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Dr Daniel Salmond

Group Leader, Cyber Command and Control 

Cyber Operations

Information Sciences Division

Defence Science and Technology Group

Strategy Maps:

Reducing the Complexity of Cyberspace Operations

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Challenges for Cyber C2

to increase

How can we

in cyberspace operations?

amplify

attenuate

scrutability

agency

variety

malleability

velocity

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Strategy

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Configuration Space

Evaluation Fn.

Score Space

D Space = Config. Space x Score Space

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D Space

Generative Topographic Map

Figure 3. from Christopher M. Bishop, Markus Svensen, (1998), GTM: The Generative Topographic Mapping. Microsoft Research

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D Space

L Space

Figure 2. from Christopher M. Bishop, Markus Svensen, (1998), GTM: The Generative Topographic Mapping. Microsoft Research

Generative Topographic Map

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Associate Lease Example

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Associate Lease Example

Input Parameters:

  • Litres Per 100km
  • Price
  • Kilometres

Score:

  • Financial position (5years)

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Associate Lease Example

Input Parameters:

  • Litres Per 100km
  • Price
  • Kilometres

Score:

  • Financial position (5years)

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Resource Allocation Example

Setup:

  • 6 resources, each with finite capacity
  • Fixed total demand

Input Parameters:

  • 6D allocation of demand to resources

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Resource Allocation Example

Setup:

  • 6 resources, each with finite capacity
  • Fixed total demand

Input Parameters:

  • 6D allocation of demand to resources

Score:

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A* Search Algorithm

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The world on a Dymaxion projection, with 15° graticule. Imagery courtesy NASA’s Earth Observatory, with modifications by Mapthematics LLC.

Dymaxion projection - Dymaxion map - Wikipedia

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Dr Daniel Salmond

Group Leader, Cyber Command and Control 

Cyber Operations

Information Sciences Division

Defence Science and Technology Group

daniel.salmond@defence.gov.au