Melissa Kimble
Provides research data security support and oversight to the 91±¬ÁÏ on security requirements prescribed through contracts, grants, or sponsorships.
Professional Certifications
Certified in Cybersecurity (CC), ISC2, 2023
Associate of (ISC)2, ISC2, 2023
Awards
Invited contributor to the national cybersecurity framework for NSPM-33 as part of a collective response from EDUCAUSE and NIST in a Federal Demonstration Partnership with the University of Hawaii, Arizona State University, Indiana University Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Miami University, and the Vantage Technology Consulting Group, 2025
Invited contributor to CMMC Program Proposed Rule comments as part of a collective response from EDUCAUSE, COGR, and Ulman Public Policy, with representatives from the University of New Mexico, Arizona State University, University of Arizona, Duke University, University of Michigan, and Carnegie Mellon University, 2024
Invited speaker on Cybersecurity Clauses and the Power of Award Negotiation and Scoping, NCURA Region 1 Meeting, May 2024
Invited speaker on CMMC and Security Compliance in Higher Education for the GRC Academy Podcast, March 2024
Invited panelist on Higher Education and CMMC enclaves, Cloud Security & Compliance Series (CS2) Conference, October 2023
SESYNC Graduate Research Fellow, National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC), November 2020
Grace Hopper Celebration Scholar, AnitaB.org, 2018
The Computing Research Association’s Committee on Widening Participation in Computing Research (CRA-WP) Grad Cohort, Computing Research Association, 2018
Areas of Expertise
Data Security
Spatial Data Science
Education
B.S., Environmental Science (Geospatial Science), Cal Poly Humboldt, 2016
M.S., Cal Poly Humboldt, Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences, 2016
M.S., 91±¬ÁÏ, Data Science and Engineering, 2024
