Everything is a miracle. It is a miracle that one does not dissolve in one's bath like a lump of sugar.
— Pablo Picasso
Everything is a miracle. It is a miracle that one does not dissolve in one's bath like a lump of sugar.
— Pablo Picasso
K Rudolph, CISSPK is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) with a degree from Johns Hopkins University.
K believes that security concerns are best addressed by well-prepared and security-savvy individuals. She enjoys being involved in security training, education, motivation, and awareness activities. K's interests include the psychology of security awareness and influence as related to learning and behavior, storytelling, and security awareness metrics.
Author! Author!
K is the primary author of the chapter on security awareness from the "Computer Security Handbook, Vol. 5," and is also the author of the chapter on security awareness in the "Handbook of Information Security" published in 2006 and 2009.
K is a named contributor to and participant in the work group that created NIST Special Publication 800-16, Information Technology Security Training Requirements: A Role- and Performance-Based Model.
Presentations
Presentations and courses that K delivers are entertaining and effective, because they are based on principles of learning (e.g., start with a bang; make the learning active and goal-based; tie new material to familiar material using examples and analogies; and make the learning story-based, memorable, and fun).
K has presented at conferences that include the Computer Security Institute Security Exchange (CSI SX) Conference in 2008, the New York Cyber Security Conference (2006 and 2007), the Annual CSI Computer Security Conferences (2005, 2007), and Information Assurance and Security Conferences held by FISSEA, FIAC, and eGOV. She has been a speaker for Security Awareness Day events held by the IRS, NRC, NOAA, DLA, IHS, Johnson County Kansas, and the Census Bureau.
Honors and Awards
In March 2006, K was honored by the Federal Information Systems Security Educators' Association (FISSEA) as the Security Educator of the Year. Her entries in the annual FISSEA contests for best security awareness motivational item have won in 2005, 2006, and 2007. Also, in 2007, Native Intelligence's OnGuard newsletter won the best security awareness newsletter contest. K has also won awards for her photography.
Ephemera
K is interested in just about everything, including contact juggling, cookie baking, mind mapping, core work, and photography.
