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Learning How to Innovate “1n51d3-th3-B0x”: Cyber Defense and Deterrence for the 21st Century

Presented at BSidesDC 2017, Oct. 8, 2017, 3:30 p.m. (50 minutes).

Today innovation is a key buzzword within the US Army, and it is helping to shape the vision for the “Army of 2025 and Beyond” as an agile organization able to adapt and prevail in this complex world. But does our Army have the capabilities to protect vital national interests in cyber? The growth of the Internet in our globally connected world has meant that tools for cyber are constantly changing. Accordingly, do we have the capacity to gain the advantages needed to out-hack our adversaries in this domain? This presentation provides a simple framework for analyzing different types of innovation, and in doing so, asks us to think inside-the-box to promote better ways the US Army can defend and deter against attacks within cyberspace. By analyzing what innovation really means and by highlighting the differences between four distinct types of innovation (disruptive, breakthrough, sustaining, and incremental), this presentation shows us just how easy the US Army can develop and nurture successful innovations for the cyber domain.


Presenters:

  • Ernest Wong - Chief of Staff at Army Cyber Institute
    Lieutenant Colonel Ernest Y. Wong is a Military Intelligence Officer in the U.S. Army who is currently serving both as the Chief of Staff at the Army Cyber Institute and as an Assistant Professor with the Department of Systems Engineering at West Point. He graduated from the United States Military Academy with a B.S. in economics, and he holds a M.S. in management science and engineering from Stanford University, a M.A. in education from Stanford University, and a Master of Military Science from the Mubarak al-Abdullah Joint Command and Staff College in Kuwait. He had the opportunity to work as a NASA Summer Faculty Fellow and has served in overseas deployments to Iraq, Kuwait, and the Republic of Korea. His research interests include disruptive innovations, cyber resiliency, and the application of systems engineering tools for resolving complex real-world problems.

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