Calvin Nobles

Calvin Nobles is a Cybersecurity Professional and Human Factors Engineer with more than 25 years of experience. He is a Department Chair and Associate Professor at the Illinois Institute of Technology. He retired from the Navy and worked in the Financial and Services Industry for several years. He authored a book on the integration of technologically advanced aircraft in general aviation. He serves on the Cybersecurity Advisory Board at Stillman College and the Intelligence and National Security Alliance Cyber Council. He is a Cybersecurity Fellow at Harvard University.

Publications

How Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Historically Women's Colleges (HWCs) Can Assist With Talent Shortages in Cybersecurity

The increasing demand for cybersecurity professionals in the tech sector has created a talent shortage unlike ever before. While initiatives such as hiring inclusiveness, broader...

Cybercrime as a Sustained Business

While cybercrime continues to challenge governments, businesses, and people, cybercriminals are harvesting massive payoffs by engaging in malicious operations. A significant...

Cybersecurity and Cyberbiosecurity Insider Threat Risk Management

This study examines the nature of professionals being insider threats to their own organization, as well as the general increase in harder-to-detect threats coming from an...

Cybersecurity Workforce Development Through Innovative High School Programs

In 2022, there were more than 4,100 data breaches that were brought to public attention, which resulted in nearly 22 billion people's information being compromised. When...

Diversity Leadership Development for Cybersecurity Managers in Healthcare Organizations

Attacks in the U.S. on Asian American professionals during COVID-19, the #MeToo anti-sexual harassment movement, and the Black Lives Matter protests have led more U.S....

Driving Into Cybersecurity Trouble With Autonomous Vehicles

Researchers forecast that autonomous vehicles will reduce accidents by 90%. The ethical interplay of autonomous vehicles, cybersecurity vulnerabilities, and societal demands...

Real Estate Cybersecurity, Adaptive Management Strategy, and Risk Management in the Age of COVID-19

As a result of COVID-19, the leaders' needs to be adaptable and innovative with their approaches has never been more significant. These adaptive management and risk strategy...

Retaining Generation Z Cybersecurity Talent in Government and Beyond

As the world becomes more interconnected, business competition becomes increasingly fierce, making it critical for companies to stay ahead of the curve in the current era of...

Women in Information Technology and Cybersecurity in Healthcare

For a variety of reasons, cybercriminals view healthcare organizations as desirable targets to attack. With significant shortages of employees and managers in cybersecurity and...

Exploring Cybersecurity, Misinformation, and Interference in Voting and Elections Through Cyberspace

Interference in the election process from both abroad and within the United States has produced chaos and confusion in business markets, communities, and among voters. Elections...

Making Sense of Offensive Cybersecurity

Offensive cybersecurity is a complex and rapidly evolving field critical for protecting organizations and governments from cyber threats. However, due to its sensitive nature and...

Adapting to the Cyber-Driven Workforce: A Battle for the Discouraged Worker

By 2025, up to 85 million jobs globally could be displaced due to automation and new technologies. The traditional approach of relying solely on human resources to address...

Offensive Artificial Intelligence in Cybersecurity: Techniques, Challenges, and Ethical Considerations

Offensive artificial intelligence's (AI) growing role in cybersecurity raises concerns about ethics, defense, and human implications. AI is integrated into national...

Management Practices for Mitigating Cybersecurity Threats to Biotechnology Companies, Laboratories, and Healthcare Research Organizations

In the rapidly advancing landscape of biotechnology, laboratories, and healthcare research, the criticality of robust cybersecurity risk management techniques cannot be...

Cybercrime and Cybersecurity Challenges in the Automotive Industry Utilizing Agent-Based Modeling (ABM)

Agent-based modeling (ABM) serves as a powerful and innovative tool to evaluate and address cybersecurity risks in the auto industry. With the increasing integration of advanced...

The Managerial Ethical and Operational Challenges of Hospital Cybersecurity

The COVID-19 pandemic has presented healthcare institutions with unprecedented challenges in maintaining robust cybersecurity practices to safeguard patient data and protect...

Cybercrime Risks and Solutions for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (SMBs)

The increasing prevalence of cybercrime poses significant challenges to small businesses, which often lack the resources and expertise to effectively manage their cybersecurity...

A Practical Exploration of Cybersecurity Faculty Development With Microteaching

The growth and development of cybersecurity jobs and careers have created a need for new skilled faculty that can effectively teach the appropriate content to students at all...

The Good, Bad, and Ugly of Remote Work During COVID-19: A Qualitative Study

The emergence of COVID-19 in the U.S. forced organizations to make unprecedented changes at a record pace to include a sharp uptick in the number of employees working remotely....

Discovering the Emergence of Technical Sociology in Human Capital Systems and Technology-Driven Organizations

In 2019 the global cost of cyber-crime was over 2 trillion dollars. Current research literature outlines that 80-90% of security breaches are due to human-enabled errors in the...

Exploring Holistic Managerial Thinking to Better Manage Healthcare Cybersecurity

Healthcare systems in the United States have discovered the massive potential for digital technology to enhance clinical outcomes and change care delivery (Coventry & Branley...

An Action Research Case Study Concerning Deaf and Hard of Hearing Diversity and Inclusion in Healthcare Cybersecurity Consulting Organizations

The U.S. hospital Ransomware attacks during COVID-19 have highlighted the importance of cybersecurity workers and expertise in healthcare. These attacks are increasing when the...

A Case Study Analysis of Pregnancy Discrimination and Women-Friendly Workplaces in U.S. Engineering and Technical Organizations

Women represent 50% of workers in the United States but only 28% of the employees at 51 of the top U.S. engineering and technology organizations. Engineering and technology firms...

Challenging and Changing Discrimination Against Asian-American Cybersecurity and Engineering Employees in Information Technology Workplaces

Duvall Systems is a government information technology, and cybersecurity consulting firm focused on providing high-tech consulting support for U.S. federal government agencies....

Exploring System Thinking Leadership Approaches to the Healthcare Cybersecurity Environment

A Florida-based obstetrics and gynecology facility reported in February 2019 that they lost data because of a ransomware attack. In November 2017, 107,000 healthcare records were...

Food Sustainability, Cyber-Biosecurity, Emerging Technologies, and Cybersecurity Risks in the Agriculture and Food Industries

The United Nations forecasts that by 2050, the world's population will reach 9.8 billion and 11.2 billion in 2100. An ever-growing global population threatens food security...

An Exploration of Organizational Development and Change in Technical Organizations to Support Sustainability

Commonly referenced as corporate citizenship or sustainability, the initial idea of corporate social responsibility (CSR) matured from the 1987 seminal Brundtland Report, which...

Innovative Legitimate Non-Traditional Doctorate Programs in Cybersecurity, Engineering, and Technology

According to the US Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) the number of complaints about cyberattacks to their cyber division is up to as many as 4,000 a day. Every year in the...

Foreword

This Foreword is included in the book Handbook of Research on Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Managerial and Leadership Psychology.

Exploring System Thinking Leadership Approaches to the Healthcare Cybersecurity Environment

A Florida-based obstetrics and gynecology facility reported in February 2019 that they lost data because of a ransomware attack. In November 2017, 107,000 healthcare records were...

Advancing Knowledge About Sexual Harassment Is a Critical Aspect of Organizational Development for All Employees

Sexual harassment remains prevalent in the workplace as well as a significant financial burden for organizations. Given the cost associated with sexual harassment, reputational...

The Cyber Talent Gap and Cybersecurity Professionalizing

Two significant issues loom throughout the cybersecurity domain. The first is the shortage of cybersecurity professionals and the second quandary is the lack of minimum entry...

A Practical Exploration of Cybersecurity Faculty Development With Microteaching

The growth and development of cybersecurity jobs and careers have created a need for new skilled faculty that can effectively teach the appropriate content to students at all...

Disrupting the U.S. National Security Through Financial Cybercrimes

The U.S. financial sector is the bedrock of the economic health and strategic advancement. As a critical infrastructure, the financial sector continuously faces cyber-attacks and...

The Cyber Talent Gap and Cybersecurity Professionalizing

Two significant issues loom throughout the cybersecurity domain. The first is the shortage of cybersecurity professionals and the second quandary is the lack of minimum entry...