Business Information Systems

Department of Business Information Systems
Western 麻豆传媒应用 University
Kalamazoo MI 49008-5412 USA
(269) 387-5410

Alan Rea

Alan Rea
Professor of Business Information Systems
Office: (269) 387-1444
Location:
3380 Schneider Hall, Mail Stop 5412
Mailing address:
Department of Business Information Systems
Haworth College of Business
Western 麻豆传媒应用 University
1903 W 麻豆传媒应用 Ave
Kalamazoo MI 49008-5412 USA
Alan Rea
Education:
  • Ph.D., Bowling Green State University
Teaching Interests:
  • Information security
  • Object oriented programming
Research Interests:
  • Agile methods
  • Digital forensics and dark web
  • Internet of things
Bio:

Dr. Alan Rea is a professor in the Department of Business Information Systems in the Haworth College of Business at Western 麻豆传媒应用 University.

He regularly teaches courses in Information Assurance, Risk Management, CyberEthics, Linux and Digital Forensics. In his courses, he implements free and open source software whenever possible to emphasize the changing environment within information systems.

Rea鈥檚 research concentrates on secure system development, organizational information assurance and risk management approaches. In particular, he has examined security implications associated with developing, deploying and managing cloud services, Internet of Things devices and mobile applications. He is frequently featured as a media expert on his research.

Rea鈥檚 research has been published in the Journal of Information Systems Education, Journal of Information Systems Security, Journal of Information Privacy and Security, Journal of Computer Information Systems, Communications of the ACM and Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law.

Rea serves on various academic and industry security working groups and is a co-director of WMU鈥檚 cybersecurity programs.

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