Paige Drake

Program Support Coordinator III

Department of Cybersecurity

Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences

Adjunct Faculty

padiee@rit.edu

585-475-6849

Office Location

GOL-1777

Paige Drake

Program Support Coordinator III

Department of Cybersecurity

Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences

Adjunct Faculty

Bio

Paige Drake currently serves as Program Support Coordinator in the Department of Cybersecurity within GCCIS at Rochester Institute of Technology. Since joining GCCIS in 2024, she first supported the CyberCorps® Scholarship for Service (SFS) program as Grant Coordinator before transitioning into her current role, Program Support Coordinator, where she provides broad administrative, operational, and programmatic support for students, faculty, and departmental initiatives.

Prior to joining the Department of Cybersecurity, Paige worked as a Staff Assistant in the Department of Electrical, Computer and Telecommunications Engineering Technology and as the part-time SD-CoMETS Grant Coordinator. Throughout her career at RIT, she has provided logistical, administrative, and clerical support to grant-funded programs, department leadership, faculty, staff, and students.

Paige earned a BA in Psychology from George Mason University and chose this path because of her longstanding interest in understanding human behavior and helping others succeed. Learning to see situations from different perspectives and understanding how perceptions shape experiences has proven invaluable in her work with students. Paige chose to work at RIT because of the opportunity to make a lasting impact on students' lives and truly enjoys helping shape their future success.

padiee@rit.edu

585-475-6849

Currently Teaching

CSEC-497

Cybersecurity Creativity, Innovation, and Research Experience

0 Credits

This course may be taken in lieu of one of the cooperative education blocks to provide experience in non-traditional venues for creativity, innovation, and research. Registration conditional on submitted plan of activity and approval of the Department of Cybersecurity.

CSEC-498

Cooperative Education in Security Fundamentals

0 Credits

Students will gain experience and a better understanding of the field of cybersecurity by gaining practical experience in an area to which cybersecurity is commonly applied, such as software development, networking, or system administration. The goal of this co-op will be to gain a better understanding of the fundamental technologies used in the cybersecurity industry and experience in how professional teams in cybersecurity-adjacent fields operate. Students will be evaluated by their employer. If a transfer student, one term in residence must be completed at RIT carrying a full academic load. (Permission of the Department)

CSEC-499

Cooperative Education in CSEC

0 Credits

Students will gain experience and a better understanding of the application of technologies discussed in classes by working in the field of computing security. Students will be evaluated by their employer. If a transfer student, they must have completed one term in residence at RIT and be carrying a full academic load.

CSEC-599

Independent Study in CSEC

1-6 Credits

Students will work with a supervising faculty member on a project of mutual interest. Project design and evaluation will be determined through discussion with the supervising faculty member and documented through completion of an independent study form to be filed with the department of computing security.

CSEC-799

Independent Study

1-3 Credits

The graduate independent study offers students the opportunity to investigate a topic not covered in an available course in the MS program in conjunction with a faculty sponsor. Working cooperatively, the faculty sponsor and the student draft a proposal of the work to be completed, the deliverables expected from the student, the number of credits assigned, and the means by which the student’s work will be evaluated. The proposal must be approved by the graduate program director before a student can be registered for independent study.