Rayford VaughnRayford Vaughn received his Ph.D. from Kansas State University in 1988. He is the Billie J. Ball Professor of Computer Science and Engineering and teaches and conducts research in the areas of Software Engineering and Information Security. Prior to jining the University, he completed a twenty-six year career in the Army where he commanded the Army's largest software development organization and created the Pentagon agency that today centrally manages all Pentagon IT support. While on active duty with the Army, he served a three-year assignment with the National Security Agency's National Computer Security Center where he authored national level computer security guidance and conducted computer security research. After retiring as a full Colonel in June 1995, he accepted a position as Vice President of DISA Integration Services, EDS Government Systems where he was responsible for a wide variety of technical service contracts. Dr. Vaughn has over 70 publications to his credit and is an active contributor to software engineering and information security conferences and journals. In 2004, Dr. Vaughn was named a Mississippi State University Eminent Scholar. Read More Read Less