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Pat Engebretson

Pat Engebretson

Pat Engebretson

Associate Professor / Coordinator for PhD in Cyber Operations

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. Patrick Engebretson served as the Dean of The Beacom College from 2020-2023. Prior to serving as dean, he was Chief Information Officer for East River Electric. Before joining East River, Dr. Engebretson worked for the Department of Defense, where he focused on cyber security projects. He also served as a tenured Associate Professor of Computer and Network Security, teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in information security including penetration testing, intrusion detection, exploitation, and malware.

Contact

Office Location: Beacom Institute of Technology
Phone: (605) 256-5838
Email
Website

  • Networking and cyber security

  • Security fundamentals
  • penetration testing
  • malware analysis
  • networking, wireless security
  • ethical hacking
  • software security
  • programming

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

Dr. Engebretson has published numerous peer reviewed conference papers and journal articles. He is also the author of two bestselling cyber security books on hacking and penetration testing. His books have been translated into nine different languages.

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)