Stan leads the Center for Cybersecurity at Kean University and teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in cybersecurity, information security, and Management Information Systems. He is the National Security Agency Center of Academic Excellence Cyber Defense Point-of-Contact for the university. Stan is a first-generation college graduate and holds a Ph.D. in Information Technology with an emphasis on Information Security and Cybersecurity. His dissertation focused on the non-technical or soft-skill competencies of cybersecurity professionals and college graduates.
He is also the founder and President of the Cloud Security Alliance New Jersey Chapter, a Fellow at the Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology, and the Higher Education SIG leader for the NJ InfraGard (FBI Public/Private Partnership).
Collaboration and partnership between academia and law enforcement can bring about positive contributions for future research and activities in cybersecurity.