Teaching

Prof. Paolina Centonze has been the Managing Director of the Cybersecurity Program in the Computer Science Department at Iona University since 2011. In her role, Prof. Centonze directs the design and development of the Concentration in Cybersecurity programs: BA, BS, MS and 5-year BS/MS and BA/MS degrees.  Under Prof. Centonze’s supervision, these programs have been approved by the New York State Education Department.  Prof. Centonze has also been responsible for the National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cyber Operations (CAE-CO) designation, a National Security Agency (NSA) accreditation for the BS and BA degrees in Computer Science with a Concentration in Cybersecurity.

Below is the list of the new courses that Prof. Centonze designed, developed, taught and kept updated over the years as part of the Cybersecurity concentration programs:

1. CS 455 Cybersecurity Operations

2. CS 456 Web and Mobile Application Security

3. CS 475 (undergraduate) and CS 777 (graduate): Computer Networks & Networking Programming

4. CS 477 (undergraduate) and CS 779 (graduate): Networks Security

5. CS 474 (undergraduate) and CS 775 (graduate): Mobile Application Security

6. CS 315 (undergraduate) and CS 615 (graduate): Software Security

7. CS 472 (undergraduate) and CS 771 (graduate): Web Application Security

8. CS 409 (undergraduate) and CS 709 (graduate): Cryptography

9. CS 422 (undergraduate) and CS 798 (graduate): Database Security

10. CS 412 (undergraduate) and CS 712 (graduate): Program Analysis for Security

11. CS 413 (undergraduate) and CS 713 (graduate): Cloud Security and Privacy

Academic Courses Taught

In the areas of Computer Science, Cybersecurity and Software Engineering, Dr. Centonze teaches the following  courses regularly (at least once a year) at Iona University:

1. CS 143 (undergraduate): Introduction to Cybersecurity.  Core university course: accessible to students of the entire university for any major and part of the core requirements

2. CS 481 (undergraduate): Software Project Development: Design

3. CS 482 (undergraduate): Software Project Development: Implementation

4. CS 474 (undergraduate) and CS 775 (graduate): Mobile Application Security

5. CS 315 (undergraduate) and CS 615 (graduate): Software Security

6. CS 201 (undergraduate) and CS 500 (graduate): Computer Science I

7. CS 202 (undergraduate): Computer Science II

8. CS 474 (undergraduate) and CS 775 (graduate): Mobile Application Security

9. CS 472 (undergraduate) and CS 771 (graduate): Web Application Security

10. CS 412 (undergraduate) and CS 712 (graduate): Program Analysis for Security

11. CS 413 (undergraduate) and CS 713 (graduate): Cloud Security and Privacy

12. CS 143 (undergraduate): Introduction to Cyber Security as a Core College course

13. CS 140 (undergraduate): Computers, Technology and Society

14. CS 140 (undergraduate, Learning Community): Computers, Technology and Society.  Course integrated with other arts and science courses and taught in collaboration with other faculty members from different departments

15. CS 140 (undergraduate, Distance Learning): Computers, Technology and Society.  Online course

Additionally, Dr. Centonze has been an Adjunct Professor at other universities, and designed, developed, updated and taught the following courses:

1. CISC 6800 (graduate): Malware Analytics, Computer and Information Science Department, Fordham University, New York, 2015 and 2016

2. CS 9053 (graduate): Introduction to Java, New York University, Fall 2010 semester

3. CS 9163 (graduate): Application Security, New York University, Fall 2010 semester

While a graduate student, Dr. Centonze was the teaching assistant for the following courses: Linear Algebra, Theory of Computation, Algorithms I and II, Software Engineering, and Databases, New York University (NYU), 2003-2005

Select Student Thesis Research and Presentations

1. Michael Brand, Paolina Centonze. A Novel Method For Mitigation Of XML External Entity Attacks.  Honors Master Thesis and Poster Presentation at the 14th Annual Iona Scholars Day,  April 2023. Thesis advisor

2. Stephen Rodriguez, Paolina Centonze. Dynamic Encryption Key Scheming Strategy (DEKSS): A New Security Model for Securing Customer Data within Cloud Services.  Master Thesis in Computer Science, Iona University, Spring 2017.  Thesis Advisor

3. Chelsea Ramsingh, Paolina Centonze.  Program Analysis for SQL Injections.  Master Thesis in Computer Science, Iona University, Spring 2017. Thesis Advisor

4. Walter Squires, Paolina Centonze.  Mobile Security Analysis for Android and iOS.  Peer-reviewed poster presentation to the 7th Annual Iona Scholars Day, presentation at the 2nd Annual Science Symposium, sponsored by Iona University and ConEdison, Inc., and Honors Undergraduate Thesis, Iona University, April 2016.  Thesis Advisor

5. Michael Brown, Paolina Centonze.  A Contemporary Comparison of Comprehensive Perimeter and Authentication Techniques for Hadoop and Big Data.  Master Thesis in Computer Science, peer-reviewed poster presentation at the 7th Annual Iona Scholars Day, and the 2nd Annual Science Symposium sponsored by Iona University and ConEdison, Inc., Iona University, April 2016.  Thesis Advisor

6. Monica Suleiman, Paolina Centonze.  Ensuring Confidentiality of Personal Health Records in Cloud Services by Using Access Control.  Peer-reviewed poster presentation at the Seventh Annual Iona Scholars Day, and Master Thesis in Computer Science, Iona University.  Thesis Advisor

7. Monica Suleiman, Paolina Centonze.  Ensuring Confidentiality of Personal Health Records in Cloud Services by Using of Access Control.  The 2nd Annual Science Symposium, sponsored by Iona University and ConEdison, Inc., Iona University, April 2016

8. Vanessa Santana, Paolina Centonze, Security Study and Comparative Analysis of Mobile Programming Languages and Their Security Mechanisms.  Peer-reviewed poster presentation to the 7th Annual Iona Scholars Day and Master Thesis in Computer Science, Iona University, April 2016.  Thesis Advisor

9. Walter Squires, Paolina Centonze. Deep Analysis of Mobile Applications. Honors Master Thesis Defense. February 2016.  Iona University. Thesis Advisor

10. Walter Squires, Paolina Centonze. Program Analysis for Android Mobile Applications. Peer-reviewed poster presentation at the 6th Annual Iona Scholars Day, Iona University, April 2015

11. Walter Squires, Paolina Centonze.  Permission Analysis for Android Applications. Presented at the 1st Science Symposium, Iona University, March 2015

12. Kester Guischard, Paolina Centonze. Security Analysis to Identify iOS Overprivileged Applications. Peer-reviewed poster presentation at the 6th Annual Iona Scholars Day, April 2015 and at the 1st Science Symposium, Iona University, March 2015