Javad Abed

• Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP)
• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
• Executive Certificate in Organizational Leadership, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School (2024)
• Executive Education Program, Leveraging AI for Business Success, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School (2024)

• Carey Faculty Service & Mentorship Award (2025)

• Digital Education & Learning Technology Acceleration (DELTA) Award, Johns Hopkins University (2024)

• Teaching Innovation Award, Carey Business School (2024)
  
  
  

• J. Abed, A. Dahbura and X. Li, 'Strengthening Cybersecurity Readiness in the Age of AI: A Strategic Guide for Executives,' in IT Professional, vol. 27, no. 3, pp. 21-24,2025.
• Javad Abed and Saisha Das, 'Quantitative Analysis of Factors Impacting Organizational Readiness for Cybersecurity Threats: Relationships and Inter-relationships Assessment,' Annual Information Institute Conference, Las Vegas, March 2024.
• Javad Abed, 'Comparative Analysis of Security-Based Precautionary Behaviors: Home vs. Office Work Environments,' Annual Information Institute Conference, Las Vegas, March 2024.
• Javad Abed, 'Digital Technology in Changing Social Relations — The Social Internet of Things: Developing a New Method for Leveraging the Friendships between IoT Devices,' In Digital Strategies and Organizational Transformation (Chapter 9), World Scientific (WS), 2023, 1-18.
• Javad Abed and Heinz Roland Weistroffer, 'Understanding Deterrence Theory in Security Compliance Behavior: A Quantitative Meta-Analysis Approach,' Southern Association for Information Systems (SAIS), Paper 28, 2016 Proceedings, 1-6.
• Javad Abed and Gurpreet Dhillon, 'A Review of the Compliance Behavior Studies in Information Systems Security Field: Current Trends and Future Directions,' In Proceedings of the Annual Information Institute Conference, March, 29-30, 2016, 1-14.
• Javad Abed and Gurpreet Dhillon, 'Investigating Continuous Security Compliance Behavior: Insights from Information Systems Continuance Model,' Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), 2016, 1-16.
• Gurpreet Dhillon, Lemuria D. Carter, and Javad Abed, 'Defining Objectives for Securing the Internet of Things: A Value-Focused Thinking Approach,' Workshop on Information Security and Privacy (WISP), 2016 Proceedings, 1-18.

• Cybersecurity Editor, IEEE IT Professional (2024–Present)
• Media Advisory, Central JHU Communications (2024-Present)
• Program Committee Member, IEEE CompSAC 2025
• Senior Member, IEEE (2024)
• Member, IEEE Young Professional Society (2024–Present)
• Member, IEEE Computer Society
• Member, International Information System Security Consortium (ISC)²

• CNBC: The overseas Apple iPhone encryption battle that could be headed to the U.S. next
• JHU Hub: 'Election 2024: Cybersecurity Showdown in the Age of AI'
• CNBC: 'China’s New Focus in U.S. Elections Interference Is Not Harris-Trump Presidential Race'
• Morning Brew: 'What the Dirty Stream Vulnerability Pattern Means for Android Users'
• Business Insider: 'The Microsoft-CrowdStrike Outage Could Spur a Big Tech Trust Reckoning'
• USA Today: 'Painful Wake-Up Call: What’s Next for CrowdStrike, Microsoft After Update Causes Outage?'
• CNBC: 'The CrowdStrike Fail and Next Global IT Meltdown Already in the Making'
• Global News: 'CrowdStrike Outage: Cybersecurity a Wake-Up Call to Dangers of Big Tech Reliance'
• CNBC: 'Why the Market’s Most-Regulated Companies Need Military-Grade Cybersecurity'
• CNBC: 'What Internet Data Brokers Have on You and How You Can Start to Get It Back'

• AI-Driven Cybersecurity and Threat Intelligence
• Information Security Management and Governance
• Privacy-Preserving Technologies and Data Protection
• Cloud Security and Resilience
• Compliance Frameworks and Regulatory Standards

Johns Hopkins University, Carey Business School

• Information Systems
• Cybersecurity
• Cybersecurity and Data Vulnerabilities
• Artificial Intelligence
• Managing Complex Projects

Whiting School of Engineering, Johns Hopkins University

• Cybersecurity Risk Management
• Cybersecurity Compliance

Miami University

• Introduction to Computational Thinking

Virginia Commonwealth University

• Database Systems
• IT Infrastructure
• Information Systems Plan and Project Management
• Fundamentals of Data Communications

Carey Business School, Johns Hopkins University

• IT Consulting
• Cybersecurity in the Age of AI
• Cyber Networks
• Cybersecurity
• Cybersecurity and Data Vulnerability
• Information Systems
• IT Consulting Lab Practicum Course
• Cybersecurity Risk
• Digital Health and AI-enabled Device Regulation in the US

Whiting School of Engineering, Johns Hopkins University

• Cybersecurity Risk Management
• Cybersecurity Compliance