Dr. Chris C. Demchak received her PhD from Berkeley in political science with a focus on organization theory, security, and surprise in complex technical systems across nations. She also holds two masters degrees, respectively, in economic development (Princeton) and energy engineering (Berkeley). She has published numerous articles on societal security difficulties with largescale information systems to include cyberwar and cyber privacy (“theory of action”, “BIK behavior-based privacy”), security institutions (CT “Knowledge Nexus”) and new military models (“Atrium model” for joint forces in cybered conflict), as well as a book entitled Military Organizations, Complex Machines in the Cornell Security Studies series. An early member of the Intelligence and Security Informatics (ISI) research field, Dr. Demchak has taught undergraduate and graduate level courses on comparative security and modernized organizations, the institutional history of war and the state, the emerging global information systems, and the worldwide diffusion of defense technologies to include the use of game-based simulations in security analysis.
Dr. Demchak's most recent book manuscript is entitled Wars of Disruption and Resilience: Cybered Conflict, Power and National Security (UGA Press 2011 forthcoming), as well as having co-edited and contributed to a volume of research entitled Designing Resilience (2010). Dr. Demchak moved to take a position with the Strategic Research Department of the US Naval War College in July 2009. She is currently working on a book manuscript entitled tentatively Cybercommands: National Responses to Uncertainty and Cybered Conflict. She also regularly contributes to the ACUS "Cybered Conflict" blog. Her research focus is the evolution in organizations, tools, social integrations, and range of choices emerging in westernized nations’ cybersecurity/deterrence strategies, creations or adaptations of cybercommands or equivalents, and institutionalized organizational learning after experiences with cybered conflict and cascading surprise.
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