Bryson Payne

Dr. Bryson Payne is a tenured professor of computer science and cybersecurity at the University of North Georgia, where he has been teaching for over 25 years since 1998. He is the director of the Institute for Cyber Operations and the Center for Cyber Operations Education, holding elite certifications including CISSP, GREM, GPEN, and CEH. Payne is an award-winning author, TEDx speaker, and cyber coach who has been programming computers for more than 30 years, with published works including Teach Your Kids to Code (2015) and Learn Java the Easy Way (2017).