Ashley L Podhradsky, Doctor of Science in Information Systems

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Education:

• Doctoral Information Systems, Specializing in Information Assurance, Dakota State University
• M.S., Information Systems, Specializing in Network Security, Dakota State University
• B.S., Electronic Commerce and Computer Security, Dakota State University
• Certificate: Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator, AccessData Certified Examiner

Areas of Expertise:

• Computer Forensics
• Digital Forensics
• Consumer Privacy
• Risk Management

Professional Experience:

• Drexel University
  Assistant Professor of Computing and Security Technology
  2010- Current
• Dakota State University
  Instructor of Computer Science and Computer Information Systems
  2007-2010
• Royal River Casino, Santee Sioux Tribe
  Network Systems Administrator
  2005-2007

Research interests:

• Digital Forensics
• Computer Forensics
• Cell Phone Forensics
• Cloud Computing
• Consumer Privacy
• Insider Threats & Data Sanitization

Selected Works

Refereed Publications and Proceedings

• Podhradsky, Streff. (2011): "Testing Data Sanitization Practices of Retired Drives with the Digital Forensics Data Recovery Project. Journal of Information Privacy and Security. Ivy League Publication. In Press.
• Podhradsky, D'Ovidio, Casey. (2011): "Identity Theft and Used Gaming Consoles- Recovering Personal Information from Xbox 360 Hard Drives." Proceedings of the America's Conference on Information Systems. Paper 54. August, 2011, Detroit, MI, ISBN 978-0-615-50707-1 http://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2011_submissions/54/
• Podhradsky, D'Ovidio, Casey. "The Practitioners Guide to the Forensic Investigation of Xbox 360 Gaming Consoles." The Conference on Digital Forensics, Security, and Law (ADFSL). May, 2011, VA. ISSN 1931-7379 pp 173-191
• Podhradsky. "Data Sanitization: The Forgotten Aspect of Information Security." The Security Conference. May 2011, Las Vegas, NV.
• Podhradsky, Streff, Pauli, and Engebretson. (2011):"A Restructured Information Technology Risk Assessment Model for Small and Medium-Sized Financial Institutions." Hawaii International Conference on Business (HICB 2011). May 2011, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA pp 206-219
• Podhradsky, Engebretson, Streff, Lovaas.(2009): "An Innovative Information Technology Risk Assessment Model for Small and Medium-Sized Financial Institutions." Hawaii International Conference on Business (HICB 2009). June 2009, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA pp 993-1003
• Streff, Podhradsky, Lovaas. (2009): "A Progressive Information Security Program Model for Small and Medium-Size Financial Institutions." Hawaii International Conference on Business (HICB 2009). June 2009, Honolulu, HI.
• Lovaas, Streff, Podhradsky (2009): "A Comprehensive Information Technology Audit Framework for Small- and Medium-Sized Financial Institutions." Hawaii International Conference on Business (HICB 2009). June 2009, Honolulu, HI. pp898-906
• Pauli, Podhradsky, Pauli, Moran "Computers for Humanity: A Service Learning Approach to Computer Education." ISECON. November 2009, Washington, D.C. pp 3542-3550
http://proc.isecon.org/2009/3524/ISECON.2009.Pauli.pdf

Refereed Research Artifacts

• Podhradsky, D'Ovidio, Casey. "Analyzing Data Sanitization Practices of Key Industries." Poster Session of the America's Conference on Information Systems. August, 2011, Detroit, MI, ISBN 978-0-615-50707

Non-Refereed Publications

• Podhradsky, Casey, Lyn and Lugo. "Title: Is private browsing really private? Identifying web browser risk." SearchSecurity.com June 2nd, 2011.
• Podhradsky, Casey." Security sandbox program: Defense-in-depth or layered vulnerabilities?" SearchSecurity.com March 17th, 2011.
• Podhradsky, Casey. "Digital Forensic Challenges In A Cloud Computing Environment." SearchCloudSecurity.com February 11, 2011.
• Podhradsky. "Data Sanitization Policy: How to Ensure Thorough Data Scrubbings." SearchSecurity.com January 24, 2011.