General Information
Biography
Deanna House, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Information Systems & Quantitative Analysis department in the College of Information Science and Technology co-Director of the Nebraska Deterrence Lab, and Lead Researcher of the Cyber Threat Analysis Lab (CTAL) at the National Counterterrorism, Innovation, and Technology Education Center (NCITE) at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. She is a research fellow for National Strategic Research Institute and a professor and research mentor for the U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) Fellows program. She graduated from the University of Texas at Arlington with a PhD in Information Systems. Dr. House worked in Human Resources as a Business Systems Analyst prior to her time in academia. Her research interests are related to the behavioral aspects of cybersecurity, emerging technology, and the protective and preventative measures performed by users, governments, critical infrastructure entities, military, and organizations. Dr. House also conducts research in and teaches quantitative risk management. She has published in journals such as Computers & Security, Journal of Cybersecurity, Behaviour and Information Technology, Æther: A Journal of Strategic Airpower & Spacepower, Applied Economics, and Journal of Information Technology Case and Application Research and presented at conferences such as International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), ENVISION, Decision Sciences Institute (DSI), Dewald Roode Workshop, Midwest AIS, and The Lilly Conference. Dr. House also presents at the regional and national level on topics related to the intersection of technology and ethics and also quantitative risk.
Teaching Interests
Risk Management; Policy, Privacy, & Governance; Cybersecurity; Systems Analysis and Design; Information Security Management;Selected Teaching Tools:As an Academic Partner of Visual Paradigm, University of Nebraska at Omaha is granted the use of Visual Paradigm Online for drawing technical diagrams (UML, ERD, DFD, etc) and business diagrams (BPMN, ArchiMate)
Research Interests
Behavioral Information Security; Privacy; Quantitative Risk; Critical Infrastructure; Deterrence
Awards and Honors
Outstanding Faculty Service Learning Award, Service, Community - 2024
UNO Alumni Outstanding Teaching Award, Teaching - 2025
Education
Other, Iowa Western Community College, Computer Programming, 1999
BS, Bellevue University, Management of Human Resources, 2002
MS, University of Nebraska at Omaha, MIS, 2006
Ph D, University of Texas at Arlington, Information Systems, Operations Management, 2013
Licensures and Certifications
Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), ISACA, 02/11/2021 - 01/31/2026
Scholarship/Research/Creative Activity
Selected Publications
Nolan, Louis, Tennant, Denise, House, Deanna. 2025. Navigating Challenging Terrain Surrounding DoD Response for Homeland Attacks to Critical Infrastructure: Case Studies of Prior Incidents Utilizing an Extended Taxonomy of Cyber Harms, Computers & Security, 150.
House, Deanna, Black, Michelle, Obradovic, Lana. 2025. Closing the Tech Gap: Updating Cyber and Technology Curriculum for Homeland Security Professionals., Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism, 21, 1, 21.
Renaud, Karen, House, Deanna, Herath, Teju. It takes a Society to Protect Children’s Privacy Rights., ifip.
House, Deanna, Giordano, Gabriel. 2020. Politeness in Computer-Mediated Communications., Computers & Security, 99.
House, Deanna, Raja, MK. 2020. Phishing: Message Appraisal and the Exploration of Fear and Self-Confidence., Behaviour and Information Technology, 39, 11, 1204 - 1224.