S. Raschid Muller

S. Raschid Muller is a Cybersecurity Executive with 20 years of experience working in the federal government. Academically, he serves as a Professor at the University of Maryland Global Campus where he teaches undergraduate courses within the School of Cybersecurity and Information Technology. At the graduate level, he chairs doctoral committees at Capitol Technology University and also teaches doctoral courses within the School of Computer and Information Sciences at the University of the Cumberlands. Dr. Muller previously served as the DISA Information Operation Faculty Chair from 2017-2019 at National Defense University and continues to serve as a guest lecturer. Dr. Muller is a 2020 Brookings Institute - LEGIS Fellow and 2021 U.C. Berkeley ELA Fellow in the Goldman School of Public Policy. In 2020 he served on the House Committee for Homeland Security on Capitol Hill. He has been assigned to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Innovation (CIPI) where his portfolio included; Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) oversight, drafting and introducing cyber legislation, election security, and cyber acquisitions.

Publications

How Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Historically Women's Colleges (HWCs) Can Assist With Talent Shortages in Cybersecurity
How Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Historically Women's Colleges (HWCs) Can Assist With Talent Shortages in Cybersecurity
Darrell Norman Burrell, Calvin Nobles, Angel J. Jones, S. Raschid Muller, Sharon L. Burton, Laura Ann Jones, Tiffany Weitoish. © 2024. 12 pages.
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...
An In-Depth Qualitative Interview: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on Consent and Transparency
An In-Depth Qualitative Interview: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on Consent and Transparency
Sharon L. Burton, Darrell N. Burrell, Calvin Nobles, Yoshino W. White, Maurice E. Dawson, Kim L. Brown-Jackson, S Rachid Muller, Dustin I. Bessette. © 2024. 22 pages.
AI is impacting consent and transparency adversely. Although AI can potentially augment transparency in decision-making via advanced technology, it is creating new concerns. This...
Exploring Healthcare Cybersecurity Systems in the Age of COVID-19
Exploring Healthcare Cybersecurity Systems in the Age of COVID-19
Kevin Richardson, Darrell Norman Burrell, Horace C. Mingo, Jennifer Ferreras-Perez, Philip Shen, S. Raschid Muller, Dustin Bessette, Katrina Khanta. © 2023. 17 pages.
Unauthorized access to protected information in the healthcare industry is what constitutes a cyber breach. The repercussions of a data breach in cyberspace might be quite...
Exploring Cybersecurity, Misinformation, and Interference in Voting and Elections Through Cyberspace
Exploring Cybersecurity, Misinformation, and Interference in Voting and Elections Through Cyberspace
S. Raschid Muller, Darrell Norman Burrell, Calvin Nobles, Horace C. Mingo, Andreas Vassilakos. © 2023. 21 pages.
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...
An Analysis of the Design of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) and Its Direct Effect on Supply Chain Management
An Analysis of the Design of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) and Its Direct Effect on Supply Chain Management
S. Raschid Muller. © 2023. 24 pages.
This chapter addresses the rationale behind commissioning the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification by the Department of Defense to address critical supply chain issues that...
Examining Security Awareness Lapses and Critical Cyber Threats Against the Department of Defense Military Supply Chain Systems
Examining Security Awareness Lapses and Critical Cyber Threats Against the Department of Defense Military Supply Chain Systems
S. Raschid Muller. © 2023. 16 pages.
Cyber threats have become a major concern in today's world. As the United States Department of Defense (DoD) increasingly relies on the military supply chain systems to...
The Managerial Ethical and Operational Challenges of Hospital Cybersecurity
The Managerial Ethical and Operational Challenges of Hospital Cybersecurity
Darrell Norman Burrell, Sharon L. Burton, Calvin Nobles, Delores Springs, Allison J. Huff, Kim L. Brown-Jackson, Kevin Richardson, Jorja B. Wright, S. Raschid Muller, Angel J. Jones. © 2023. 15 pages.
The COVID-19 pandemic has presented healthcare institutions with unprecedented challenges in maintaining robust cybersecurity practices to safeguard patient data and protect...
Social Cybersecurity and Human Behavior
Social Cybersecurity and Human Behavior
S. Raschid Muller, Darrell Norman Burrell. © 2022. 13 pages.
National security in the 21st Century require investments in social cybersecurity that involves basic research into the human interaction between technology and social behavior...
Exploring System Thinking Leadership Approaches to the Healthcare Cybersecurity Environment
Exploring System Thinking Leadership Approaches to the Healthcare Cybersecurity Environment
Darrell Norman Burrell, Amalisha Sabie Aridi, Quatavia McLester, Anton Shufutinsky, Calvin Nobles, Maurice Dawson, S. Raschid Muller. © 2022. 14 pages.
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...
Innovative Legitimate Non-Traditional Doctorate Programs in Cybersecurity, Engineering, and Technology
Innovative Legitimate Non-Traditional Doctorate Programs in Cybersecurity, Engineering, and Technology
Darrell Norman Burrell, Calvin Nobles, Maurice Dawson, Eugene J. M. Lewis, S. Raschid Muller, Kevin Richardson, Amalisha S. Aridi. © 2022. 14 pages.
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...
Exploring System Thinking Leadership Approaches to the Healthcare Cybersecurity Environment
Exploring System Thinking Leadership Approaches to the Healthcare Cybersecurity Environment
Darrell Norman Burrell, Amalisha Sabie Aridi, Quatavia McLester, Anton Shufutinsky, Calvin Nobles, Maurice Dawson, S. Raschid Muller. © 2021. 13 pages.
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...
Factors in Information Assurance Professionals' Intentions to Adhere to Information Security Policies
Factors in Information Assurance Professionals' Intentions to Adhere to Information Security Policies
S. Raschid Muller, Mary L. Lind. © 2020. 16 pages.
Information security policies (ISPs) serve to clarify and formalize organizational information security practices and reduce data risks, but research shows that ISP noncompliance...