CSIAC Webinars - Cybersecurity of DoD Critical Infrastructure

Dr. Paul B. Losiewicz is Senior Scientific Advisor for the Cybersecurity and Information Systems Information Analysis Center (CSIAC), a DoD information analysis center operated by Quanterion Solutions Incorporated for the Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC), Ft Belvoir, MD. He has over 30 years of DoD RDT&E experience, including R&D for Navy Special Warfare, Air Force Research Laboratory, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, and Office of Naval Research Global (ONRG). Dr. Losiewicz has two patents. Recent accomplishments include:

• Presented “Data Sets for Autonomous Intelligent Cyber-defense Agent Research” at the 1st NATO-Industry workshop on Autonomous Cyber Defence, Cranfield University, UK in March 2019
• Co-authorship of two papers on DoD Facilities Related Control Systems Cyber Security with Mr. Daryl Haegley, SECDEF Principle Cybersecurity Advisor, and one paper with Benoit LeBlanc and Sylvain Hourlier of L'Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Cognitique entitled “A Program for Effective and Secure Operations by Autonomous Agents and Human Operators in Communications-Constrained Tactical Environments”; ARL-SR-0395
• Served on the NATO Research Task Group (RTG) IST-152 “Intelligent Autonomous Agents for Cyber Defense and Resilience”, chaired by Dr. Alexander Kott, Army Research Laboratory Chief Scientist
• Organized a DoD briefing Session on Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity for Department of Homeland Security at the Industrial Control Systems Joint Working Group (ICSJWG) with representatives of OASD (E,I&E), INDO-PACOM and Sandia National Labs

Sarah N. Hostetler, is a technical staff member at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, NM. In the Special Cyber Initiatives organization, her current research areas include methods and tools for independent verification of process logic. She has participated in on-site ICS security assessments collecting field data with these research tools. She possesses a master's degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Purdue University.

Jordan Henry, is a technical staff member at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, NM. In the Critical Infrastructure Systems organization, his current research areas include power system controls, cyber security for critical infrastructure systems, novel methods for improved control system situational awareness, and Emulytics involving control system network and control system process modeling/simulation. Previous work activities include developing a secure virtual power plant cyber security architecture, development and deployment of control system environments for training and exercise support, and improvements to Sandia's control system simulation, emulation and test bed capabilities (aka, SCADA-as-a-Service). Mr. Henry has also participated in numerous security assessments in areas including power systems, microgrids, distributive energy resources, control systems, and telecommunications for utility companies, power system equipment vendors, and various government agencies. Mr. Henry has also been involved with analysis and design of microgrids for military installations working to increase energy reliability and security. Mr. Henry possesses a master's degree in Electrical Engineering from Missouri S&T.

Mr. Ross Roley is a Battelle contractor working in support of U.S. Pacific Command’s Joint Innovation and Experimentation Division. He works in the PACOM Energy Innovation Office and specializes in developing energy strategies and conducting energy experiments. This includes numerous strategy documents, a microgrid effort, biofuel initiative, waste-to-energy effort, expeditionary energy efficiency assessment program, Industrial Control System cybersecurity experimentation, and deployment planning optimization initiative. He is a retired Air Force Colonel with 42 years of experience in the federal government. Mr. Roley grew up in Bellingham, Washington and graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1980 with a degree in mathematics. He later earned a Master’s degree in Operations Research from the Air Force Institute of Technology. During his time in the Air Force, he served 4 tours of duty in the Pacific, 2 tours in test and evaluation, spent 8 years on various headquarters staffs, and worked installation support issues for 11 years. He commanded two Air Force squadrons and led both to “Best in Air Force” recognition winning literally hundreds of awards in the process. He is a distinguished graduate of both the Squadron Officer's School and Air Command and Staff College.