
Nigel Basta, PhD
Program Director, CybersecurityDirector, Center for Cybersecurity
nigel.basta@ngu.edu
Unit: Cybersecurity
Location: Tigerville
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
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Teaching & Education
PhD, Cryptography
MS, Computer Science
BS, Mathematics
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Professional Experience
- R&S Educational Consultants Inc. – Consultant
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Selected Publications
“Penetration Testing from Contract to Report” (Alfred Basta and Nadine Basta), Wiley publishing. February 2024
“Open-Source Security Operations Center: A Complete Guide to Establishing, Managing, and Maintaining a Modern SOC” (Alfred Basta and Nadine Basta), Wiley publishing. In Progress expected release 2024
“Mathematics for Cybersecurity” (Alfred Basta, Nadine Basta and David DeLong), Wiley publishing. In Progress expected release 2024
“Computer Security and Penetration Testing, 2nd Edition” (Alfred Basta, Nadine Basta and Mary Brown), Cengage publish- ing, ISBN: 9780840020932, August 2013
“Database security” (Alfred Basta and Melissa Zgola), Cengage publishing, ISBN: 9781435453906, August 2011
“Mathematics for Information Technology” (Alfred Basta, Stephan DeLong and Nadine Basta), Cengage publishing. ISBN: 9781111127831, March 2012
“Linux Operations and Administration” (Alfred Basta, Dustin A. Finamore and Nadine Basta), Cengage publishing ISBN: 9781111035303, July 2012
“Firewall and Bastion Hosts” (Greg Holden, Alfred Basta, Nadine Basta and Thomas Whitlock), Cengage Publishing. ISBN: 9781424085309, May 2009
“Computer Security and Penetration Testing, 1st Edition” (Alfred Basta and Wolf Halton), Cengage publishing, ISBN: 9781418048266, August 2008
“Hacker Techniques and Incident Handling” (Eric McMaster and Alfred Basta), McGraw-Hill publishing, ISBN: 0073542059, September 2005.
“Voice and Data Integration” (Rebecca Peterson and Alfred Basta), McGraw-Hill publishing, ISBN: 0073542075, September 2005. -
Selected Awards Received
Awards and Certifications
ISO 27001:2022 Lead Auditor
Certified CMMC Professional (CCP)
Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP)
Certified Red Team Operator (CRTO) (48-hour exam)
Certified Data Privacy Solutions Engineer (CDPSE)
EC-Council’s Certified Chief Information Security Officer (CCISO)
Certified HIPAA Privacy Security Expert (CHPSE)
ECCouncil Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator (CHFI)
EC-Council Certified Security Analyst (ECSA)
EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
EC-Council Certified Incident Handler Certification (ECIH)
EC-Council Certified Cloud Security Engineer (CCSE)
Certified Penetration Testing Professional (CPENT)
Licensed Penetration Tester (Master)
Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
Certified in Governance of Enterprise IT (CGEIT)
Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC)
AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional (SAP)
Microsoft Certified: Security Operations Analyst Associate
Microsoft 365 Certified: Security Administrator Associate
Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate
The Project Management Professional (PMP)
CompTIA A+ ce
CompTIA Security Analytics Professional – CSAP
CompTIA Network Vulnerability Assessment Professional – CNVP
CompTIA IT Operations Specialist – CIOS
CompTIA Secure Cloud Professional – CSCP
CompTIA Infrastructure Security Expert – CSIE
CompTIA Security Analytics Expert – CSAE
CompTIA Secure Infrastructure Specialist – CSIS
CompTIA Network Security Professional CNSP
CompTIA Security+ ce
CompTIA Linux+ ce
CompTIA PenTest+ ce
CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner ce (CASP+)
CompTIA CySA+ ce
CompTIA Cloud+ ce
CompTIA Network + ce
CompTIA Cloud Admin Professional – CCAP
CompTIA Linux Network Professional – CLNP
CompTIA Systems Support Specialist – CSSS
ISC2 Cryptography
ISC2 NIST Cybersecurity Framework
Google Cloud Certified Professional Data Engineer
Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect
Certified Professional Python Programmer (CPPP)
Certified of Cloud Security Knowledge CCSK
IASSC Certified Six Sigma Black Belt – ICBB
ITIL Foundation Certification in IT Service Management
PRINCE2 Foundation Certificate in Project ManagementPatents and Copyrights
Penetration Testing Life Cycle – TXu 2-330-787
NCA ECC Assessment Tool – Txu 2-377-599
The Service and Measurement Methods, Indicators, and Stages Assessment Tool – TXu 2-377-607 -
My Story
Jesus visited me when I was 12 years old. My father was a Presbyterian pastor who decided to give up his engineering degree for his mission. He took us around the world to teach the word of God. In many areas, our lives were in danger because converting to Christianity was punishable by death. On more than one occasion, we had to go to a small room in a church as the people were throwing stones at the church’s windows. We were deported from many countries because my father was baptizing Muslims and talking to people about eternal life through the blood of Jesus on the cross. Finally, he was executed in Egypt in 1994. That incident caused me to doubt God’s existence as I thought that God was not able to protect my father. Later in my life, I understood that my father’s death was for a good reason, as no one would die for a mission if he did not believe in it himself. This helped me realize that his mission was more valuable than his own life.
During the time of doubt, I was trying to prove that God does not exist through science. I studied biology, geology, astronomy, logic, and research methods to prove that the Bible is not true and God is a myth for the weak people who need to believe in higher powers. I failed in every count in the five disciplines I studied. For example, I visited the Grand Canyon and found the distribution of soil levels and animal fossils, proving that a global flood existed just as the Bible explained it in Genesis. I studied the internal and external validity of the Bible and found that the Bible (even though it is not a historical or scientific book) is true in every historical and scientific fact mentioned. God enlightened my heart through science and philosophy, which helped me believe in Him.
I learned that there is nothing we can do that will get close to God because He is the ultimate perfection. I found that the only way was for God to approach me through Jesus’ blood to bridge the gap that sins have created. I decided that my mission should be to share my knowledge with others about God and Christianity through science, logic, and philosophy from that moment on.
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Related Links
- https://www.eccouncil.org/
- https://www.isaca.org/
- https://www.comptia.org/home