Author: Dr. Alenka Brown

Dr. Alenka Brown is a leading expert in and co-developer of Neuro Psychometric Analytics® and Cogni-print®. Her background encompasses neuro analytics research and application; strategic cybersecurity for policy, intelligence, and operations; human factors engineering; and next-generation cognitive-behavior autonomous systems. She is a member of several cybersecurity working groups – NIST, OSSI, NCOIC, INSA’s subcouncil for Cyber R&D, GTRA Council, and an Editorial Board member of Cyber Security: A Peer-Reviewed Journal.

From the Summer 2016 Issue

Cyber Intelligence: Mind Mining

Author(s):

Dr. Alenka Brown, President , McClure, Brown & Associates LLC

Dr. Joe McClure VanHoozer, Founder, McClure, Brown & Associates LLC

All cyber operations begin with humans. We are rule-bound, predictable creatures who consistently exhibit sense-based indicative patterns in everything we do. It is humans who build the “culture of computers, information technology, and virtual reality” of today’s interactions.1 These patterns are evident in our daily interactions with others, in the technology we build, and in … Read more

From the Winter 2016 Issue

The Inheritable Cloud Security Model

Author(s):

Dr. Alenka Brown, President , McClure, Brown & Associates LLC

Dr. Merrick S. Watchorn, DMIST, Cloud Security Solutions Architect / SME, Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)

The influence of the cloud on the IT industry continues to grow in direct proportion to cost-cutting measures and profitability. The cloud concept enables those in charge to agree on a total cost of ownership (TCO) pricing model or the concept of shared costs, which includes acquisition, exchange, and post-possession.1 Additionally, the cloud provides pools … Read more

From the Fall 2015 Issue

Staying a Move Ahead in Cyber-Chess

Author(s):

Dr. Alenka Brown, President , McClure, Brown & Associates LLC

Dr. Joe McClure VanHoozer, Founder, McClure, Brown & Associates LLC

Mr. Jason Christman, MS, CISSP, PMP, Subject Matter Expert, McClure, Brown, & Associates® LLC

Neurocognitive Patterns in Cyberspace  Humans process somatosensory information – defined by Kandel, et al as “different forms of energy…transformed by the nervous system into different sensations or sensory modalities: vision, hearing, touch/emotion, taste, and smell”1 – at several levels simultaneously. This information, composed of neuro psychometric indicators (NPI) – the verbal and non-verbal cues of … Read more

From the Spring 2015 Issue

How to Win at Cyber-Chess: Leveraging Neuro Analytics in Your Cyberspace

Author(s):

Dr. Alenka Brown, President , McClure, Brown & Associates LLC

Mr. Jason Christman, MS, CISSP, PMP, Subject Matter Expert, McClure, Brown, & Associates® LLC

The cyber domain presents limitless opportunities for cyber threat actors while causing significant challenges for cybersecurity professionals. While our current time might be construed by historians as the golden age of cybercrime, it is also an age that offers new ways and means to counter these crimes. Neuro-behavior forensics is such a means, permitting the … Read more