Trust and Observability in Cyber Ecosystems

Trust and Observability in Cyber Ecosystems

Ryan Hilger, Colorado State University, and Senior Non-Resident Fellow, Cyber Statecraft Initiative, Atlantic Council 
Steve Simske, Professor, Colorado State University

Through a rigorous analysis show how algorithm-based approaches might be used to assess the level and extent of trust between a central node as a supporting network of organizations or on risks and projected impacts to organizational-level cyber resilience based on the accrued intelligence.

Ryan Hilger is a doctoral candidate in Systems Engineering at Colorado State University, a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council's Cyber Statecraft Initiative, and an active-duty Navy officer. He holds a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Kansas and an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering (Robotics) from the Naval Postgraduate School, and certificates in regional security studies and applied oceanography and acoustics.

Steven Simske received his Post Doc in aerospace engineering and his PhD in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Colorado. He was a Lab Director and Payload Manager in a NASA Center for the Commercial Development of Space (1990-1994), followed by various roles including Fellow and Vice President in HP Labs 1994-2018. Since 2018, he has been a Professor of Systems Engineering with Colorado State University (CSU). He has written five books on analytics, algorithms, creativity in music, and steganography. He is the author of 500 publications and 240 U.S. patents. He is an IEEE Fellow, an NAI Fellow, and an IS&T Fellow (and a former IS&T President). He completed a CSU Faculty Institute for Inclusive Excellence Fellowship in 2020. He was a CSU Best Teacher Awardee in 2022.