Pat Engebretson
Pat Engebretson
Associate Professor
Department
The Beacom College of Computer & Cyber Sciences
Education
DSc. in Information Systems, Dakota State University
MS in Information Systems, Dakota State University
BS in Psychology, North Dakota State University
BS in Sociology, North Dakota State University
Biography
Dr. Pat Engebretson is an Associate Professor in The Beacom College of Computer and Cyber Sciences. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in computer science, networking, and cyber security. His research and instruction specialize in the topics of security fundamentals, penetration testing, malware analysis, networking, wireless security, ethical hacking, software security, and programming. In addition to teaching, Engebretson serves as the Faculty Liaison between faculty and university leadership helping to guide, shape, and inform various mission-critical projects in relation to the legislative funding and commitments of the Rising II gift.
Before returning to focus on his passion for teaching, Dr. Engebretson served as the Dean of The Beacom College of Computer and Cyber Sciences. He has also worked for the Department of Defense, earning security clearance for the National Security Agency. His industry experience includes work as the Chief Information Officer and Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Senior Manager for East River Electric, where he served as a Senior Executive responsible for all aspects of strategic planning, creation, execution, and compliance of technology for the organization. He has published many articles related to cyber security, and a book titled The Basics of Hacking and Penetration Testing: Ethical Hacking and Penetration Made Easy.
An alumnus of DSU, he holds a Doctor of Science in Information Assurance and a Master of Science in Information Systems. He earned bachelor's degrees in psychology and sociology through North Dakota State University.
Contact
Office Location: Beacom Institute of Technology
Phone: (605) 256-5838
Email
Website
Ernest M. Teagarden Award for Excellence in Teaching. Dakota State University – 2014
National Science Foundation Scholarship for Service (NSF-SFS) grant titled "DSU Cyber Corps Renewal" – 2014
Department of Defense Information Assurance Scholarship Program (DoD IASP) grant – 2013, 2014
Department of Defense Information Assurance Scholarship Program (DoD IASP) grant – 2012
The Basics of Hacking and Penetration Testing: Ethical Hacking and Penetration Testing Made Easy, 2nd Ed. P. Engebretson, Syngress, 2013
The Basics of Hacking and Penetration Testing: Ethical Hacking and Penetration Testing Made Easy, P. Engebretson, Syngress, 2011
Llansó, Thomas, and Patrick Engebretson. "A Unified Model for System Security Engineering Support." 2016 49th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS). IEEE, 2016.
Podhradsky, A., Dovidio, R., Engebretson, P., & Casey, C. (2013, January). Xbox 360 Hoaxes, Social Engineering, and Gamertag Exploits. System Sciences (HICSS), 2013 46th Hawaii International Conference (pp. 3239-3250). IEEE
Engebretson, P., Podhradsky, A., Grahek, D. L., Diane, S. D., & Bierschbach, A. J. “Security Analysis of Xbox 360 Vulnerabilities”. Proceedings of The 17th World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics: WMSCI 2013
P. Engebretson, A. Podhradsky, Casey (2013). “An analysis of security vulnerabilities of the Xbox 360 and Xbox Live mobile network”. International Journal of Mobile Network Design and Innovation (IJMNDI). Volume 5, Number 1, October 2013, pp. 9-16(8)
J Pauli, P Engebretson. “Filling Your Cyber Operations Training Toolbox”. IEEE Security & Privacy 10(5): 71-74 (2012)
Podhradsky, Pauli, Streff, Engebretson (2012): “A Restructured Information Technology Risk Assessment Model for Small and Medium-Sized Financial Institutions.” Journal of Accounting and Finance. ISSN# 2158-3625.
Podhradsky, P. Engebretson. “A Forensic Investigation of an Xbox 360: Mapping Investigative Data using Open Source Tools”. 4th International Conference on Digital Forensics & Cyber Crime. October 25–26, 2012 Lafayette, IN, USA
P. Engebretson, D. Greene " An Integrated Approach to Network Vulnerability Scanning for Security Engineers". Proc. of the 8th International Conference on Information Technology: New Generations (ITNG 2012). April 2012, Las Vegas, NV, USA.
Podhradsky, P. Engebretson, J. Pauli, and K. Streff. "A Restructured Information Technology Risk Assessment Model for Small and Medium-sized Financial Institutions". Proc. of 11th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Business. May 2011. Honolulu, HI, USA.
J. Pauli, M. Ham, M. Zautke, and P. Engebretson. "CookieMonster: Automated Session Hijacking Archival and Analysis". Proc. of the 7th International Conference on Information Technology: New Generations (ITNG 2011). April 2011, Las Vegas, NV, USA
J. Burroughs, P. Engebretson, and J. Pauli. “Attack Traffic Libraries for Testing and Teaching Intrusion Detection Systems”. Proc. of Information Systems Analysis and Synthesis: (ISAS 2011). March 2011. Orlando, FL, USA.
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association: Connect Conference, “Cybersecurity in Plain English”, May 2017
DefCon 19, Las Vegas 2011
Black Hat Technical Security Conference, Las Vegas, 2010
Department of Homeland Security, Software Assurance Forum, November 2009
P. Engebretson, Security in Software Engineering Session Chair, The 9th IASTED International Conference on Software Engineering and Applications (SEA 2008)