Collins Mbwika Mwange
IT & Cybersecurity, Manager
Collins Mwange is an MS Cybersecurity and Policy student (spring ’25) at The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD). He also manages IT and Cybersecurity projects at the ArtSciLab, acts as a Microsoft Ambassador teaching the UTD community how to integrate MS tools into their workflow, and serves as a Global Ambassador for UT Dallas’ International Center under the Office of International Initiatives responsible for Delegations & Diplomacy.
As the contact person for IT and cybersecurity projects at ArtSciLab, Collins is responsible for managerial duties like developing and implementing strategies that support ArtSciLab, Bass School, and UTD’s mission in general. This involves managing IT operation costs, aligning ArtSciLab’s investment in tech and security with its growth plan and risk appetite, and advising on the optimal use of technology to ensure maximum returns. Additionally, he is responsible for supporting the hands-on development of software applications, security, and management of ArtSciLab’s digital assets. He holds a BS Computer Science degree from Maseno University.
As an International Center Global Ambassador (ICGA) for UTD, Collins represents the student body to external constituents. He volunteers within the Office of International Initiatives (II) where he handles delegations and diplomacy.
While an MS Cybersecurity student at UTD, Collins has conducted research in applications security (AppSec), authored, published (https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10527296/), and presented his research findings at the 12th International Symposium on Digital Forensics and Security (ISDF 2024), held in San Antonio, TX.
Collins is a member of several professional organizations such as IEEE, IEEE Computer Society, NSBE, ISACA, ISC2, and BiT. He has been awarded scholarships by half of those organizations.