Strategy, Leadership, and AI in the Cyber Ecosystem

Strategy, Leadership and AI in the Cyber Ecosystem investigates the restructuring of the way cybersecurity and business leaders engage with the emerging digital revolution towards the development of strategic management, with the aid of AI, and in the context of growing cyber-physical interactions (human/machine co-working relationships). The book explores all aspects of strategic leadership within a digital context. It investigates the interactions from both the firm/organization strategy perspective, including cross-functional actors/stakeholders who are operating within the organization and the various characteristics of operating in a cyber-secure ecosystem. As consumption and reliance by business on the use of vast amounts of data in operations increase, demand for more data governance to minimize the issues of bias, trust, privacy and security may be necessary. The role of management is changing dramatically, with the challenges of Industry 4.0 and the digital revolution. With this intelligence explosion, the influence of artificial intelligence technology and the key themes of machine learning, big data, and digital twin are evolving and creating the need for cyber-physical management professionals.

Professor Hamid Jahankhani gained his PhD from the Queen Mary College, University of London. In 1999 he moved to the University of East London (UEL) to become the first Professor of Information Security and Cyber Criminology at the university in 2010. Over the last 20 years Hamid have also been involved in developing new and innovative programmes. Hamid’s principal research area for a number of years has been in the field of cyber security, information security and digital forensics. In partnership with the key industrial sectors, he has examined and established several innovative research projects that are of direct relevance to the needs of UK and European information security, digital forensics industries, Critical National Infrastructure and law enforcement agencies. Hamid have planned, proposed and managed several collaborative projects, and secured a substantial research income of several million Euros. Hamid have supervised to completion 13 PhD and professional doctorate degree students and overseen 67 PhD students progressing. Professor Jahankhani is the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Electronic Security and Digital Forensics, www.inderscience.com/ijesdf published by Inderscience and general chair of the annual International Conference on Global Security, Safety and Sustainability (ICGS3). Hamid has edited and contributed to over 15 books and has over 150 conference and journal publications together with Various BBC radio interviews. Hamid was trained as the GCHQ “cyberist” to train the next generation of cyber security experts through GCHQ CyberFirst initiative. Professor Jahankhani has number books on; Cyber Criminology, Blockchain and Clinical Trial - Securing Patient's Data, Cyber Security Practitioner’s Guide and Digital Twins Technologies and Smart Cities, Cyber Defence in the Age of AI, Smart Societies and Augmented Humanity. Liam O’Dell is project management professional and has around 17 years international experience, having worked in the UK and Australia within the Architectural, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry. Liam is currently working as a Senior Project Manager and has worked at various organisational levels, client-side and in delivery managing a diverse portfolio of multi-million pound projects across all phases of end-to-end project management to transform concepts into reality within complex and challenging programmes. As a strategic project leader possessing in-depth experience of advisory including co-ordinating multidisciplinary teams working collaboratively across various industry sectors, Liam leverages strong technical knowledge, supported by an MSc (Distinction) in Project Management and membership of the Association for Project Management. Committed to diversity, Liam has a keen interest in engaging with an intellectually curious network to promote and share ideas where people are encouraged to participate in sharing ideas and have the power to create. Liam donates his spare time to