Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott
Krishna Sampigethaya is Professor and Department Chair of Cyber Intelligence and Security at the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott, AZ. https://prescott.erau.edu/cyber. The department is DHS/NSA CAE-CD designated, ABET-Cyber accredited, US Cyber Command AEN member, DoD Cyber Scholarship winner, and part of the only NSF SFS institution for aviation and aerospace cyber security.
Krishna received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Washington (2007) and was one of the first in the world to defend a thesis on connected vehicle privacy and aviation cyber security research. He then joined The Boeing Company and was soon selected as the first Boeing Associate Technical Fellow for aviation cyber-physical security in 2012. Most recently he was an Associate Director for cyber security at the United Technologies Corporation (UTC) Research Center (2016-2018), focusing on the security of aerospace systems and commercial products. He has also been an Assistant Director for the Masters in Telecom program at the University of Maryland (2014-2015), developing new courses on software-defined networks and connected vehicles.
Krishna founded the first aviation cyber security technical committee, sponsored by the SAE in 2008, and has been organizing aviation cyber security tracks at SAE as well as AIAA/IEEE conferences since then. He co-edited the first special issue on cyber-physical systems, published in the first centennial year issue of the Proceedings of the IEEE journal (2012). He has authored over 50 papers—including 3 award-winning publications (at IEEE DASC and I-CNS)—delivered over 16 keynotes and holds over 16 US patents in aviation cyber security. His work has been recognized in the community with awards such as the American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin (ASEI) Engineer of the Year Award (2013), ASEI Corporate Engineering Excellence Award (2013), and a Best Instructor Award at UMD (2015). Most recently, he led a team of Embry-Riddle cybersecurity program students to design the first aviation cybersecurity competition at the DEF CON Aerospace Village, AIAA, Aviation ISAC, and DHS ACI. He is one of the main instructors for the only in-person ICAO professional course on aviation cyber security.
