CyAD 2026: Cybersecurity Across Disciplines Summit: Full Schedule

Welcome to the fourth annual Cybersecurity Across Disciplines (CyAD) Summit hosted by the National Cybersecurity Training & Education Center (NCyTE)!

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11:00am CDT

Designing an AI-Mentored IoT Course Using Agile

Thursday June 25, 2026 11:00am - 11:45am CDT

BLDG T-925

This presentation introduces the instructional format behind Sinclair College’s AI-mentored Internet of Things (IoT) course, designed to blend experiential learning, Agile practices, and personalized student pathways. The class is structured around two-week sprints in which students are expected to deliver demonstrable value, mirroring real-world IoT product and systems development.

Each sprint includes three stand-up meetings distributed across the two weeks, followed by a value presentation to a client and a structured retrospective. Students work from a Kanban board populated with value-based deliverables and supportive task suggestions. While these deliverables provide clear guidance, students are empowered to modify or create their own, allowing them to pursue individual interests and tailor solutions to specific IoT verticals.

The course is composed of seven two-week sessions, each focused on a different IoT domain. Two of these sessions are dedicated specifically to IoT security, encouraging students to incorporate security considerations directly into their projects. Rather than treating security as a standalone topic, students are guided to apply secure design, threat awareness, and risk mitigation within the context of their chosen verticals and use cases.

Agile is embedded throughout the course, giving students hands-on experience with multiple practices such as monitoring flow metrics, Kanban board visualization, and Scrum events. These experiences prepare students for industry expectations and provide foundational Agile knowledge aligned with Professional Kanban I (PKI) certification. The result is a scalable, adaptive learning model that unifies AI mentorship, Agile delivery, and modern IoT education.

Speakers

Dr. Andrew Rettig

Assistant Professor, Sinclair College

Dr. Andrew Rettig
Faculty Leader | Internet of Things Educator | AI & Open-Source

Andrew Rettig is a faculty member in the Information Technology department at Sinclair College, where he is leading the design and launch of an Internet of Things Bachelor’s degree. The program emph... Read More →

Liz Rettig

Founder and Agile Coach, Lil Agile Monster LLC

Elizabeth Rettig Agile Coach | Kanban Trainer | Flow Metrics Expert Elizabeth Rettig is an accomplished Agile Coach and Kanban Trainer dedicated to helping teams and organizations enhance their agility and efficiency. With a deep understanding of Flow Metrics and Agile best practices, she has guided... Read More →

Thursday June 25, 2026 11:00am - 11:45am CDT
BLDG T-925

Foundations of Interdisciplinary Cybersecurity, Presentation

2:45pm CDT

Reimagining Cybersecurity and AI Education in Information Technology Domains

Thursday June 25, 2026 2:45pm - 3:30pm CDT

BLDG T-925

Cybersecurity—and more recently, artificial intelligence—has become pervasive across computing education, including Information Technology Systems (ITS). Long before cybersecurity was formally recognized as a distinct discipline, its principles were deeply embedded within IT practice and instruction. While cybersecurity now stands as its own domain, many IT areas continue to rely heavily on its foundations. At the same time, emerging competencies driven by AI adoption are reshaping what is uniquely essential to the IT field.

This work revisits the core concepts central to ITS and examines how they must evolve in response to AI integration. We argue for the development of updated professional competencies and dispositions that reflect the realities of modern IT practice, where cybersecurity awareness, adversarial thinking, and AI literacy are inseparable from system administration, networking, and infrastructure management. By reframing these competencies, this paper contributes a perspective for aligning IT education with contemporary technological and workforce demands.

Speakers

Ivan Alonso

Assistant Professor, El Paso Community College

Ivan Alonso is a Computer Science and Information Technology Systems Professor at El Paso Community College with expertise in software engineering and computing education. Ivan Alonso holds a Master of Science in Software Engineering with a concentration in Secure Cyber-Systems, with... Read More →

Sandra Gorka

Professor, Pennsylvania College of Technology

Sandra Gorka is a Professor of Computer Science and former Department Head of Information Technology at Pennsylvania College of Technology, where she has taught since 1997. Although she retired in 2024, she is a part-time instructor. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in... Read More →

Jacob Miller

Professor, Pennsylvania College of Technology

Dr. Miller earned a Ph.D. and M.S. in Mathematics from the University of Delaware and a B.A. in Mathematics with a Computer Science concentration from Shippensburg University. After nearly a decade at IBM as a senior operations research analyst, he began a teaching career in 1997... Read More →

Christian Servin

Professor, El Paso Community College

Dr. Christian Servín is a Professor of Computer Science at El Paso Community College and a national leader in computing education for two-year institutions. He serves as Chair of ACM SIGCITE, Vice-Chair of the ACM Committee for Computing Education in Community Colleges (CCECC), and... Read More →

Thursday June 25, 2026 2:45pm - 3:30pm CDT
BLDG T-925

AI Emerging Technologies and Risk Implications, Presentation

CyAD 2026: Cybersecurity Across Disciplines Summit

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