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James Frost, PhD
Assistant Professor
Information Systems and Informatics

Dr. Frost is the manager of the Simplot Decision Support Center. The SDSC has been integral to the development of the CNSS standards 4011 through 4015. Under his astute leadership the center has become the showplace of the College of Business.

BSc – Colorado School of Mines

MBA – Idaho State University

PhD – Idaho State University

Participated in nine eDACUMs devoted to developing computer security training documents and guidelines for the Federal government.

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eDACUM I – Basic security awareness needs for federal employees
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eDACUM II – Transition from awareness to training
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eDACUM III – Reviewed the Common Body of Knowledge (CBK) and identified 385 knowledge, skills and attributes (KSAs) for the security field
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eDACUM IV – Definition of job responsibilities in KSA terms for: system administrators, designated approving authorities, and information system security officers
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eDACUM V – Refined and confirmed job responsibilities and KSAs for individuals in security and ISSO
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eDACUM VI – Categorized INFOSEC KSAs to system certifiers
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eDACUM VII – Developed KSAs for Risk Analyst
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eDACUM VIII – Developed KSAs for System Certifier
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eDACUM IX – Developed KSAs for Designated Approving Authority
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eDACUM X – Developed new materials for 4011
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eDACUM XI – Information Assurance Engineer -- Computer Security Engineer

In addition to his activities directly related to curriculum development for Information Assurance, Dr. Frost has been the Manager of the Simplot Decision Support Center and the associate director of the NIATEC. During 2001 Dr. Frost was the Chair of the Mountain Plains Conference which focused in Information Assurance issues.

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