Professor Gurpreet Dhillon, PhD
Professor Gurpreet Dhillon is a faculty in the School of Business at Virginia Commonwealth University, USA. He also holds an affiliate appointment at Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestao at Universidade Tecnica de Lisboa, Portugal. Over the years he has also held positions at University of Nevada Las Vegas (USA), Cranfield University School of Management (UK), City University of Hong Kong (PRC).

Professor Dhillon is a graduate of the London School of Economics and Polical Science, UK where he studied organizations and information. His research led him to explore aspects of information security, privacy and assurance. Even today Professor Dhillon remains in close contact with colleagues at LSE, particularly his doctoral advisor, Dr James Backhouse and his mentor, Professor Ian Angell. 

Professor Dhillon has authored over 100 research articles that have been published in various journals. He is also an author of six books, including Principles of Information Systems Security: Text and Cases (Wiley, 2007). He is also the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Information System Security, besides serving on the board of several flagship journals. Professor Dhillon consults regularly with the industry and government and has successfully completed assignments in the US, UK, Portugal and India.