Anne Kohnke

Anne Kohnke, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Cybersecurity in the Cybersecurity & Information Systems Department at the University of Detroit Mercy. Previously, Dr. Kohnke was a tenured Associate Professor at Lawrence Technological University where she taught technical IT and cybersecurity courses. After a 25-year career in IT, Anne transitioned from a Vice President of IT and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) position into full-time academia in 2011. Anne’s research is focused in the areas of cybersecurity; risk management; threat modeling; and cyber resilience. Anne has coauthored five books in the field of cybersecurity and earned her Ph.D. from Benedictine University in Lisle, IL.