August Meeting (Zoom) 8/11/21

Improving Cyber Resilience of Mission-Critical Systems

Securing information systems against cyber threats is a critical objective for the United States. This talk will introduce the technique of using network digital twins and describe how this technology can be used to increase the cyber resilience of systems, including those used for 5G, information technology, critical infrastructure, and weapons systems. The 2015 cyberattack in Ukraine is a well-known case study of how multiple networks were penetrated and attacked in a coordinated manner to bring down the power grid and cripple recovery efforts. In addition to this case study, we will discuss the use of network digital twins to assess commercial IT and 5G systems.

Dr. Rajive Bagrodia is the founder and CEO of Scalable Network Technologies and an emeritus professor of computer science at UCLA. He obtained his Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Bagrodia has published over 175 research papers on high-performance computing, wireless communication, cyber resilience, and parallel simulation. At Scalable Network Technologies, Dr. Bagrodia has led the company to become a global leader in the design and use of network digital twins to assess performance and cyber resilience of complex large-scale networked systems.