March-April 2015

Written by Danielle Alpi, ECJSC Intern

The Acade-my of Criminal Jus-tice Sciences (ACJS)was held on March 4, 2015 in Orlando, Florida. The ACJS is an internationally recognized associ-ation that promotes criminal justice edu-cation, research, and policy analysis. Pro-fessors of Practice of Criminal Justice, Dr. James Brown, and Raymond Philo were two faculty members in attendance for the event. Both profes-sors co-authored a paper entitled, “Com-mand Transitions for Criminal Justice and

Other Public Admin-istration Civil Service, Appointed and Elect-ed Agency Leaders,” along with Anthony Callisto of Syracuse University and Polly Smith of Utica Col-lege. All four authors presented this paper to the 2015 panel at the ACJS. “To be ap-proved to present our research project before such a dis-tinguished group of leaders was quite an honor,” Philo said. In addition to pre-senting research, Philo and Brown net-worked with a diversi-

fied group of individ-uals who are on the international stage of criminal justice re-search and policy de-velopment. “I think Utica

College was well rep-resented at this im-portant conference,” Philo Said. Attending the ACJS conference pro-vided professors with an invaluable oppor-tunity to network with academic colleagues and publishing com-panies. “Our main focus now that the paper is completed is to work on having the paper considered for publication in one of the top tier peer-re-viewed criminal jus-tice journals,” Brown said.

In addition, the co-authors are working on future presentations to pro-mote the most sig-nificant outcome of the research to the criminal justice and public administration community; the Com-mand Transition Ma-trix that came out of the research. “This is one of the most exciting aspects; when one’s research comes to life in actionable, practical applica-tions.”

Professors Brown and Philo Present at ACJS

Anthony Callisto, Jr., John Unterreiner, Raleigh Blasdell, James C. Brown, Raymond L. Philo

Chief Richard Beary, Lt. General Russell L. Honore, Professor Raymond L. Philo, Ms. Susan M. Brown, Dr. James C. Brown.

Rick Gloo Leslie Corbo

Richard (Rick) Gloo has been an ad-junct instructor in Utica College’s undergraduate and graduate Cybersecu-rity programs for several years. A graduate of the Utica College Master’s degree program in Cyber-security, Rick has been employed at Assured In-formation Security (AIS) of Rome, NY since 2005. At AIS, he serves as a Princi-pal Investigator and Senior Security Engineer, leading

advanced research and development efforts in the cybersecurity domain. Rick’s expertise in software stegonograpy, data leakage prevetion, reverse engineering, vul-nerability assessment, and network security mon-itoring make him the ideal professor to teach our CRJ 362 – System Threats, At-tacks, and Defenses, and CRJ 438 – System Vulner-ability Assessments cours-es. Both CRJ 362 and CRJ 438 are electives in our undergraduate cybersecu-rity program, that are rec-ommended to every cyber-security student to take. Rick also holds a patent (US # 8,098,155) for a system and method for locating a target wire-less device.

Leslie Corbo has been an adjunct in Utica College’s graduate in Cy-bersecurity and Economic Crime Management pro-grams for three years. Also a graduate of the Utica College Master’s degree program in Cybersecurity, Leslie has profound expe-rience in the cybersecurity and information security fields. Her work expe-rience includes several years as an IT-security an-

alyst at Exelis in Rome, NY, where her responsibilities included network monitor-ing, computer forensics, analysis, and incident response. Now, Leslie serves as a Senior Client Engagement Manager at PhishMe, Inc. At PhishMe, Inc., Leslie trains the em-ployees of Fortune 500 companies to recognize and increase awareness of phishing emails. She is currently pursuing a Doctor of Sci-ence in Computer and In-formation Systems Securi-ty/Information Assurance at Capitol College in Lau-rel, MD. Over the years, many students have re-ferred to Leslie or Profes-sor Corbo as a “super-star,” and we thank her for her exceptional work.

OJS Update On Wednesday, April 22 the Organization of Jus-tice Studies (OJS) took a tour, organized by Dr. Brown. The tour was of the New York State Emergency Pre-paredness Training Center in Oriskany, NY from 1:00 - 3:30 p.m. On Friday, May 1 the OJS plans to attend the Oneida County Law Day. They are departing campus at 8:00 a.m., the program begins at 8:45 a.m. at the Onei-da County Court House Ceremonial Courtroom. There will be a luncheon at the Radisson Hotel-Utica at 12:15 p.m. with several guest speakers and events. There is a $10.00 fee per person and professional dress is re-quired.

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Standard Chartered Bank On Tuesday, April 7, Tom Wilson of Standard Char-tered Bank, made a site-visit to the Uti-ca College campus. During his visit, Tom interviewed a series of criminal justice, economic crime in-vestigation and cy-bersecurity students for available intern-ship positions. Stan-dard Chartered Bank has an internship program, in which the students intern for ten weeks in New

York City (NYC). During the internship, students would be learning components and modules of anti money laundering, counter terrorist fi-

nancing, operational and reputational risk, information security awareness and mit-igating bribery and risk. The internship program also entails travel to Singapore.

Upon successful completion of the ten week internship pro-gram, students have the possibility of be-ing hired as an anti money laundering and bank secrecy act

analyst. Several of the interviewed stu-dents are expected to travel to NYC for a follow-up interview.

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Judge William Virkler recently pre-sented to the Oneida County Magistrates Association. Thirty Town and Village Jus-tices from across the County heard Prof. Virkler present the trial process regard-ing pre-trial hearings. These types of hear-ings are held to an-swer questions and issues raised by De-fense Council prior to the start of a trial. There were dozens of possible issues raised; and the fol-lowing more common hearings were cov-ered by Prof. Virkler:

- H u n t l e y Hearing----to de-termine if the oral statements made by the Defendant were made voluntarily. The People have the burden to prove the statements were voluntary, otherwise they will be sup-pressed. - D u n aw ay /Ingle Hearing-----to determine whether evidence should be surpassed as the fruit of a seizure of the defendant without probable cause. For example, a common argument in cases of DWI is that the police

officer lacked prob-able cause to make the initial stop of the Defendant’s automo-bile. Therefore, all the evidence, such as the Breathalyzer test results, should be suppressed, which would effectively dismiss the case. The People have the burden to prove the officer had probable cause to make the stop. -Wade Hear-ing----to determine if the identification of the Defendant was made properly and was not unduly sug-gestive.

- P r i n g l e Hearing---to deter-mine if the Court has both a prima fascia case and a certified Breathalyzer prior to the immediate sus-pension of the De-fendant’s license at arraignment. - M a p p Hearing---to deter-mine if physical ev-idence seized by police should be sup-pressed. - Sandoval/Ventimiglia Hearing---this is held just prior to jury selection to determine what prior crimes or bad acts may be brought out

on cross-examination of the Defendant, should the Defen-dant choose to testi-fy. Judge Virkler often presents to Oneida County Judg-es on typical Town and Village Court matters. He has also instructed Statewide through the Office of Court Administration and the Office of Jus-tice Support. He is in his 16th year as Justice in the Town of New Hartford, where he serves as Chief Judge; as well as Act-ing Village Justice of New Hartford.

Presentation to the Magistrates Association

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Master of Professional Studies Program The Fall 2015 semester has a lot in store for Utica College, including a new multidisciplinary Master of Profession-al Studies (M.P.S.) degree in Cyber Poli-cy and Risk Analysis. With the ever chang-ing field of cyberse-curity, the M.P.S. pro-gram will allow Utica College to “keep up with the times,” and to address an emerg-ing area of national importance. C u r r e n t l y , there is a gap be-tween American laws and policies and the limits of what is tech-nologically possible. This lack of adap-tive legal structures creates a grey area that leads to political tension and public suspicion. This gap needs to be closed. The M.P.S. program begins with an ex-amination of how the

United States Con-stitution, laws, and public policy relate to every aspect of cyberspace and cy-bersecurity. Students will learn how to dis-entangle contentious political issues re-garding technology and policy and how to help guide the cre-ation of new policies and laws that will be informed, reason-able, and effective. Given the re-cent struggles from both a government and commercial per-spective to define the way ahead in cyber-space, the M.P.S. pro-gram consists of two specialization areas: cyber policy and cy-ber data fusion and analysis. Under these specializations, stu-dents will be taking courses in topics in-cluding international relations, cyber eth-ics and conflict, legal

foundations of infor-mation security and privacy, cyberspace law, public policy, and open source cy-ber surveillance. Speaking in terms of national se-curity, this new pro-gram will familiarize students with issues including cyber espi-onage, both the legal and policy limits on the United States, and the threat that the strategic cyber espionage poses against the United States today. With constitutional, legal, and public policy is-sues surrounding cybersecurity on the rise, the political tension containing a technology-gap must be closed. Coupled with cyber policy, the M.P.S. program will also address risk management frame-works that can help to close the so called

technology-gaps. The M.P.S. is designed to bridge the division between professionals trained in cybersecurity and other highly techni-cal areas and those who determine laws and policies. The pro-gram’s overarching goal is to educate individuals to under-stand the legal and ethical issues raised by the necessity to gather and analyze sensitive data and information. Its cur-riculum will prepare cybersecurity profes-sionals and high-lev-el decision makers in business and govern-ment to set up poli-cies and structures that will allow indus-try and governmental agencies to exercise technical expertise consistent with a broader context of social and govern-mental values.

Program di-rector, Joe Giordano states that, “This is a degree program for a wide variety of stu-dents. Students who have deep techni-cal background and want to progress in a cyber-related field are potential candidates for the program. In addition, students with little techncial background but who want to find a career in a cybersecurity-re-lated field can also benefit from taking the M.P.S. program.” If any indi-vidual would like to learn more about the M.P.S program at Uti-ca College, visit uti-ca.edu, or call (866) 295-3106 for more details.

Student Spotlights

Shelby Ritzel is currently a senior in the Criminal Justice under-graduate program at Utica College, anticipating grad-uation in May 2015. Ritzel obtained her Associate’s Degree in Criminal Justice from Mohawk Valley Com-munity College (MVCC) in May 2013 before joining the UC community. Ritzel is currently employed by the New York State Attor-ney General’s office as a paid intern to satisfy the criminal justice program’s internship requirement. In addition, she also works

part-time at Olympia Sports as well as on cam-pus. Ritzel has set many goals for herself to accom-plish before she graduates this May. First she plans to establish a chapter of Stu-dents Against Destructive Decisions on campus with fellow student Matthew Ad-ams. In addition, she plans to remain on the Dean’s list for the fourth semester in a row. She also hopes to receive a full-time police officer position in a local police department. Law enforcement is Ritzel’s dream. “I was born to help people and prevent crime,” Ritzel said. “My career goal is be a New York State trooper. I also have an interest in be-coming a New York State environmental conserva-tion officer.”

Katharine Shove is a senior Criminal Justice student anticipating grad-uation in August 2015. Shove is an academical-ly minded student that is an active member of the UC community. She is cur-rently a teaching assistant for Professor Van Slyke. With Professor Van Slyke, Shove researches curricu-lum based questions and hypothesis, including but

not limited to, analyzing past and present course data. In addition, Shove is a part of the National Soci-ety of Leadership and Suc-cess (NSLS). The NSLS is a student leadership honor society, in which provides a program leadership de-velopment, scholarship op-portunities, speaker broad-casts and awards. Shove is in the pro-cess to secure an intern-ship for this summer, thus fulfilling that requirement for her degree program, and gaining valuable ex-perience. She has recently accepted an internship in Utica City Court, however is still holding out for an opportunity as a District of

Coloumbia Public Defend-er Intern Investigator. As a Public Defender Intern Investigator, Shove would be assigned to either one or two attorneys in the Trial Division, or in some cases the Civil or Parole Divisions for the district. She would be required to complete all investigative aspects of the assigned cases. In ad-dition her responsibilities may include locating and interviewing witnesses and clients, performing exten-sive criminal background checks, taking detailed wit-ness statements, serving subpoenas, photographing and diagramming crime scenes, writing reports re-garding investigative activ-

ities, preparing courtroom exhibits, and assisting in case development. Shove recently had an interview down in Washington D.C. for the intern position and is waiting to hear back. Shove named pro-fessors who really stood out to her over the last four years she has attended U.C. One being Professor Van Slyke who has been a mentor to her during her time here. “Professor Van Slyke is aweomse,” Shove said. “We really bonded.” Shove’s main goal for the future is to work for a fed-eral agency as some type of behavior and psychology analyst.

Carmen Johnson graduated from the un-dergraduate cybersecuri-ty program in May 2013. Carmen was a dedicated member of the Utica Col-lege Women’s Hockey team, and devoted the rest of her time to her studies. One aspect that has al-ways made Carmen stand out from the crowd, is the extra mile she always takes to succeed. While working on her bache-lor’s, Carmen worked for Assured Information Se-curity, a government R&D company located in Rome,

NY. She supported the in-vestigative systems team, and contributed to their ongoing projects. Such projects included applying open source intelligence and reconnaissance tools on targets for pre-penetra-tion testing efforts. Upon graduation, Carmen received the first annual Cybersecurity Stu-dent of the Year Award, which truly symbolized her dedication to her studies, and to the entire Utica Col-lege community. Just weeks ago, Carmen began basic train-ing for the Navy, in which she enlisted as an officer cadet. Carmen is eager to exeprience the Navy cyber arena.

DFAS On Wednesday, April 8, Tom Rahn, Director of Hu-man Resources at the De-fense Finance and Account-ing Service (DFAS) presented information to students and faculty about current job openings at DFAS and how best to apply for the appli-cable government positions. Tom informed the audience that DFAS has a series of in-ternship programs (which may or may not lead into a full-time job), and accounting jobs that apply to our economic crime, justice studies and cybersecu-rity students. What stood out to students the most, were the tips and tricks one can use, when utilizing the USAjobs.gov website to apply for open positions. For example, when

applying for a position via US-Ajobs.gov, it is important for every part of the application to be filled out, or the applica-tion may not even be consid-ered (at least as far as DFAS is concerned). Also when apply-ing to jobs, employers often want sealed official college transcripts sent in with the application. Tom informed the audience that official college transcripts are necessary, but often times, the seal is all that is necessary to be viewed (again, as far as DFAS is con-cerned). This way, individuals are able to submit a complete application via the web por-tal, instead of submitting the web-based application, and having the agency need to sift through their mail for the col-lege transcript.

Professor Rebovich’s Article in the Utica O.D.Executive Director of CIMIP (Center for Identity Management and Information Protection) and Chair of ECJSC pro-grams, Donald Rebovich, was featured in an article in the Utica Observer Dispatch (O.D.). The story is shown below.

ECJSC Social Media The Economic Crime, Justice Studies, and Cybersecurity (EC-JSC) Department’s ac-ademic support team is requesting that “you” utilize their social media platforms, as pertanent information is regularly posted. All ECJSC current students, alumni, faculty members, and industry partners are invited to join our LinkedIn group, ECJSC Student Intern-ship/Job Network. This group is intended for all of the above to network with each other as well as potential internship sites and employers. Faculty and students are urged to inform hiring

mangers within their or-ganizations of this Linke-dIn group. Also, the School of Business and Justice Studies has launched a new Facebook page, Utica College - School of Business and Justice Studies. All current stu-dents, alumni, faculty members, and potential students (and of course their parents) associated with a Business and Jus-tice Studies program are invited to like this page. Updates on new degree programs, registrations dates, upcoming events, and other applicable school happenings will be posted here.

Tens of thou-sands of registered sex offenders might be manipulating their identities or using stolen information to avoid being moni-tored by authorities.That’s according to a study conducted by Utica College’s Center for Identity Management and In-formation Protection. A number of offend-ers utilize multiple aliases, steal infor-mation from family members, manipu-late their names as well as their physical

appearance, among other means, to make it more difficult for police to track their behavior, said Donald Rebovich, a Utica College profes-sor and executive di-rector of the center. “These of-fenders fit in a cate-gory similar to people trying to hide from debt collectors,” he said. “They’ll put to-gether a fictitious identity and use it to fly under the radar. It’s the same meth-ods that those who are hiding from debt

collectors use to hide in plain sight as well.”Utilizing a grant from the Bureau of Jus-tice Assistance, the center conducted the study with the Uni-versity of Massachu-setts-Lowell and the private company ID Analytics. Angela Auf-muth, special anal-ysis unit program manager with the National Center for Missing and Exploit-ed Children, said the organization re-ceives thousands of requests a year from

law enforcement of-ficials checking the compliance of of-fenders or looking for an individual offend-er. “We’ve seen cases where people have actively gone and changed their identity and are now cropping up in a dif-ferent location with a different Social Security number and different name,” she said. “We also see people who might be presenting as a family member, using various ways to try to

keep their location a secret if they’re in fact trying not to reg-ister.” More than 200 agencies represent-ing 46 states partici-pated in the college’s study, where it was found that nearly 4 percent of registered sex offenders were said to be noncompli-ant with registration regulations. Moving to another location within the state was seen as the most common factor leading to noncom-

Rebovich cont’d pg. 8

ECCI Board and Student Program Day The Econom-ic Crime and Cyber-security Institute’s (ECCI) Board of Ad-visors were on cam-pus April 15 and 16, 2015 for the bi-an-nual meeting of the Board and Student Program Day. Accord-ing to Professor Ray-mond Philo, Execu-tive Director of ECCI, the Board members consist of individuals who are well estab-lished in their occu-pations in the area of economic crime, cybersecurity, and criminal justice. The ECCI Board members have

successful careers in law enforcement, government, fraud, and risk mitigation as well as cybersecurity

and cyber forensics. Board mem-ber, Lourdes Miran-da, presented the Keynote address

entitled “Careers in the Intelligence Ser-vice”. Ms. Miranda, up until recently, was employed by the Central Intelligence Agency and currently works at Honeywell. The Board members spent the afternoon conducting “mock interviews” with se-niors in an attempt to hone the student’s interview skills and resume writing profi-ciency. Over twenty students participat-ed in the “mock inter-views”, with several being offered further job and internship screening opportuni-

ties. The ECCI Board of advisors also presented the annual Martin T. Biegelman Award to senior Jared Platt, who is an ECI major. The Biegelman award is granted to a Utica College senior who is a member of the Association of Certi-fied Fraud Examiners (ACFE), has an out-standing academic record, and has par-ticipated in service to both the college and the community.

pliance, according to the study. Dean Obernesser, director of the Oneida County Child Advocacy Cen-ter who spent seven years as a U.S. Mar-shal deputy tracking sex offenders who

were in violation of registration and no-tification laws, was not surprised by the study. “Aliases are huge,” he said. “Uti-lizing someone else’s Social Security num-ber is huge.” Ober-

nesser said many sex offenders attempted to thwart the registry and notification laws because they are tired of the stigma of being a sex offender. “It’s that big red ‘A’ on their chests,” he said. “They’re tired

of being labeled a sex offender. One of the common mis-conceptions with sex offenders is the pub-lic instantly thinks you’re a pedophile. A lot of times that’s not the case. It might be a college kid who

engaged in sexual in-tercourse with some-one who was passed out — she didn’t con-sent so now the per-son is charged with rape and now they’re a registered sex of-fender.”

Professor Raymond Philo, President Todd Hutton, Jared Platt, Martin Biegelman, and Professor Donald Rebovich pose for a quick photo outside the ECJSC building.

Cont’d from Rebovich pg. 7