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Name
Professor Randall Nichols
Title
Professor of Practice Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) - Cybersecurity at Kansas State University Polytechnic Campus
Bio
Director, Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) -Cybersecurity Certificate Program
Author/ Developer: MPT/ MS / Certificate in Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) -Cybersecurity
Retired Chair and Program Developer: MS - Cybersecurity –Intelligence and Forensics
Retired Chair and Program Director: BS – Cybersecurity and Information Assurance
Co-Author/ Developer: MPS – Risk Assessment and Cybersecurity Policy
Author/Developer: MS Cyber Surveillance and Warfare

Nichols was COO of INFOSEC Technologies, LLC, a consulting firm specializing in Counter-Terrorism, Counter-Espionage, and Information Security Countermeasures to support its 1700 commercial, educational and U.S. government clients.

Nichols served as CEO of COMSEC Solutions, a Cryptographic / Anti-virus / Biometrics Countermeasures Company, which was acquired by a public company in 2000. He served as Vice President of Cryptography and Director of Research.

Nichols served as Technology Director of Cryptography and Biometrics for the International Computer Security Association (ICSA), President, and Vice President of the American Cryptogram Association (ACA). Nichols is internationally respected, with 50 years of experience in leadership roles in cryptography, counter-intelligence, INFOSEC, sensitive computer applications and engineering.

Areas of Expertise
• Counter-Terrorism / Counter- Intelligence /Counter-Espionage / Computer Security Countermeasures
• Asymmetric Warfare and Attack / Defense Scenarios against National Critical Infrastructure
• Computer Forensics and Cryptography SME & Federal Expert Witness (Federal Criminal Cases: Treason / Espionage)
• Risk Assessment / Threat Analysis / Vulnerabilities Analysis / Countermeasures
• Cybersecurity / Surveillance Technologies: Aerial, Infrared, Visual, Ultraviolet, Radio, Radar & Sonar
• SCADA – Advanced Cyber-weapons Creation / Development / Deployment / Defense
• Designing IFF & advanced Acoustic Countermeasures v hostile-actor UAS SWARMs