December 17, 2020 – Chandler, AZ – Dr. Joshua Sipper, a graduate of Trident University International’s (Trident) Ph.D. in Educational Leadership program, received a “Best Paper Award” for the submission, “The Cyber Microbiome and the Cyber Meta-reality” at the International Academy, Research, and Industry Association (IARIA) Cyber 2020 Conference in Nice, France.
His paper, “The Cyber Microbiome and the Cyber Meta-reality,” examines the concept of cyber meta-reality with a thorough analysis of the cyber microbiome. The author attempts to correlate these two entities through an examination of familiar cyberspace (e.g. – “public web”) and the levels of cyberspace, such as the Dark Web, that remain unknown to most casual users.
“For instance,” Sipper continues, “until scientists and physicians understood the human microbiome, they overprescribed antibiotics and other medicines harmful to the beneficial flora and fauna that inhabit human systems. The same type of “over-prescription” could occur in cyberspace if we do not have a fuller understanding of the cyber meta-reality and microbiome.”
Dr. Sipper is a Professor of Cyber Warfare Studies at the Air Force Cyber College, Air University at Maxwell AFB in Montgomery, Alabama. He is a military veteran who served in intelligence, and also worked in a similar capacity at Lockheed Martin.
His professional focus shifted to cyber during stints as a Systems Engineer for General Dynamics at the Air Force’s 26th Network Operations Squadron and as a civil servant at the Air Force’s Curtis E. LeMay Center for Doctrine Development and Education.
Dr. Sipper is a 2012 graduate Trident’s Ph.D. in Educational Leadership program. He holds a Master of Arts in Education from Troy University and a Bachelor of Science in English from Faulkner University.
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