Contacts / Details:

Dan Carrere
Cybersecurity: Senior Instructor
Department of Computer Science
University of Oregon (UO)
Office: Deschutes 139
Voice: 541.346.2286
Email: myfirstinitialmylastname at uoregon dot edu
Site: https://carrere.uoregon.edu


Focus:

Cybersecurity: Teaching (Undergraduate & Graduate)
Program Advisor: Cybersecurity Degree
Club Advisor: Cybersecurity Club: UOsec.org
Cybersecurity Outreach (to High Schools): Nurturing Inclusive Cybersecurity Education (NICE): Support via HECC
Program Director: UO Cybersecurity Camp (2024), UO Cybersecurity Camp (2025): Part of NWCyberCamp.org | NWCyber.camp | GenCyber: NSA / DoD HS Camp
Accreditation Efforts: Working on NSA CAE-R Designation for UO CS PhD Program
Advisor / Developer: UO TSOC: Training Security Operations Center
Presenter / Participant: CSAIL: Focus Area: Cybersecurity
Committees: UO CS Undegraduate Education Committee (UEC)


Teaching & Research Interests:

Cybersecurity: Systems, Network, Infrastructure, "Cloud" / MultiCloud
Unix Systems: (BSD: FreeBSD, OpenBSD | Illumos: SmartOS, OmniOS | Linux: Debian, Ubuntu, RH)
Networking: (including Optical, WDM: D & C)
Storage: (Filesystems: ZFS)
Virtualization: (bhyve, KVM, Xen, Related: Zones, Jails)
Systems Performance


Courses:

CS 102: Fundamentals of Computer & Information Security (Term: Fall, Winter, Spring ... and some Summers)
CS 332: System & Security Administration (Term: Fall)
CS 434/534: Computer & Network Security II (Term: Spring)
CS 437/537: Computer & Network Security Practicum (Term: Winter)


Currently: 2024 - 2025

Teaching: See Courses Above (CS: 434/534, 437/537, 332, 102)
Cybersecurity: Training Security Operations Center (TSOC) Development for Experential Learning
Cybersecurity Outreach for High School Students (Funding: via HECC)
Cybersecurity Club: Further Development of Resources and Activities
Preparing for Summer Cybersecurity Camp
Developing Async Learning Options for CS 102: Intro to Cybersecurity


Summary:

Dan Carrere is a Senior Cybersecurity faculty member in UO's Computer Science department, teaching in UO's Cybersecurity program. Dan has over 33 years of Cybersecurity / Computer and Network Security experience in industry with 23 years of that time offering courses in Cybersecurity / Computer and Network Security specializing in Cybersecurity, Unix systems, and Networking.

Prior to joining the UO, Dan Carrere was a Tenured Associate Professor and Cybersecurity Program Director at the Oregon Institute of Technology (OIT) and was a founder of the Bachelor's Degree in Cybersecurity (which began its offering in 2019).

He began his teaching in Cybersecurity by offering courses for the Common Body of Knowlege (CBK) review (in 2001) for the CISSP and worked to offer CISSP testing by ISC2 in Eugene, Oregon for Symantec (2003 - 2005). Dan has taught courses covering initially: Unix Security (including Solaris, BSD Unix, and Linux), Security Introduction, Operating Systems Hardening, Firewalls and VPNs, Network Monitoring and Management, Advanced Network Security, Security Operations, Cloud Security and Related (2001 – current).

Dan creates inclusive learning environments, is skilled in curriculum development, and holds leadership roles within UO.

Dan is one of the early founders of user groups for BSD Unix and Linux.

He has also served in past years on the board of directors for OpenSource funding organizations (i.e. BSDFund / LinuxFund).

Dan is excited about the opportunities for students and all that are offered by OpenSource and is also committed to helping Internet Service Providers offer better, faster, more available and more secure connectivity.