Herbert Mattord

Herbert J. Mattord, MBA, CISM, CISSP recently completed 24 years of IT industry experience as an application developer, database administrator, project manager, and information security practitioner before joining faculty as a full time tenure-track instructor. During his career as an IT practitioner, he has been an adjunct professor at a number of universities throughout the south for over 20 years. He currently teaches courses in Information Security, Data Communications, Local Area Networks, Database Technology, Project Management, and Systems Analysis & Design. He is the co-author of Principles of Information Security, Management of Information Security, Principles of Incident Response and Disaster Recovery, Readings and Cases in the Management of Information Security, and The Hands-On Information Security Lab Manual. He was formerly the Manager of Corporate Information Technology Security at Georgia-Pacific Corporation.

Publications

An Expert Panel Approach on Developing a Unified System Authentication Benchmarking Index
An Expert Panel Approach on Developing a Unified System Authentication Benchmarking Index
Herbert J. Mattord, Yair Levy, Steven Furnell. © 2013. 11 pages.
Network-based applications still rely heavily on password-based authentication methods to control access. In a recent study, a benchmarking instrument was used to assess...
Handbook of Distance Learning for Real-Time and Asynchronous Information Technology Education
Handbook of Distance Learning for Real-Time and Asynchronous Information Technology Education
Solomon Negash, Michael Whitman, Amy Woszczynski, Ken Hoganson, Herbert Mattord. © 2008. 406 pages.
In information technology, unlike many other fields, the need to support the unique perspective of technologically advanced students and deliver technology-rich content presents...
Teaching Information Security in a Hybrid Distance Learning Setting
Teaching Information Security in a Hybrid Distance Learning Setting
Michael E. Whitman, Herbert J. Mattord. © 2008. 20 pages.
This chapter provides a case study of current practices and lessons learned in the provision of distance learning (DL)-based instruction in the field of information security. The...
IT Project Managers' Perceptions and Use of Virtual Team Technologies
IT Project Managers' Perceptions and Use of Virtual Team Technologies
Catherine M. Beise, Fred Niederman, Herb Mattord. © 2006. 19 pages.
This chapter presents the results of a case study pertaining to the use of information and communication media to support a range of project management tasks. A variety of...
InfoSec Policy - The Basis for Effective Security Programs
InfoSec Policy - The Basis for Effective Security Programs
Herbert J. Mattord, Michael E. Whitman. © 2005. 6 pages.
The success of any information security program lies in policy development. The lack of success in any particular program can often be attributed to this unmet need to build the...
IT Project Managers' Perceptions and Use of Virtual Team Technologies
IT Project Managers' Perceptions and Use of Virtual Team Technologies
Catherine M. Beise, Fred Niederman, Herb Mattord. © 2004. 16 pages.
This paper presents the results of a case study pertaining to the use of information and communication media to support a range of project management tasks. A variety of...