Overview
Joe Jabara is currently the Director, Hub for Cybersecurity Education and Awareness at Wichita State University. He oversees the direction and curriculum of cybersecurity related fields at the university as well as promotes cybersecurity education and collaborating with the community at large.
He is a native of Wichita and received his Bachelor of Science Degree (cum laude) from Wichita State. He also holds a law degree from Washburn and is currently licensed to practice in the State of Kansas.
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He is a native of Wichita and received his Bachelor of Science Degree (cum laude) from Wichita State. He also holds a law degree from Washburn and is currently licensed to practice in the State of Kansas.
In June of 2019, Joe retired from a 30-year military career in which he was a lawyer for the Air Force and Air National Guard, before switching to command roles in Intelligence and Cyber Security. He is formerly the Wing Commander of the 184th Intelligence Wing, the largest combined Cyber/Intel in the Air National Guard, located at McConnell AFB, Kansas. He is a graduate of both Air War College and the Advanced Joint Warfighting Course. Joe was also on the Senior Executive Diversity Committee for the Air National Guard.
Research Interests:
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Privacy Preserving Computation
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Joe is responsible for the Cybersecurity Curriculum at Wichita State University, as Creator and Editor from 2019 to present.
He teaches Cybersecurity Awareness, Human Threats/Threat Intelligence, Competitive Ethical Hacking, Jr/Sr Project, Leadership for Engineers, Contemporary Issues in Cybersecurity (Grad Level), Cyber Law and Ethics (WSU Tech).
He is a current contributing writer for ClearanceJobs.com and is a member of InfraGuard, MS-ISAC, and NICE Working Group as well as AFCEA (Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association).
Joe also sits on both the Presidents Diversity Council and Military and Veterans’ Affairs Committee. While serving in the Air National Guard, he served on the Director’s National Level Diversity Council. He is an avid researcher of history in Kansas, especially the origin and progress of minority groups within the state.