Seth Hamman, Ph.D.

Seth Hamman, Ph.D., is director of the Center for the Advancement of Cybersecurity and professor of cyber operations and computer science at Cedarville University. He joined Cedarville's faculty in 2012 after working in the technology industry as a startup employee and consultant.

His work focuses on cybersecurity education, cyber operations, adversarial thinking and the development of cyber professionals. His research has examined game theory for cybersecurity education, model checking for cyber-physical system protection and methods for studying military strategic concepts in cyberspace.

Hamman helped develop Cedarville's cyber operations specialization and led the creation of its stand-alone Cyber Operations bachelor's degree program, identified by Cedarville as the first such major in Ohio. He also serves as Cedarville's point of contact for its National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cyber Operations and Cyber Defense designations.

He contributes to national cybersecurity education initiatives through the Cyber Operations Community of Practice and the National Cyber Curriculum Taskforce. Hamman earned a Ph.D. in computer science with an emphasis in cybersecurity from the Air Force Institute of Technology, an M.S. in computer science from Yale University and a B.A. in religion from Duke University.