Anne Kohnke

Anne Kohnke is an Associate Professor of Cybersecurity at the University of Detroit Mercy, where she also serves as Director of the Detroit Mercy Center for Cybersecurity & Intelligence Studies and Principal Investigator for the NSA/DHS Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense (CAE-CD) Program. She transitioned from a 25-year IT career as a Vice President/Chief Information Security Officer to academia in 2019, previously holding a tenured position at Lawrence Technological University.

Her academic background includes a Ph.D. in Cybersecurity from Benedictine University and an MBA from Lawrence Technological University. Research focuses on cybersecurity education, cyber resilience, supply chain risk management, and the intersection of cybersecurity with law enforcement and critical infrastructure protection.

Key roles include:

• Co-Chair of the national CAE-CD Community of Practice
• Member of Evidencing Competency Working Groups
• Peer-reviewer and mentor for CAE-CD programs
• Board Member of the Metro-Detroit Vehicle Cybersecurity Institute

Recent projects include a grant-funded policing reform initiative with Detroit-area jurisdictions and collaborative work on cybersecurity curriculum standards with ACM/IEEE/AIS/IFIP. She has authored six books and numerous articles on cybersecurity education, risk management frameworks, and ethical cybersecurity practices.

Her academic contributions emphasize bridging industry-academia gaps through practical curriculum development and promoting cyber resilience as a national imperative. She actively participates in national cybersecurity initiatives, including NIST framework implementation and critical infrastructure protection strategies.