Dr. Dan Manson, CISSP, is a Professor at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Dan teaches Information Systems Auditing, Internet Security and Computer Forensics in the College of Business Administration Computer Information Systems undergraduate and Master of Science in Business Administration Information Systems Auditing programs. From September 2003 to March 2004 and January to December 2006, Dan served as the campus Information Security Officer for Cal Poly Pomona.

Dan is Interim Director of the Center for Information Assurance at Cal Poly Pomona, and led the effort for Cal Poly Pomona to be designated a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education in 2005 and again in 2008. Dan has been co-principal investigator on two National Science Foundation grants to support workforce, curriculum and professional development in cyber security.