Dustin Ormond, PhD
Associate Professor
Accounting and Business Intelligence and Analytics
Dr. Dustin Ormond joined Creighton University in 2014 and is now an associate professor of business intelligence and analytics in the Heider College of Business. He completed his Ph.D. in Information Systems at Mississippi State University. He received both his bachelor's degree in information systems and his master's degree of information systems management from Brigham Young University. During his tenure at Creighton, he has taught management information systems, database, and cybersecurity courses. Dr. Ormond has won numerous teaching awards including the
Creighton Beta Gamma Sigma Professor of the Year, the
Heider College of Business Undergraduate Faculty Member of the Year, the
Heider College of Business Graduate Faculty Member of the Year, and the
Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Award for Teaching Achievement.
Dr. Ormond’s research interests include behavioral cybersecurity, specifically looking at how emotions, rationalizations, curiosity, and boredom impact cybersecurity behaviors. He has published numerous times in leading journals in his field for which he has won several
Atta Billy Awards for Outstanding Scholarship from the Heider College of Business.
Dr. Ormond has engaged in many service opportunities at Creighton, such as serving on both college and university committees. His greatest service highlight is to be part of
The BlueBox Project. The BlueBox is a mini-computer developed to bring education to rural communities without the need for Internet. This project has led to the development of one of the first academic service learning courses in the college of business which involves taking students to the Dominican Republic and delivering and instructing on how to use the BlueBoxes. Additionally, Dr. Ormond was able to use his sabbatical to further this project in South Africa. Dr. Ormond has received several
Cahill Awards of Excellence from the Heider College of Business recognizing his dedicated service both to the university and global communities outside the university.
His prior work experience includes developing databases, supporting customers, consulting, and managing data centers. His technical skills include PHP, JavaScript, AJAX, Node.js, HTML, CSS, Java, VBA, Clarion, MySQL, Oracle/SQL, PL/SQL, Flex, Python, Windows, Mac, UNIX, Power Shell scripting, network design, network troubleshooting, server configuration, and UML modeling.
Besides research, teaching, and other responsibilities, Dr. Ormond enjoys being a husband, father to five children, outdoors enthusiast, and member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Dr. Ormond enjoys playing ultimate frisbee, running, hiking, biking, and any other sport. Additionally, for one of his hobbies, he collects and plays board games with over 150 board games.
Curriculum VitaeResearch Focus
- Behavioral Information Security
- Security Threats and Responses
- Affective Computing
- Normalization
- Self-determination
- Deception
Department
Accounting and Business Intelligence & Analytics
Position
Associate Professor
Publications
- Computers & Security
Kam Hwee-Joo, Cultivating cybersecurity learning: An integration of self-determination and flow
96, p. 101875 - 101875 2020 - Jesuit Higher Education: A Journal
Braymen Charles, The BlueBox Practicum: Integrating Technology, Culture, and Academic Service-Learning
9:1, p. 64 - 76 2020 - Journal of the Association for Information Systems
Ormond Dustin, Integrating cognition with an affective lens to better understand information security policy compliance, p. 1794 - 1843 2020 - Menard Philip, Using Accountability Theory to Determine How Curiosity Affects Policy Compliance 2020
- Journal of Information Privacy and Security
Ormond Dustin, Perceived deception: Evaluating source credibility and self-efficacy
12:4, p. 197 - 217 2016 - Journal of Information Technology Education: Innovations in Practice
McHaney Roger, Teaching social media in business
14, p. 039 - 062 2015 - Journal of Information Technology Education-Innovations in Practice
Haney Roger M. C., Teaching Social Media in Business
14, p. 39 - 62 2015 - Journal of Computer Information Systems
Ormond Dustin, Is this a Joke? the Impact of Message Manipulations on Risk Perceptions
55:2, p. 9 - 19 2015
Presentations
- Barlow, J., & Ormond, D. (2022). Security warning messages research: Past and future. MWAIS 2022. Omaha, Nebraska. 2022
- Curiosity killed the cat: Information systems misuse despite sanctions and rational choice. BYU Cybersecurity Research Seminar. Provo, Utah. 2021
- Using accountability theory to determine how curiosity affects policy compliance. In Proceedings of the 26th Annual Americas Conference on Information Systems. Salt Lake City, Utah. 2020
- Using accountability theory to determine how curiosity affects policy compliance. In Proceedings of the DeWald Roode Information Security Workshop 2020 IFIP WG 8.11/11.13 Workshop. Ames, IA. 2020
- The BlueBox Project. Youth Leadership Omaha. Omaha, NE. 2020
- Eating the forbidden fruit: Human curiosity entices data breaches. In Proceedings of the 25th Annual Americas Conference on Information Systems. Cancun, Mexico. 2019
- The BlueBox Project. Poster at All Things Ignatian. Omaha, NE. 2019
- The BlueBox Project. Booth at the Maha Conference. Omaha, NE. 2019
- The BlueBox Project. Innovation that Inspires at the AACSB Conference. Edinburgh, Scotland. 2019
- Ormond, D. (2018). Breached! Data security in the age of infiltration. Panelist at the Academy of Young Professionals in Omaha. Omaha, NE. 2018
- Kam, H.-J., Menard, P., & Ormond, D. (2017). Solving the shortage of cybersecurity talents: Motivating citizens to learn cybersecurity. Paper-a-thon at International Conference in Information Systems (ICIS). Seoul, South Korea. 2017
- Ormond, D. (2017). Nature of online attacks and why they are successful. ISACA - Omaha Chapter, Fifth Annual Workshop. Omaha, NE. 2017
- Silic, M., Barlow, J. B., & Ormond, D. (2015). Warning! The effects of warning messages on deterring use of unapproved software. In Proceedings of the DeWald Roode Information Security Workshop 2015 IFIP WG 8.11/11.13 Workshop. Newark, DE. 2015
- Ormond, D., Warkentin, M., Marett, K., & Johnston, A. C. (2011). Perceived deception: An evaluation of technology awareness and self-efficacy. In Proceedings of the DeWald Roode Information Security Workshop 2011 IFIP WG 8.11/11.13 Workshop (pp. 1-21). Blacksburg, VA. 2011
Awards
- 2023 Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Award for Teaching Achievement
Since 1970, Creighton students have selected a faculty member to honor at commencement – a professor who exemplifies true excellence in teaching.
The recipient of the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Award for Teaching Achievement is someone who inspires students, and who represents the University’s highest standards.
Creighton Students Union - Undergraduate Faculty Member of the Year (2021-2022)
Nominated and awarded by the Heider College of Business and Heider Business Senate per the comments of the students.
Heider College of Business & Heider Business Senate - Cahill Award of Excellence (2021-2022)
Awarded for contributions made for The BlueBox Project and CCI Initiative
Heider College of Business - Creighton Atta Billy Award for Outstanding Scholarship (2021-2022)
Awarded based on scholarship excellence for the academic year.
Heider College of Business - Creighton Beta Gamma Sigma Professor of the Year (2021-2022)
Nominated and awarded per the comments of the students who were part of Beta Gamma Sigma.
Beta Gamma Sigma - Nominated for 2021 Robert F. Kennedy Award Memorial Award for Teaching Achievement
The recipient of the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Award for Teaching Achievement is someone who inspires students, and who represents the University’s highest standards.
Creighton Students Union - Creighton Atta Billy Award for Outstanding Scholarship (2020-2021)
Awarded based on scholarship excellence for the academic year.
Heider College of Business - Graduate Business Faculty Member of the Year (2018-2019)
Heider College of Business - Creighton Atta Billy Award for Outstanding Scholarship (2018-2019)
Awarded based on scholarship excellence for the academic year.
Heider College of Business - Cahill Award of Excellence (2018-2019)
Awarded for contributions made for The BlueBox Project
Heider College of Business - Highlight at the AACSB’s Innovations that Inspire Challenge
Highlight in the Innovations That Inspire Challenge for the BlueBox Project which inspires a new approach to research and its impact on the communities involved.
AACSB - Nomination for the AACSB’s Innovations That Inspire Challenge
Nominated for the Innovations That Inspire Challenge for the BlueBox Project which inspires a new approach to research and its impact on the communities involved.
Heider College of Business - Creighton Atta Billy Award for Outstanding Scholarship (2017-2018)
Awarded based on scholarship excellence for the academic year.
Heider College of Business - Cahill Award of Excellence (2017-2018)
Awarded based on level of service contributed to the Heider College of Business for the academic year.
Heider College of Business - Nominated for Faculty Member of the Year (2017-2018)
Nominated by the Heider College of Business and Heider Business Senate per the comments of the students.
Heider College of Business & Heider Business Senate - Lexis of Omaha Faculty Member of the Game
Invited during half-time ceremony to be presented as the faculty member of the game. Nominated by a student athlete as her favorite faculty member.
Student Athlete - Nominated for Beta Gamma Sigma Professor of the Year (2016-2017)
Nominated by students of Beta Gamma Sigma to be professor of the year.
Beta Gamma Sigma - Nominated for Undergraduate Faculty Member of the Year (2016-2017)
Nominated by the Heider College of Business and Heider Business Senate per the comments of the students.
Heider College of Business & Heider Business Senate - Nominated for Undergraduate Faculty Member of the Year (2015-2016)
Nominated by the Heider College of Business and Heider Business Senate per the comments of the students.
Heider College of Business & Heider Business Senate - Undergraduate Faculty Member of the Year (2014-2015)
Nominated and awarded by the Heider College of Business and Heider Business Senate per the comments of the students.
Heider College of Business & Heider Business Senate - Scholarship for Service
CyberCorps Scholarship for Service
CyberCorps - Nominated for Best Scientific Cybersecurity Paper
NSA 2013 Best Scientific Cybersecurity Paper
NSA
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