NSU Graduate School of Computer and Information Sciences Faculty Viewbook

19 www.scis.nova.edu | BITS AND BYTES - director, Center for e Learning Security Research (CeLSR) - author, Assessing the Value of eLearning Systems, 2006 - founding editor in chief, International Journal of Doctoral Studies (IJDS), 2006–2011 - advisory board member, Online Journal of Applied Knowledge Management (OJAKM) - founding member, International Institute for Applied Knowledge Management (IIAKM) - member, Association for Information Systems (AIS) - member, AIS Special Interest Group on Information Security and Privacy (SIGSEC) - member, Federal Information Systems Security Educators’ Association (FISSEA) “End-user authentication is a continuous challenge in cybersecurity. With advanced research on smart authentications, deterrence methods, and increased awareness, this challenge can be mitigated.” Yair Levy began working in Web-development and infrastructure when he was in charge of a $3M Web site implementation coordinated between NASA research centers, NASA office of education (LaRC and Ames), NASA’s High-Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC) administration office, NASA’s Information Infrastructure Technology and Applications (IITA) administration office, local colleges, and private industries. Prior to joining GSCIS, Levy was an instructor at the department of Decision Science and Information Systems and the director of online learning at Florida International University’s College of Business Administration. During the mid to late 1990s, Levy assisted NASA in developing e learning platforms, as well as managing Internet and Web infrastructures. He is an avid researcher and coauthor of numerous peer-reviewed publications that have been cited by hundreds of other scholars. Levy has been serving as a member of conference proceedings committees for numerous scholarly conferences, as well as referee research reviewer for hundreds of national and international scientific journals, conferences proceedings, information systems, and information security textbooks. He is also frequently an invited keynote speaker at national and international meetings on information systems, information security, and e learning topics. Research Areas: security and ethical issues with Web-based and e learning systems, Web-based user authentication, cyber-security skills, value of information systems, and e learning systems