{"id":22121,"date":"2019-07-25T11:00:38","date_gmt":"2019-07-25T15:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/?p=22121"},"modified":"2019-07-25T11:21:22","modified_gmt":"2019-07-25T15:21:22","slug":"dr-charles-pak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/2019\/07\/25\/dr-charles-pak\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Charles Pak"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"After Defending the Nation\u2019s Cybersecurity, Charles Pak Brings Industry Solutions and Lessons to the Classroom<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Charles Pak<\/span>
\nLecturer, Computer Science
\nSenior Cybersecurity Solution Expert<\/strong>
\nPhD, Nova Southeastern University; MS, Capitol College;
\nBS, Pennsylvania State University<\/em><\/p>\n

What is your area of expertise?<\/strong>
\nI specialize in cybersecurity, Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP), PKI, cyber counter-terrorism, and risk assessment and management, authentication technologies, SCADA, and cyber-protection and defense.<\/p>\n

Please tell us about your work. Can you share any current research or recent publications?<\/strong>
\nI have taught information systems courses for over twenty-five years as a practitioner and professor, and have published several research papers in information security. As a practitioner, I hold several industry certifications: CISM, CRISC, CISSP, ITIL, SSCP, MCSE, MCT, and CCNA. My recent publications include work regarding Hidden Markov Models (HMMs), exploring near real-time risk assessment, risk forecasting, and asset priority risk assessment.<\/p>\n

How does the subject you work in apply in practice? What is its application?<\/strong>
\nI have managed US Federal Government data centers for over twenty years, including personnel. In this role, I designed, tested, implemented, and maintained some of the largest enterprise network sites in the world, which encompassed distributed sites across the US as well as the international sites. I managed state-of-the-art systems for military and federal government missions, and I also have delivered cybersecurity industry solutions to warfighters to defend the nation\u2019s cybersecurity and provide critical protection from matters of cyber warfare, cyberterrorism, and cybercriminals.<\/p>\n

What courses do you teach at MET?<\/strong>
\nI teach\u00a0<\/span>Enterprise Cyber Security (MET CS 695)<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>Network Security (MET CS 690)<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>Business Data Communication and Networks (MET CS 625)<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>Database Security (MET CS 674)<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>Information Systems Analysis and Design (MET CS 682)<\/a>, and\u00a0<\/span>IT Security Policies and Procedures (MET CS 684)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Please highlight a particular project within these courses\u00a0that most interests your students.<\/strong>
\nIn\u00a0<\/span>Enterprise Cyber Security (MET CS 695)<\/a>, we conduct a password-cracking lab assignment that requires students to unlock a Windows operating system via password list, simulating how hackers can crack our computer passwords. Students get their hands on password-cracking tools and through the experiment come to realize the vulnerabilities of our computer systems. We have five uniquely designed labs in the course: Windows password cracking, web browser privacy and security, file encryption, port and vulnerability scans, and network traffic packet capture analysis.<\/p>\n

As a part-time faculty member, you straddle the professional and the academic worlds. What do you consider to be the unique value that you bring to the classroom?<\/strong>
\nWith 35 years background in the industry, I bring my real-world experience to the class, and offer insight into what students may experience in the real-world. I have found that students appreciate lessons born of my hands-on experience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After Defending the Nation\u2019s Cybersecurity, Charles Pak Brings Industry Solutions and Lessons to the Classroom Charles Pak Lecturer, Computer Science Senior Cybersecurity Solution Expert PhD, Nova Southeastern University; MS, Capitol College; BS, Pennsylvania State University What is your area of expertise? I specialize in cybersecurity, Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP), PKI, cyber counter-terrorism, and risk assessment […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2828,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10838,60],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22121"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2828"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22121"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22127,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22121\/revisions\/22127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}