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Allison Wylde  BSc (Hons), PhD, FHEA DIC MA

Dr Allison Wylde

(she/her)

BSc (Hons), PhD, FHEA DIC MA

Business Tutor

Cardiff Business School

Overview

Dr Allison Wylde FRGS FHEA IEEE PhD (London) MA DIC (Imperial) BSc Hons.

As a member of Cardiff University Business School: Marketing and Strategy, I deliver lectures, teaching and supervision for Marketing and Strategy MBA and MSc students.

As a researcher with the Cardiff University Centre for Cyber Security Research (CCSR), my research leverages well-established trust-building theory focused on trust and zero trust. I currently examine better training for artificial intelligence for digital companions for cyber security, helping to achieve conformance and workforce acceptance in high-risk AI systems. As a member of the United Nations Internet Governance Forum, Best Practice Forum on Cyber Security Norms I also study trust in cyber norms. I chair the Global Digital Compact team with the Internet Safety, Security and Standards Coalition (IS3C) and presented findings to the UN as a discussant.

As a contributor to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), my work aligns with SDG 16, peace justice and strong institutions and SDG17, partnerships for the goals.

I hold posts with Glasgow Caledonian University, the University of Warwick, and the School of Law at the University
of Karachi, Pakistan, where I am an external PhD Examiner and as a reviewer with, AI, Computer Science and Robotics Technology. 

Publication

2023

2022

  • Wylde, A. 2022. Questions of trust in norms of zero trust. Presented at: Computing Conference, London, UK, 14-15 July 2022 Presented at Arai, K. ed.Intelligent Computing Proceedings of the 2022 Computing Conference, Vol. 3. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems Vol. 508. Springer Verlag pp. 1-10., (10.1007/978-3-031-10467-1_51)
  • Wylde, A. 2022. ECCWS 22 My Buddy. Presented at: 21st European Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security (ECCWS22), Chester, UK, 16-17 June 2022.
  • Wylde, A. 2022. Cyber security norms: trust and cooperation. Presented at: 21st European Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security, 16-17 June 2022Proceedings of the 21st European Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security ECCWS 2022, Vol. 21. Vol. 1. ACI pp. 328-335.

2021

2020

Articles

Book sections

Conferences

Websites

Research

As a researcher with the Cardiff University Centre for Cyber Security Research (CCSR), my research leverages well-established trust-building theory focused on trust and zero trust. Current research examines training artificial intelligence for digital companions for cyber security, helping to achieve conformance and workforce acceptance in high-risk AI systems.

Allison serves as team leader of the UN Global Digital Compact Team with the  UN IGF Dynamic Coalition Internet Safety, Security and Standards Coalition (IS3C). As an invited discussant on the Global Digital Compact, Allison presented arguments for trust to be included in the GDC (UN, 0/3Feb/2023). Allison also studies trust norms for cyber security with the UN Best Practice forum on cyber security.

Allison’s work contributes to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), her work aligns with SDG16, peace justice and strong institutions and SDG17, partnerships for the goals.

Recent publications and presentations

In press

Wylde A.  (2023 in press). The UN Global Digital Compact (GDC), Achieving a trusted, free, open, and secure internet through leveraging the cross-cutting principle of trust, 22nd European Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security (ECCWS 23).

Wylde, A. (2023 in press). Dilemmas in AI: Trust in AI for cybersecurity. chapter, in, Artificial Intelligence Security, 2023.

Wylde A.  (2023 in press). Intelligent Virtual Assistants (IVAs): Trust and Zero Trust. Computing Conference 2023

2022

Wylde A. (2022). Cyber Security Norms: Trust and Cooperation. 21st European Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security (ECCWS 22). https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/151404/1/WyldeA-CyberNormsTrust&CooperationECCWS2022.pdf

Wylde A. (2022). Questions of trust in norms of zero trust. Computing Conference 2022. https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/151405/

Wylde A. (2022). AI: "Thank you, can I ask you a question..?" Poster presentation, 21st European Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security (ECCWS 22).

Wylde A. (2022). My Buddy. Spotlight presentation, CyberUK 2022, Wales, UK.

2021

Wylde, A. (2021). Zero trust: Never trust, always verify. 7th Annual C-MRIC Cyber Security Conference on Cyber Situational Awareness, Data Analytics and Assessment (C-MRIC, CyberSA), online, 2021, 14-16 June. https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/143206/

Salisbury, L., and Wylde, A. (2020). Grey areas: what if asking your cyber security team “are we good?” is just not good enough? https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/grey-areas-what-asking-your-cyber-security-team-we-good-salisbury/?trackingId=HWYaotjLRyi98PIhEfG04A%3D%3D

Salisbury, L., and Wylde, A. (2020). Butterfly collections: what if collecting indicators of compromise (IoCs) won’t protect you from cyber-attacks? https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/butterfly-collections-what-collecting-indicators-iocs-salisbury/

Wylde, A. (2020). Reconsidering Resilience, in, The Digital Age, Cyber Space, and Social Media, edited by Syed M. Khasru. Institute for Policy, Advocacy and Governance, IPAG. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kAoob3VoLYKAPURClPrYEIjLmqtKgmzR/view 

Publications in the pipeline includes papers on AI and cyber security, trust and zero trust and vulnerability, developed from peer-review conference presentations at the European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS)

Research interests 

  • Trust, zero trust, risk and vulnerability
  • AI: innovation, ethics, standards and governance and cyber security
  • Norms for cyber security

Current projects

  • Cyber standards (UN, IGF, Dynamic Coalition, IS3C)
  • Cyber norms (UN, IGF, cyber norms)
  • AI and innovation (BBK)
  • AI digital companions (Digital Companion)

Contributions

  • Volunteer IS3C leade GDC input
  • Prize winner, Computing Conference, SAI Conference 2022
  • PI: United Nations, Internet Governance Forum, Best Practice Forum, (UN IGF BPF) on Cyber Security Norms:
    Work Package 2, Testing norms concepts against internet events: SolarWinds SREC approved; Dec 2021 Draft report 
  • Reseacher with the Cardiff University Centre for Cyber Security Research (CCSR)
  • Member of the Cyber Security Centre at WMG, University of Warwick
  • Technical committee member, BSI Societal Security SSM0: security standards, guidelines and governance,
  • Member, the UK Cyber Security Council, work stream 7, code of ethics for the cyber security profession
  • UK Government, Office of Science and Technology, COVID-19, expert consultation

Teaching

Lecturing and teaching

  • MBA Projects and Dissertation supervision
  • BST190 Innovation Management
  • BS3746 Service Marketing
  • BST710 Understanding Organizations and the Business Environment

PARC Award, 2019, news
Very pleased to have supervised Ms Akshita Rangnekar winner of the 2019, DSV-Panalpina:
PARC Award for the best dissertation business project between DSV-Panalpina and the Logistics
and Operations Management section of Cardiff Business School.

The PARC Award is offered to graduates who have demonstrated strategic and innovative thinking throughout their business projects- Akshita's project focused on identifying opportunities related to the introduction of 5G with a focus on the field of installations services.

Link
https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/parc-institute-manufacturing-logistics-inventory/about-us/panalpina-award

Biography

Dr Allison Wylde FRGS FHEA IEEE PhD (London) MA DIC (Imperial)

Dr Allison Wylde is a cyber security researcher with the Cardiff University Centre for Cyber Security Research.  Research topics include, trust and zero trust; artificial intelligence (AI) and innovation; research with the United Nations, Internet Governance Forum (UN IGF) focuses on cyber norms and principles along with security standards, governance, ethics, and trust, and zero trust. As chair the Global Digital Compact (GDC) team with UN Dynamic Coalition, IS3C, I led the GDC consultation team, I am a member of the UN Internet Governance. Policy Network on AI and the Best Practice Forum on cyber security, contributed to the ethics workstream with the UK Cyber Security Council, national expert with the British Standards Institute. Previously I served as an International Commissioner on Security Standards and Guidelines with ASIS International and the American National Standards Institute. As a member of the Airbus Centre of Excellence in Cyber Security Analytics at Cardiff University, my research focus is on games for decision-making in cyber security.

Allison contributed to the ethics workstream for the UK Cyber Security Council (NCSC), the ISO/CEN TC on Societal Security Management, and was formerly an international commissioner on security standards with ASIS International and the American National Standards Institute.  Allison also supervises and lectures with the University of Warwick, the University of the West of Scotland, and Glasgow Caledonian University (London) where she holds a fractional post as a Senior Lecturer.

Allison worked in automotive and motorsports for more than 10 years. As Managing Director, with Docklands Sport and Leisure Limited, she managed and promoted events, product launches and training schools, she won contracts with KTM Sportmotorcycles, Yamaha Motors (UK) and Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles.

As Director of Newham Docklands Motorcycle Project Charity Allison established the charity and set up the executive board of volunteers. She secured more than £2.4million GBP and provided training and accreditation for more than 5,000 young people.

Dr Wylde also teaches and supervises students at the Cyber Security Centre in Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG) at the University of Warwick and supervises DBA students (UWS) in the areas of trust, leadership and trust in e-governance relations.

 

Honours and awards

2022 SAI Computing Conference award for networking

2012 Lord Imbert prize for contributions to security

Professional memberships

Fellow, Royal Geographical Society

Fellow, Higher Education Academy

Member IEEE

Member, British Standards Institute (Cabinet Office) Technical Committee, Societal Security Management SSM/01

Member, Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

Academic positions

Current

  • University of Karachi, Pakistan, External Examiner (PhDs)
  • Glasgow Caledonian University, Senior Lecturer (part-time)
  • University of Warwick, WMG, MSc Supervisor (part-time)

Previously

Committees and reviewing

Committiees

British Standards Institute, National expert, Societal Security

United Nations, Internet Governance Forum, Dynamic Coalition, IS3C, Chair GDC 

United Nations, Internet Governance Forum, Best Practice Forum, member, cyber norms

 

Reviewer

AI, Computer Science and Robotics Technology, reviewer

 

 

Specialisms

  • Cybersecurity and privacy
  • Systems
  • Trust
  • AI