Dr. Melissa Dark

Dr. Melissa Dark leads continuing education programs for the Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security at Purdue University. This innovative program interfaces with business and industry, government, and higher education to meet the education and training needs of a variety of organizations and users. Dr. Dark teaches information security courses in the Technology Management Masters of Science degree program and has guest lectured to a variety of audiences including college faculty, trustees, executives, and end users, on information security issues. Dr. Dark works with a variety of organizations such as the Indiana CPAS Society, the Indiana State Police, the Indiana FBI, the US Secret Service, and InfraGard to broker security education. Dr. Dark is currently involved in a nation wide curriculum initiative to determine core information security topics to be included in accredited information security programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels. She has conducted several needs assessments in security education, led an information security public awareness in Indiana, oversees for the production of multimedia educational products, and serves on the editorial board of Information Systems Security Journal. Her research interests include methods for effectively transferring new knowledge into educational systems and organizations, and the return on investment for doing so.