Galen Grimes, M. S.

Associate Professor of Information Sciences and Technology, Information Sciences and Technology

gagrimes@psu.edu

Office Phone: 412-675-9479

Office Location: Frable Building, 213E

Office Hours:

Mondays: 1:30 - 2:30PM
Wednesdays: 1:30 - 2:30PM
Fridays: 1:30 - 2:30PM

Mailing Address:

Penn State Greater Allegheny, 4000 University Drive, McKeesport, PA 15132

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Bio

Mr. Grimes is an Associate Professor of Information Sciences and Technology at the Greater Allegheny campus of the Pennsylvania State University where he has taught since 1999.

Prior to working at Penn State Mr. Grimes worked as a project manager at Mellon Bank (now Bank of NY Mellon). Mr. Grimes is also an experienced author on general computing, desktop application, and Internet related topics. He has had 17 books published since 1993. His titles have been translated into 17 languages and distributed over five continents.

Teaching Interests:

Computer security, risk management

Research Interests

Network, desktop, mobile device and credit card security, intrusion detection, risk management, and spam.

Publications

Recent publications:

EMV, Apple Pay, Android Pay, and other Alternate Payment Technologies—Is it finally Safe to Use Credit/Debit Cards? -- IEEE Proceedings, WTS2016

Education

M.S., Information Science University of Pittsburgh, 1990

B.A., Communication University of Pittsburgh, 1987