Experts Guide

Friday is an assistant professor of instruction with expertise designing real‑time, efficient and practical solutions for cybersecurity, forensics and AI. Drawing on his collaborations with industry, government and critical‑sector partners, he is developing hands‑on, industry‑focused courses that expose students to technologies they will encounter in their careers and equip them with the skills to excel from day one.

Pazos Revilla is an engineer with expertise in critical infrastructure cybersecurity, who researches consumer, industrial and enterprise cybersecurity. He can discuss those topics in addition to the Internet of Things and advancements in cybersecurity and engineering education, including his involvement with USF's CyberHerd student competitive team and Whitehatters Computer Security Club.

Ghani's research focuses on cybersecurity, including ransomware analysis, denial-of-service attack mitigation, Internet of Things security, cyber skills development and workforce training. He can also discuss cyberinfrastructure design, cloud computing and disaster recovery.

Gary studies cyber threats to elections, cyber threat actors and reasonings and cyber threats to public and private sectors. His focus is on cyber threat actors, who are responsible for cybercrimes including ransomware and cyber espionage. He was a highly-decorated career U.S. Air Force Intelligence Officer.