He received his PhD in Information Systems from Baylor University, Waco, Texas, along with a distinguished dissertation award. He also has an MBA with emphasis in information systems and a BS in Business Information Systems Management from LAU AKSOB. His research, focused primarily on the impacts of organizational factors on individual user behaviors in the context of information security and privacy, addresses security policy compliance/violation and has appeared in recognized journals and conferences, including the Database for Advances in Information Systems, the International Conference on Information Systems, Americas Conference on Information Systems.