Stephen Kirkman

Dr. Stephen Kirkman is an Assistant Professor and Program Director for the Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity in the Anderson College of Business and Computing. Dr. Kirkman has over 25 years of professional experience including 6 years active duty in the Air Force and 20 years of experience in industry. Dr. Kirkman held various roles in industry, but mostly as a computer security engineer supporting various agencies within the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community.  He has proficiency in the certification and accreditation of systems, system administration, and a specialization in cyber and computer security.  He has been CISSP certified since 2003. Prior to joining Regis, Dr. Kirkman completed his Ph.D. in Computer Engineering at the University of Florida. His research focused on modeling trust in cloud companies and using blockchains to store cross domain consumer policies.