Postdoc in cyber security with a focus on risk,economics & threat modeling - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

Job description

Society is getting more digitalized. This entails great opportunities, but also novel threats. One rapidly growing novel tool for cyber risk management is cyber insurance. Its promise is great: better understanding of risks, appropriate incentives for risk management, and protection for companies against high-impact-low-probability risks that are otherwise difficult to handle. However, there are also many remaining issues to be solved: lack of actuarial data, accumulation risks that are difficult for insurers to manage, and lack of coverage for many risks that cannot be properly assessed. This research project aims to improve cyber insurance by designing a threat modeling and attack simulation language, insuranceLang, to be used by insurers for more precise risk assessment, better understanding of risk-reducing measures, and insights into risks that have been uninsurable until now. The project thus resides at the intersection of cyber security and economic risk management; an exciting area which is growing in importance.

What we offer

• A position at a leading technical university that generates knowledge and skills for a sustainable future
• Engaged and ambitious colleagues along with a creative, international and dynamic working environment
• Works in Stockholm, in close proximity to nature
• Help to relocate and be settled in Sweden and at KTH

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Qualifications

Requirements

• A doctoral degree or an equivalent foreign degree, obtained within the last three years prior to the application deadline (With some exceptions for special reasons such as periods of sick or parental leave, kindly indicate if such reason exists in your resume).

Preferred qualifications

• Research expertise.
• Teaching abilities.
• Awareness of diversity and equal opportunity issues, with specific focus on gender equality.
• Collaborative abilities.
• Independence.

The successful applicant is expected to have research expertise either within cyber security or within other quantitative risk management fields such as economics, finance, statistics or actuarial science. As the project aims to collaborate with the insurance industry, it is important that you have collaborative abilities, and experience from work in insurance is an advantage. As the project has high scientific aspirations, the ability to independently come up with research ideas, investigate and publish them is much valued. Though the position will mostly include research, some teaching aligned to this research may also be included, so teaching ability is also a requirement, though it is given less importance for this position. Finally, the successful applicant should have an awareness of diversity and equal opportunity issues, with specific focus on gender equality.

Great emphasis will be placed on personal competency

Trade union representatives

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Application

Log into KTH's recruitment system in order to apply to this position. You are the main responsible to ensure that your application is complete according to the ad.

The application must include:

• CV including relevant professional experience and knowledge.
• Copy of diplomas and grades from your previous university studies. Translations into English or Swedish if the original documents have not been issued in any of these languages.
• Brief account of why you want to conduct research, your academic interests and how they relate to your previous studies and future goals. Max two pages long.

Your complete application must be received at KTH no later than the last day of application, midnight CET/CEST (Central European Time/Central European Summer Time).

About the employment

The position offered is for, at the most, two years.

A position as a postdoctoral fellow is a time-limited qualified appointment focusing mainly on research, intended as a first career step after a dissertation.

Others

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