Executive Editor of SecurityOrb.com
Dr. Kellep Charles (@kellepc) is the creator and Executive Editor of SecurityOrb.com (@SecurityOrb), an information security & privacy knowledge-based website with the mission to share and raise awareness of the motives, tools, and tactics of the black-hat community, and provide best practices and countermeasures against malicious events.
Dr. Charles has appeared and made regular contributions to local media outlets such as PGCTV, WPGC 95.5 FM, Politc365.com, WPFW 89.3 and the examiner.com to discuss technology, security, Internet safety, and privacy matters.
Dr. Charles works as a government contractor in the Washington, DC area as an Information Security Analyst with over 15 years of experience in the areas of incident response, computer forensics, security assessments, malware analyst and security operations.
Dr. Charles completed his Doctorate in Cybersecurity at Capitol Technology University with a concentration in Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) and Human-Computer Interaction Security (HCISec). He also holds a Master of Science in Telecommunication Management from the University of Maryland University College and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from North Carolina Agriculture and Technical State University.
He has served as an Adjunct Professor at Capitol Technology University in their Computer Science & Cybersecurity department. His industry certifications include Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), National Security Agency – INFOSEC Assessment Methodology (NSA-IAM) and Information Technology Infrastructure Library version 3 (ITILv3) to name a few.