

· FSU ISI Cyber Competitions (Co-Creator/Co-Facilitator)

• FSU ISI Frozen CTF Competition 2021
• FSU ISI Frozen CTF Competition for High School 2021 
• FSU ISI Quarantine Madness Capture the Flag Competitions 2020
• FSU ISI Haunted CTF Competition  2020

· FSU Women in Cybersecurity RSO Sorority Cyber Competition, (Facilitator) March 2018

· FSU Women in Cybersecurity RSO Rockford High School Cyber Competition, (Co-Facilitator) 2019

· FSU ISI Cyber Competitions For High Schools (Co-Facilitator) 2018, 2019, 2020

· Michigan State University, Culture Committee (Co-Founder) 2016-2018

· Michigan State University, Club 25 (Co-Founder) 2016-2017

· International Society of Space Security Specialists 2021 - present 

· Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA) member 2015- present

· InfraGard, Michigan Members Alliance 2017 - present

· AWS Educate 2019 Educator 2019 - present

· Women in Cybersecurity (WiCys) 2018 - present

· American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) 1998- present

· Phishing Alert and Warning System (PAWS) – a phishing awareness application.

· ARK Simulator – an information security consultancy and simulator service.

· CAT-R – an information security communication framework.

· cyberSPACE Center of Excellence – focused on cybersecurity research assessments for  space, planetary data analysis, and outreach.

· MuSEC – a framework for enhanced music business industry information security and AI applications.

· cyberAI – a framework for enhanced AI applications for cybersecurity.

Phone (231) 675-1691

Email mollycooper1305@gmail.com 

Site: MollyM.Cooper.com

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