ICCWS 2023-Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security

Edited by Richard L. Wilson

These proceedings represent the work of contributors to the 18th International Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security (ICCWS 2023), hosted Towson University, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA on 9-10 March 2023. The Conference co-Chairs are Richard Wilson, Towson University, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA, and Major Brendan Curran, from National Security Agency’s Space Cybersecurity Office in Fort Meade, Maryland.

 ICCWS is a well-established event on the academic research calendar and now in its 18th year, the key aim remains the opportunity for participants to share ideas and meet the people who hold them. The scope of papers will ensure an interesting two days. The subjects covered illustrate the wide range of topics that fall into this important and ever-growing area of research.

 The opening keynote presentation is given by Justin Fanelli, Technical Director, Dept of Navy PEO Digital, on the topic of Can Zero Trust Restore Our Ailing Trust? The second day of the conference will open with an address by Dr. George R. Lucas, Stockdale Center at the U.S. Naval Academy. His talk is titled Military Ethics & Algorithmic Warfare: from the Battlefield to the Cyber Domain

 With an initial submission of 136 abstracts, after the double blind, peer review process there are 53 Academic research papers, 6 PhD research papers, 12 Masters Research papers and 1 work-in-progress paper published in these Conference Proceedings. These papers represent research from Brazil, Austria, China, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Israel, Italy, Kenya, Nigeria, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, UAE, Uganda and the United Kingdom.