Visible to the public C3E Fall 2019: Cognitive Security Track AgendaConflict Detection Enabled

COGNITIVE SECURITY
TRACK AGENDA

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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16

1400 - 1420

Plenary Session: Cognitive Security Track Introduction
Kimberly Ferguson-Walter, Adam Hill, Palvi Aggarwal
 

Humans are subject to cognitive limitations and bias, which leads to lower quality decision making and bad decisions. Cyber attackers are taking advantage of these limitations also known as "cognitive biases" to launch various attacks. With the ultimate goal to secure the cyber world, we will discuss how cognitive biases could be used to strengthen cybersecurity. As network owners, defenders can use the “home-field advantage” to present information to attackers in specific ways to exacerbate innate human biases in order to delay, disrupt, or deter the attack. Another way to improve cybersecurity outcomes is to improve the cognitive security of a relevant population by detecting and mitigating individual and group-level biases. We will explore means to detect and mitigate these biases; decision-making processes at risk; and methods for exploit biases in attackers.

Research proposals or initiatives are expected outcomes from this track.

Guidline Questions:

  • How to take advantage of the attacker’s cognitive biases for adaptive and personalized defense?
  • How to detect and mitigate biases to ensure security?

SRI Innovation Room
INITIAL TRACK SESSION Track Room
1420 - 1430 Facilition Ground Rules and ICE Breakers
 
1430 - 1600 Open discussion on:
  • How to take advantage of the attacker’s cognitive biases for adaptive and personalized defense?
  • How to detect and mitigate biases to ensure security?
(includes afternoon break)
 
PLENARY SESSION transition to plenary
1630 - 1715 Track Ideas Incubation Panel
Panel discussion of Track activities
 
SRI Innovation Room
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17
MORNING TRACK SESSION Track Room
0945 - 1145 Subgroup discussions and deliberations

Note: CS TC will lead each subgroup; Palvi will float between Subgroups for Cross feed; Chelsea Johnson and Adam Ekwall will take notes; Mark Loepker will facilitate between the two groups
 
AFTERNOON TRACK SESSION Track Room
1400 - 1530 Subgroup discussions and deliberations

Note: CS TC will lead each subgroup; Palvi will float between Subgroups for Cross feed; Chelsea Johnson and Adam Ekwall will take notes; Mark Loepker will facilitate between the two groups
 
1530 - 1415 Subgroups reconvene as one group and share activities including potential Research Proposal and Challenge Problem opportunities

(includes afternoon break)
 
PLENARY SESSION transition to plenary
1615 - 1700 Track Ideas Incubation Panel
Panel discussion of Track activities
 
SRI Innovation Room
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18
FINAL TRACK SESSION Track Room
0945 - 1045 Subgroups meet to write research proposals

Note: CS TC will lead each subgroup; Palvi will float between Subgroups for Cross feed; Chelsea Johnson and Adam Ekwall will take notes; Mark Loepker will facilitate between the two groups
 
1000 - 1015 Subgroups reconvene as one group to share Research Proposal and Challenge Problem recommentations
 
PLENARY SESSION transition to plenary
1115 - 1145 Plenary Review of Track Efforts
 
SRI Innovation Room