Dr. Mustafa Kirisci

Mustafa Kirisci

Assistant Professor of Political Science
Director of M.S. in Intelligence & Cybersecurity

B.A., Turkish Military Academy; M.S., University of North Texas; Ph.D., University of North Texas

Expertise:
Cybersecurity, International Relations, and Comparative Politics

Dr. Mustafa Kirisci is an Assistant Professor of Political Science and Director of the Master’s in Intelligence & Cybersecurity Program. He served in Turkish military as an officer.

Dr. Kirisci completed his Master’s in Criminal Justice and Ph.D. In Political Science. His research expertise falls in terrorism, civil conflict, interstate conflict, cyberwarfare, and civil-military relations. He is also a certified cybersecurity analyst. He has a CySA+ certification and works part-time as a Security Operation Center analyst at Access Point Consulting. His practical specialization in cybersecurity is incident response.

He recently completed another cybersecurity certificate, SC-900 (Microsoft Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals) with a score of 944/1,000.