About Contributors
Industry experts and established CISOs can contribute to course development in multiple ways with varying levels of engagement. You can choose from the following options.
Module Contributors
A Module Contributor can take ownership of an entire module and develop lectures, reading material and instructional videos covering her/his chosen module. The program development team headed by Chirag will provide any support or assistance that contributors may need while developing lectures. All module contributors will be featured on the course website.
Lesson Contributors
Lesson Contributors can choose specific subsections within modules and develop reading material and lecture videos accordingly. All lesson contributors will be featured on the course website.
Guest Lecturers
Industry experts can contribute guest lectures, short video clips and presentations relevant to the overall theme of the course. These may or may not be part of a module.
Review Panel Members
Review Panel members will review lectures, reading material, assignments and projects, and provide feedback to course developers to help them improve the content and quality of the course material..
Vendor Sponsors
Cybersecurity software and service vendors can sponsor infrastructure for lab activities and demonstrations. They can also help with course development and make monetary donations that will be used to offer scholarships to students.
Our Contributors
Tolgay Kizilelma
CISO, University of California, Merced
Adam Hirsch
Head of Information Security Audit, Amazon
Johann Balaguer
Global Cyber Security Executive, Ultimate Kronos Group
Kathy Macdonald
Principal, Global Cyber Security Courses Inc.