City University of Seattle Showcases Leadership at the 2025 CISSE Conference 

From November 12–14, 2025, City University of Seattle’s School of Technology and Computing and Center for Cybersecurity Innovation participated as an official sponsor of the 29th Colloquium on Information Systems Security Education (CISSE), the leading national conference for cybersecurity educators and researchers. This year’s event focused on advancing cybersecurity education in an era shaped by artificial intelligence and rapid technological change. 

As an official sponsor, City University of Seattle’s faculty, students, and alumni made a strong impact through presentations, panels, and workshops, while also receiving complimentary registration. As part of the sponsor spotlight, City University of Seattle discussed its mission, vision, values, and undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral programs. The session “EQ of the Competition – What Hiring Managers Want in a Candidate,” led by Morgan Zantua, Jemell Garris, Amelia Philips, and Terry Thibault, explored the role of emotional intelligence in cybersecurity careers and workforce readiness.  

In addition, Clark Jason Ngo and Sam Chung presented “Threat Model on Google ADK Agents – An OWASP Agentic Security Initiative Perspective.” Their research introduced a new threat model for agentic AI systems developed with Google’s ADK framework, identifying risks such as intent manipulation, cascading hallucinations, and privilege compromise, and proposing mitigation strategies aligned with OWASP standards. 

The CityU delegation included 16 participants representing faculty, students, and alumni: 
Albert Samigullin, Brian Maeng, Chao Lin, Clark Ngo, Eric McCloy, Harrison Le, Ian Hutcheson, Jemell Garris, Jenny Ju, Joel Domingo, Morgan Zantua, Namrata Mali, Sam Chung, Sameer Puri, Sherin Aly, and Veronica Elze. CityU faculty served as paper session chairs for six technical paper sessions, supporting academic collaboration and the exchange of innovative research ideas across institutions. Through their active participation, CityU strengthened collaborations with national peers and advanced its mission to prepare future cybersecurity professionals through innovation, ethics, and applied learning. 

CISSE also held a memorial for Dr. Barbara Endicott-Popovsky, an icon in cybersecurity in the Seattle community. In the early 2000s, Dr. Popovsky served on graduate committees for CityU students earning degrees in Information Technology. 

For more information about CityU’s cybersecurity initiatives or future CISSE participation, contact: 

C4cyi@cityu.edu