Dr. Carlene Blackwood-Brown holds a Ph.D. in Information Systems with a concentration in Information Security/Cybersecurity, an MSc. in Management Information Systems, a BSc. in Management Studies, and a certificate in Cybersecurity: Managing Risk in the Information Age. She is an Adjunct Professor of Information Systems-related courses at Sheridan & Seneca Colleges, as well as, a free-lance Instructor of Cybersecurity courses at the LIFE Institute at Ryerson University. Carlene is passionate about research and work in the human-centric areas of cybersecurity, and thus delivers her courses in a non-technical way so that business professionals can understand and relate. She is also an avid believer in teaching and life-long learning and is a key contributor on curriculum teams responsible for course redesign as well as textbook selections.
Carlene is the Director and Cybersecurity Consultant at Technologically Speaking Inc. (TSI), a cybersecurity and technology consulting company that focuses on the technical needs of organizations and individuals. TSI creates and delivers customized cybersecurity-related consulting, training, and other technical solutions, as well as deliver the requisite knowledge and skills to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of digital assets.
