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Quentin Covert

Quentin Covert

Quentin Covert

Instructor

Department

The Beacom College of Computer & Cyber Sciences

Education

Ph.D. Cyber Defense, Dakota State University (Doctoral Candidate)
M.S., Computer Science, Dakota State University, 2019
B.S., Computer Science, University of Nebraska – Lincoln, 2018

Biography

As an instructor for The Beacom College of Computer & Cyber Sciences, Covert is responsible for the design, implementation, and delivery of a number of courses in programs offered by Beacom, which are offered in degrees such as Cyber Defense, Cyber Operations, and Computer Science at both a graduate and undergraduate level. He has worked as an adjunct professor and graduate assistant for Dakota State University for the past nine years.

Beyond the academic world, Covert has been a consultant for the design and implementation of privacy-based data mapping procedures at international organizations and the development of software development tools for security and privacy risk management and third-party organization.

Contact

Office Location: East Hall
Phone: (605) 256-5838
Email

  • Data privacy
  • Security management
  • Digital forensics

  • Privacy education
  • Privacy enhancing technologies

  • Towards a Triad for Data Privacy (Primary Author)
  • An Inventory of International Privacy Principles: A 14 Country Analysis (Secondary Author)
  • Workplace Surveillance and Insider Threat Risk Management: Legal Limits and Privacy Harms (Secondary Author)