Alberto I. LaCava, Ph.D., CISSP
Certified Information Systems Security Professional
Information Assurance Education Graduate Certificate
Certified Hipaa Administrator (
Certified Hipaa Security Specialist (CHSS) and
Professor, Department of Computer Information
Systems
Associate Dean of Arts and Science Division
Office Phone: (201)
559-6163, but I am rarely at the office, please call my cell phone.
Office: KH
228 (Back of Lab KH 227). See office hours.
College
Office Hours: Please view my schedule by clicking here
Cell
Phone: 610
-216-3106 Note, this is your most sure way of finding me.
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Phone consults: Please check my schedule to make sure I am not in
class. Then call my cell phone. Reasonably hours please!
Home
Office Phone Consults: Try first my cell phone. If you are sure I am at my
home office please call 610-866-5141
E-mail: Please
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all e-mail to: lacavaa@felician.edu Text messages to my cell phone as above.
The
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College
Web Pages: http://faculty.felician.edu/LaCavaa/
Who is Dr. LaCava?
Professor
Alberto LaCava holds a Ph.D. from Imperial College of Science, Technology and
Medicine of London which at the time was part of the
His
scholarly production includes more than 60 research publications in professional
journals, and some 27 patents of invention.
Alberto
received an award sponsored by the NSA (National Security Agency) in 2003 to
study for the “Information Assurance Education Graduate Certificate” at the
Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security at
In line
with our work in the area of information security, Dr. LaCava has personally
received training in the areas of healthcare informatics that relate to the new
regulations brought about by the Healthcare Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act (HIPAA). This Act has
important regulatory requirements to guarantee the privacy and information
security of healthcare information systems, and we see a future need of
qualified professionals to work in healthcare IT departments. Dr. LaCava has
received the following certifications:
Certified Hipaa Administrador (
In 2007 he
was able to pass the rigorous test and audit of the ISC2 and is now a Certified
Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).
In a joint
effort with our College's Nursing division we are now offering a Certificate
program in HIPAA Administration to our Nursing students Several groups of students have successfully
obtained the College Certificate in HIPAA Administration.
His
teaching interests in Computer Science involve the development of curricula to
match recent guidelines of the ACM (American Association of Computer Machinery)
in Computer Information Systems, to promote studies in the area of Information
Assurance and Security and to increase the awareness of the issues of Information
Security in the community at large.
Alberto’s research
interests in Computer Science in the past have been Numerical Analysis and
Solution Methods, Computer Dynamic Simulation and Artificial Intelligence. His
current directions of research are in the area computer simulation of gaseous
separation systems, especially in environmentally significant separations and
purification, including CO2 capture, fuel cell gas processes, Fischer-Tropsch
synthesis, biofuels and other processes. He acts as consultant to industrial
and academic organizations in several areas of his expertise.
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