PhD StudentRock Stevens

About Me

University of Maryland

Digital Security Researcher

I'm a lifelong student of information technology, earning my first certification as a network administrator at the age of 15. I served as a Madison Policy Forum Military-Business Cybersecurity Fellow and as a non-profit consultant to numerous organizations.

My research primarily focuses on how people identify, assess, and respond to new digital security threats and vulnerabilities. My ongoing research initiatives include measuring the effectiveness of enterprise-level threat modeling and communicating digital security risk within sensitive environments.

Proud to have Dr. Michelle Mazurek as my advisor.

Publications

2018

The Battle for New York: A Case Study of Applied Digital Threat Modeling at the Enterprise Level Primary author, USENIX Security


Hackers vs. Testers: A Comparison of Software Vulnerability Discovery Processes Co-author, IEEE S&P, Paper


First Steps Toward Measuring the Readability of Security Advice Co-author, ConPro, Paper

2017

User Interactions and Permission Use on Android Co-author, ACM SIGCHI, Paper


Summoning Demons: The Pursuit of Exploitable Bugs in Machine Learning Primary author, Reliable ML in the Wild, Paper, Press


Army Vulnerability Response Program: A Critical Need in the Defense of our Nation Primary author, Cyber Defense Review, Paper, Press

Presentations

2017

Calcifying Crisis Readiness USENIX LISA


2016

The New White Hat Hacking: Computational Biology for the Good of Mankind DEF CON 24


Cross-platform Compatibility: Bringing InfoSec Skills into the World of Comp Biology BSidesLV


Attack on Titans: A survey of new attacks against big data and machine learning ShmooCon

2015

Army Vulnerability Response Program: A Critical Need in the Defense of our Nation Cyber Talks III


When CTFs Attack! Building a Better Training Environment BSides Charm City