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Keith D. Willett, PhD, CISSP-ISSAP
Dr. Keith Willett has 35+ years experience in information technology (IT), security, and consulting. He is a certified and experienced security professional with advanced degrees in Computer Science, Mathematics, Business, Information Assurance (IA), and Systems Engineering. Professional experience includes teaching, programming, database administration, operations management, enterprise security architecture, cybersecurity architecture, systems engineering, systems thinking, and systems dynamics.
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- Mission Architecture
- Enterprise Architecture and Enterprise Security Architecture
- Strategy Development
- Systems Engineering
- Systems Thinking and Systems Dynamics
- Operations Optimization
- Knowledge Management
- Data Science
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- Risk Management
- Compliance Management
- Resilience Engineering
- Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery
- Emergency Preparedness
- RFP Preparation & Response
- Security Awareness, Education, & Training
- Research
- White Papers
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Research and Publications
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Conference and Journal Papers
- Security as a Functional Requirement in the Future of Systems Engineering, INCOSE IS, July 2021
- Agility in the Future of Systems Engineering (FuSE) - A Roadmap of Foundational Concepts, INCOSE IS, July 2021
- Harmonizing the Domains of Loss-Driven Systems Engineering, INCOSE INSIGHT December 2020
- Systems Engineering the Conditions of the Possibility (Towards SE v2.0), INCOSE International Symposium, July 2020
- Toward Architecting the Future of System Security, INCOSE International Symposium, July 2020
- Techno-Social Contracts for Security Orchestration in the Future of Systems Engineering, INCOSE International Symposium, July 2020 coauthored with Rick Dove
- Contextually Aware Agile-Security in the Future of Systems Engineering, IEEE System Security Symposium, Apr 2020 coauthored with Rick Dove
- Cybersecurity Decision Patterns as Adaptive Knowledge Encoding in Cybersecurity Operations, Stevens Institute of Technology, PhD Dissertation, 31-Jan-2017
- Architecting Composable Security, INCOSE INSIGHT July 2016, coauthored with DHS and JHU APL
- On Systems Dynamics Modeling of Human-Intensive Workflow Improvement - A Case Study in Cybersecurity Adaptive Knowledge Encoding, INCOSE International Symposium July 2016
- Adaptive Knowledge Encoding for Agile Cybersecurity Operations, INCOSE International Symposium July 2015
- Capability-Based Engineering Approach to Integrated Adaptive Cyberspace Defense (IACD), IAD Information Assurance Symposium, June 2015
- Integrated Adaptive Cyberspace Defense: Secure Orchestration, International Command and Control Research Technology Symposium, June 2015
- Active Cyber Defense: A Vision for Real-Time Cyber Defense, Journal of Information Warfare Vol 13 Issue 2 (https://www.jinfowar.com/active-cyber-defense-vision-real-time-cyber-defense/)
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How to Achieve 27001 Certification: An Example of Applied Compliance Management. Available on www.amazon.com.
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Official (ISC)2® Guide to the ISSMP® CBK. Available on www.amazon.com.
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| Dr. Keith D. Willett Contributing Author |
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Multisystemic Resilience brings together for the first time in one volume a wide range of resilience scholars who have been wrestling with how to explain processes of recovery, adaptation, and transformation in contexts of change and adversity. With contributions from psychologists, epigeneticists, ecologists, architects, disaster specialists, engineers, sociologists, social workers, and public health researchers among others, this innovative volume creates a platform for an interdisciplinary conversation about how to effectively research resilience across systems. Even more, it explores how to identify possible solutions to problems that threaten the physical and mental health of individuals, the wellbeing of our communities, and the sustainability of our planet. Every chapter provides a detailed review of systemic resilience from one disciplinary perspective, drawing from cutting edge research and case studies. Together these chapters show that considering the resilience of multiple systems at once is instrumental to understanding the processes of change and sustainability.
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This book explores types of disruptions in defence and security, ways to assess disruptions triggered by technological advancements or the lack of legal frameworks; the consequent delays or disruptions to making decisions, creative idea generation and finally the innovative pathways to counter such disruptions. What do disruption, ideation and innovation have in common? How do disruptions, ideas and innovation coexist within defence and security? They all influence and impact decision-making. Disruptions drive decision-making. Ideation raises solutions to resolve the disruptions and innovation brings ideas into life. While disruptions may be common place in the business world, where disruptive technologies displace pre-existing ones; they are less prevalent in defence, even less so within the realm of security. For the last 10 years, there has been talk of disruptive technologies and even adoption of terms such as emerging and disruptive technologies by the largest military alliance—NATO, yet the means to assess these remain elusive. It offers researchers opportunities to assess different types of disruptions, ideate and innovate on scientific grounds to counter disruptions, thereby bolstering the defence and security community’s ability to make decisions better.
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This handbook offers insights into how science (physical, natural and social) and technology can support new developments to manage the complexity resident within the threat and risk landscape.
The security landscape can be described as dynamic and complex stemming from the emerging threats and risks that are both persistent and transborder. Globalization, climate change, terrorism, transnational crime can have significant societal impact and forces one to re-evaluate what ‘national security’ means. Recent global events such as mass migration, terrorist acts, pandemics and cyber threats highlight the inherent vulnerabilities in our current security posture. As an interdisciplinary body of work, the Handbook of Security Science captures concepts, theories and security science applications, thereby providing a survey of current and emerging trends in security. Through an evidence-based approach, the collection of chapters in the book delivers insightful and comprehensive articulation of the problem and solution space associated with the complex security landscape. In so doing the Handbook of Security Science introduces scientific tools and methodologies to inform security management, risk and resilience decision support systems; insights supporting design of security solutions; approaches to threat, risk and vulnerability analysis; articulation of advanced cyber security solutions; and current developments with respect to integrated computational and analytical solutions that increase our understanding of security physical, social, economic, and technological interrelationships and problem space.
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Member in the following INCOSE working groups (WG's):
- Systems Security Engineering WG, Co-Chair
- Agile Systems and Agile Systems Engineering WG, Co-Chair
- Resilient Systems WG
- Systems Science WG
- SSEWG Liaison to the INCOSE Academic Council to define ABET accreditation critieria for undergraduate cybersecurity engineering programs (approved/adopted 2019)
Member of the following organizations:
- ABET: Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) Program Evaluator (PEV)
- ISSS: International Society for Systems Science (ISSS) member
- NDIA: National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) member
- (ISC)2 member
Former member of:
- Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)
- Military Operations Research Society (MORS)
- Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
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