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Synopsis

Samuel Liles, is an associate professor at National Defense University. Previously he was a tenured associate professor of computer information technology at Purdue University Calumet. He teaches information assurance and security. Samuel created an extensive laboratory for information assurance and security including a virtual laboratory environment at Purdue University Calumet. As a researcher his interest is in cyber warfare as a form of low intensity conflict. Currently Samuel Liles completed his PhD at Purdue University primarily studying cyber conflict, issues of cyber conflict, information assurance and security, and cyber forensics.

Education

Purdue University: West Lafayette, Indiana, May 2012, PhD College of Technology (Digital Forensics), Dissertation Title: “Cyber warfare as a form of conflict: Evaluation of models of cyber conflict as a prototype to conceptual analysis”, Advisor: Marcus Rogers, GPA 3.68

Colorado Technical University: Colorado Springs, Colorado, February 1999, MSCS Software Systems Engineering, GPA 3.808

Certifications

Security clearance

Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), April 2010

Awards and Honors

Department of Homeland Security – Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Fellowship – Purdue University Homeland Security Institute January 2008

Sun Microsystems – Outstanding Service Provider of the Quarter – Sun Microsystems Q2 December 2001

Sun Microsystems – Mid-Americas Partner of the Month – Sun Microsystems March 2001

Experience

9 years experience in academia having achieved tenure at Purdue University Calumet and moved to a Title 10 teaching position at the National Defense University in the Information Resources Management College in 2011. Continue to consult to government and industry on conflict and security topics.

10 years increasing experience with responsibility in information assurance and security and information technology from smaller projects (Basec.Net) to extremely large multi-national breadth of the discipline projects (Sun Microsystems). Was the technical leader of hundreds of people and budgets nearing 100 million dollars (MCIWorldcom).

7 years of law enforcement experience including the patrol function, but primarily in a corrections environment with stints in court room services and support functions. Experience includes working extensively with technical support functions of law enforcement.

3 years of military experience culminating in the United States Marine Corps as a small missiles technician working at the depot and mission support level with the Dragon and TOW2 weapons systems.

Selected Publications and Presentations

Book Chapters

Liles, S., “ A unified generational warfare model”, The Handbook of 5^th Generation Warfare, 2010

Liles, S., “The issues of non-state actors and the nation state”, Threats in the Age of Obama, 2009

Journals

Borton, M., Liles, S., Liles, S. “Cyberwar Policy”, The John Marshall Journal of Computer & Information Law, Spring 2010, pp 303 – 324

Borton, M., Liles, S, “Active defense of corporate information systems”,  IO Journal, May 2010

Wozniak, J., Liles, S. “Political and technical roadblocks to cyber attack attribution”, IO Journal, Inaugural Issue, April 2009

Amici Curiae

United States v. Ray Andrus, On Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Kansas,” Brief of Amici Curiae Computer Forensics Researchers and Scientists”, August 2007

Conference Proceedings

Uzubell, S., Liles, S., Jiang, K., “An Analysis of the Common Body of Knowledge of Software Assurance”, SIGITE, October 7 – 9, 2010, Central Michigan University, Midland MI

Liles, S. ”Cyberwarfare: A form of low-intensity conflict and insurgency”, In proceedings Conference on Cyber Conflict, Cooperative Cyber Defence, Center of Excellence, June 16-18, 2010, Tallinn Estonia

Liles, S., “Cyber warfare compared to fourth and fifth generation warfare as applied to the Internet”. In proceedings of International 2007 International Symposium on Technology and Society: Risk, Vulnerability, Uncertainty, Technology and Society, June 1 – 2, 2007, University of Nevada Las Vegas

Invited Speaker

Presented – “Cyber Threats”, Senior Executive Seminar, John G. Marshall Center, Garmisch Germany, September 8, 2011

Moderator – “Cyber Security Threats” Spy Museum, Washington, DC, May 18, 2011

Panelist – “Cyber Conflict at the Operational Level”, Cyber Conflict Studies Association, Washington DC September 21, 2010

Panelist –  “Cyberwarfare and non-state actors”, Conference on Cyber Conflict, Cooperative Cyber Defence, Center of Excellence, June 16-18, 2010, Tallinn Estonia

Technical Publications

Liles, S., Larson, D. “A Gap Analysis for the Indiana Department of Homeland Security District One Law Enforcement”, Purdue University Calumet and Indiana Department of Homeland Security District 1, December 2009

Dark M., Liles S., Rose M., Rogers M., “Computer Forensics: Introduction to Computer Forensics Law”, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, July 2005

Dark M., Liles S., Rose M., Rogers M., “Computer Forensics: Computer Forensics Principles”, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, July 2005