Leslie F. Sikos
Associate Dean (Computing and Security)
Edith Cowan University Perth Australia
Leslie F. Sikos, Ph.D., is a computer scientist specializing in cybersecurity applications powered by artificial intelligence and data science, two Ph.D. degrees and 20+ industry certificates, coupled with industry experience in enterprise ICT infrastructures. He is an active member of the research community as an author, editor, reviewer, conference organizer, and speaker; a senior member of the IEEE, and a certified professional of the Australian Computer Society. Invited reviewer of major academic publishers i.e. Springer, Taylor & Francis, as well as EU research proposals, interviewed as a subject matter expert by the UN, media outlets such as ABC News and 7NEWS.
Speaker sessions
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- 07:30
- Tue
- 01 Dec
Stage:
Briefing Stage 2
Sessions Type:
Keynote
6G Vehicular Cybersecurity: Practical Risk Metric for Connected Systems
6G will connect vehicles, roadside infrastructure, drones, edge platforms, and other mobile systems through highly dynamic communication networks. Dynamic commination networks include Ground-deployments, Aerial-platforms, Maritime-environments, underground-systems and space-assisted services, which highlight cyber security nexuses. This creates a practical cybersecurity problem: a compromise that begins with one device, communication link, or connected service may quickly affect other components and eventually create operational or physical safety risks. Existing security monitoring often produces large numbers of alerts, but cyber threat-detectors still need simple answers: how serious is the current situation, where is the highest risk, and which issue should be handled first?This session presents a practical cyber-risk assessment approach for connected 6G vehicular systems. Instead of treating every alert with the same priority, the approach combines a small set of operational factors including attack severity, asset importance, communication exposure, system dependencies, and observed threat propagation, into an easy-to-understand metric alert.The metric changes as the security situation evolves, helping operators distinguish a local compromise from a wider network APT-level problem. Representative attack scenarios, including false-data injection, denial of service, replay, and compromised-node propagation, are used to illustrate how risk can increase across multi-domain vehicles, edge, and communication components.The session also shows how common defensive actions, such as isolating a node, blocking a communication path, or applying stronger verification, can reduce the assessed risk. The objective is to provide Threat detection teams with a simple explainable method for prioritizing incidents and understanding how cyberattacks can develop into operational/safety consequences.
- 17:50
- Thu
- 03 Dec
Stage:
Briefing Stage 1
Sessions Type:
Keynote