PhD Researcher in Explainable Incident Response

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Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland University of Twente Voltijd
PhD Researcher in Explainable Incident Response

In today's digital landscape, cybersecurity threats are becoming increasingly sophisticated, making it challenging for security analysts to respond effectively. To address this issue, we are seeking a highly motivated PhD researcher to work on developing explainable AI algorithms for incident response. The goal of this project is to create AI-assisted practitioners for incident response by developing novel ML algorithms that reduce analyst workload and provide decision-making assistance.

About the Project

The PhD student will explore multi-modal learning and generative AI to produce actionable explanations from discovered patterns that are tailored to the operator's expertise. The evaluation of these algorithms will be done under closed-world and open-world settings. For the closed-world setting, a major challenge is the lack of suitable datasets to evaluate ML models. The student will set up a testbed together with our industry collaborators for the collection of intrusion alert datasets. For the open-world setting, the student will deploy these algorithms in real SOC environments in order to measure the extent of workload reduction experienced by security analysts.

About the Role
  • You will be embedded within the Semantics, Cybersecurity, and Services (SCS) group at University of Twente.
  • You will have the opportunity to participate in internships and/or collaboration with industry partners under the TUCCR initiative.
  • You will work in a stimulating, supportive, and diverse research environment, as well as have plenty of opportunities for personal and professional growth.
Requirements
  • You are a highly motivated and enthusiastic researcher, aspiring to do world-class research and have real-world impact.
  • You have a MSc degree with excellent grades in computer science, or similar; Applications from students who are about to finish their MSc degree studies will be considered as well.
  • You are interested in the domain of cybersecurity and have a solid background in systems security and/or data science/artificial intelligence; Some industrial experience in a cybersecurity role and prior experience with writing scientific papers are of additional advantage.
  • You know your way around UNIX/Linux systems and can code in Python.
  • You are curious and interested in learning how things work and how to make them better.
  • You have a creative mind-set and excellent analytical and communication skills.
  • You have good team spirit and like to work in an interdisciplinary and internationally oriented environment.
  • You are proficient in English.
What We Offer
  • As a PhD candidate at UT, you will be appointed to a full-time position for four years, with a qualifier in the first year, within a very stimulating and exciting scientific environment;
  • The University offers a dynamic ecosystem with enthusiastic colleagues;
  • Your salary and associated conditions are in accordance with the collective labour agreement for Dutch universities (CAO-NU);
  • You will receive a gross monthly salary ranging from € 2.770,- (first year) to € 3.539,- (fourth year);
  • There are excellent benefits including a holiday allowance of 8% of the gross annual salary, an end-of-year bonus of 8.3%, and a solid pension scheme;
  • The flexibility to work (partially) from home;
  • A minimum of 232 leave hours in case of full-time employment based on a formal workweek of 38 hours. A full-time employment in practice means 40 hours a week, therefore resulting in 96 extra leave hours on an annual basis;
  • Free access to sports facilities on campus;
  • A family-friendly institution that offers parental leave (both paid and unpaid);
  • You will have a training programme as part of the Twente Graduate School where you and your supervisors will determine a plan for a suitable education and supervision;
  • We encourage a high degree of responsibility and independence, while collaborating with close colleagues, researchers and other staff.


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