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In a seminal paper on the science of mission assurance in the [[Journal of Strategic Security]], Jabbour introduced the information lifecycle as the foundation for mission assurance against cyber risk, and presented 12 rules that govern cyber vulnerability assessment of systems and missions.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Jabbour |first=Kamal |last2=Muccio |first2=Sarah |date=Summer 2011 |title=The Science of Mission Assurance |url=https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1106&context=jss |journal=Journal of Strategic Security |volume=4 |issue=2 |pages=61-74 |via=Digital Commons @ University of South Florida}}</ref> Jabbour codified his information lifecycle approach to cyber vulnerability assessment in the Cyber Blue Book<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Schlichting |first=Alexander |title=Assessment of Operational Energy System Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities |date=January 2018 |publisher=The MITRE Corporation |year=2018 |edition=MITRE TECHNICAL REPORT MTR 180048 |pages=7-25 to 7-28, 9-53}}</ref> methodology that enabled the [[Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center]] to assess over 100 weapon systems<ref>{{Cite web |title=AFRL leads USSF Continuous Fitness Assessment study |url=https://www.dvidshub.net/news/447620/afrl-leads-ussf-continuous-fitness-assessment-study |access-date=2024-03-21 |website=DVIDS |language=en}}</ref>. Jabbour educated the engineers on conducting thorough assessment that informed the testers in designing repeatable operational tests on these systems. This approach and the teams increased the readiness of weapons and earned Air Force-level honors and awards.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-03-26 |title=AFOTEC and Reserve set total force standard |url=https://www.arpc.afrc.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/1475230/afotec-and-reserve-set-total-force-standard/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.afrc.af.mil%2FNews%2FArticle-Display%2FArticle%2F1475230%2Fafotec-and-reserve-set-total-force-standard%2F |access-date=2024-03-21 |website=Air Reserve Personnel Center |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-09-16 |title=The Cyber Blue Book Team receives the Gen. Mark A. |url=https://jenikirbyhistory.getarchive.net/media/the-cyber-blue-book-team-receives-the-gen-mark-a-59ccd7 |access-date=2024-03-21 |website=Defense Visual Information Distribution Service |language=en}}</ref>
In a seminal paper on the science of mission assurance in the [[Journal of Strategic Security]], Jabbour introduced the information lifecycle as the foundation for mission assurance against cyber risk, and presented 12 rules that govern cyber vulnerability assessment of systems and missions.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Jabbour |first=Kamal |last2=Muccio |first2=Sarah |date=Summer 2011 |title=The Science of Mission Assurance |url=https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1106&context=jss |journal=Journal of Strategic Security |volume=4 |issue=2 |pages=61-74 |via=Digital Commons @ University of South Florida}}</ref> Jabbour codified his information lifecycle approach to cyber vulnerability assessment in the Cyber Blue Book<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Schlichting |first=Alexander |title=Assessment of Operational Energy System Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities |date=January 2018 |publisher=The MITRE Corporation |year=2018 |edition=MITRE TECHNICAL REPORT MTR 180048 |pages=7-25 to 7-28, 9-53}}</ref> methodology that enabled the [[Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center]] to assess over 100 weapon systems<ref>{{Cite web |title=AFRL leads USSF Continuous Fitness Assessment study |url=https://www.dvidshub.net/news/447620/afrl-leads-ussf-continuous-fitness-assessment-study |access-date=2024-03-21 |website=DVIDS |language=en}}</ref>. Jabbour educated the engineers on conducting thorough assessment that informed the testers in designing repeatable operational tests on these systems. This approach and the teams increased the readiness of weapons and earned Air Force-level honors and awards.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-03-26 |title=AFOTEC and Reserve set total force standard |url=https://www.arpc.afrc.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/1475230/afotec-and-reserve-set-total-force-standard/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.afrc.af.mil%2FNews%2FArticle-Display%2FArticle%2F1475230%2Fafotec-and-reserve-set-total-force-standard%2F |access-date=2024-03-21 |website=Air Reserve Personnel Center |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-09-16 |title=The Cyber Blue Book Team receives the Gen. Mark A. |url=https://jenikirbyhistory.getarchive.net/media/the-cyber-blue-book-team-receives-the-gen-mark-a-59ccd7 |access-date=2024-03-21 |website=Defense Visual Information Distribution Service |language=en}}</ref>

Jabbour advocated mission assurance through correct design by mathematical specification of requirements and formal verification of implementations. He received a US patent for a method for manufacturing and executing single-use systems with proven security properties over the life of a mission. <ref>{{Cite web |title=US Patent for Method for executing single-use systems Patent (Patent # 11,423,147 issued August 23, 2022) - Justia Patents Search |url=https://patents.justia.com/patent/11423147 |access-date=2024-03-22 |website=patents.justia.com}}</ref>


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Dr. Kamal Jabbour
Born (1957-07-27) July 27, 1957 (age 66)
Shemlan, Lebanon
CitizenshipUnited States of America
EducationAmerican University of Beirut (BS)
University of Salford (PhD)
SpouseDr. Marla A. Jabbour
Children3
AwardsTeaching Excellence Award, General Electric Corporation
Track and Field Service Award, Syracuse University
Outstanding Service Award, Syracuse Chargers Track Club
Robert Rodale Golden Shoe Award, Runner's World
Harry S. Davis Memorial Award for Outstanding Technical Achievement, Air Force Research Laboratory Information Directorate
United States Air Force Outstanding Information Operations Team of the Year Award
United States Air Force Reserve Command Information Dominance General Edwin W. Rawlings Team Award (2)
Federal 100, Federal Government Information Technology Leaders with Greatest Impact
Scientific career
Thesis The Measurement and Equalization of Group Delay Distortion at Audio Frequencies  (1982)
Doctoral advisorDr. B.H. Pardoe

Dr. Kamal Toufic Jabbour (born 27 July 1957) is a retired member of the Scientific and Professional Career Service of the United States of America SES having served for 15 years as the United States Air Force Senior Scientist for Information Assurance[1], Founding Director of the Advanced Course in Engineering Cyber Security Boot Camp for ROTC cadets[2], developer of the Bachelor of Science in Cyber Engineering[3], and designer of the trademarked Cyber Blue Book[4][5] for cyber vulnerability assessment of Air Force missions and weapons.[6]

Jabbour served on the Electrical and Computer Engineering faculty at Syracuse University for 20 years, including three years as department chairman, before joining the information warfare branch at the Air Force Research Laboratory Information Directorate. Jabbour was named to the Federal 100 for his outstanding contributions to federal information technology[7]. He retired from the United States Air Force in 2022[8].

Personal life

Jabbour grew up in Shemlan, Lebanon, and went to high school at the Collège Mont La Salle in Ain Saadeh where he won three national championships in chess between 1972 and 1975. He also earned a brown belt in Shotokan Karate. Following high school, he studied electrical engineering at the American University of Beirut and graduated with distinction in 1979. He pursued post-graduate studies in digital communications at the University of Salford in the United Kingdom and earned a PhD in 1982. He immigrated to the United States of America in 1982 and became a naturalized US citizen in 1989.

50 States Marathon Club Certificate of Completion


Jabbour is an avid distance runner who has completed marathons in all 50 States with a personal record of 3:51 in the 1997 Marine Corps Marathon[9].

Jabbour is a member of the 50 States Marathon Club[10] and the Marathon Maniacs[11]. From 1997 to 2003, he wrote a weekly article on running for The Post-Standard. In 1997, Jabbour and his wife Marla helped establish The Stabler Running Collection at Syracuse University with a donation of over 500 books that tell the stories of runners and races[12].

Academic career

Jabbour joined the electrical and computer engineering faculty at Syracuse University as an assistant professor in 1982, and earned tenure and promotion in 1989. In 1999, he created TrackMeets.com[13] to broadcast track meets on the Internet in TV quality video[14]. In 2001, Jabbour co-founded Syracuse University's Center for Systems Assurance that received National Security Agency designation as a Center of Excellence in Information Assurance.[15]

Jabbour's early research was funded by International Business Machines to assess the Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI) [16][17][18][19][20][21]for use on the International Space Station[22] and focused on the use of FDDI as a backbone to interconnect heterogenous networks. His research expanded across the network stack to include routing and performance issues,[23][24][25] and he leveraged formal methods to verify the correctness of the upper layers of network protocols.[26][27][28]

Jabbour researched the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to study the impact of weather on electric power systems with funding from Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation. He developed an Automated Load Forecasting Assistant (ALFA)[29], a Gas Automated Load Forecaster (GAuLF)[30], and invented a patented approach for alarms processing[31].

Air Force career

Jabbour joined the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Intergovernmental Personnel Act in 1998, and transitioned into civil service in 2004. He developed the Advanced Course in Engineering Cyber Security Boot Camp in 2003[32][33][34], and created the world's first high school cyber security program at Rome Catholic School in 2006.[35][36][37]

Certificate of Appointment to the Scientific and Professional Career Service

Following his appointment as United States Air Force Senior Scientist for Information Assurance in 2007, Jabbour published a booklet to educate airmen on the cyberspace domain[38], followed by a journal paper on the science and technology of cyber operations.[39]

Jabbour served on three studies of the United States Air Force Scientific Advisory Board: Implications of Cyber Warfare[40], Defending and Operating in a Contested Cyber Environment[41], and Cyber Vulnerabilities of Embedded Systems on Air and Space Systems[42]. Jabbour acted as lead for the Air component of Cyber Vision 2025 United States Air Force Cyberspace Science and Technology Vision 2012-2025[43], exploring the role of cyberspace in the air mission of the United States Air Force.

In 2010, Jabbour created a curriculum outline for a bachelor of science degree in cyber engineering, and called on universities to implement it, likening the time to that of the creation of astronautics engineering at the dawn of the space age half-a-century earlier.[44][45] Louisiana Tech University answered the call, and implemented the first cyber engineering curriculum[46]. In 2015, Jabbour gave the Commencement Address at Louisiana Tech, awarding the diploma to the nation's first cyber engineering graduate[3].

In 2011, the Commandant of the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School asked Jabbour to create a cyber course to educate test pilots on the dependence of modern aircraft on cyber and the resulting mission risks of cyber vulnerabilities. Jabbour taught the resulting Cyber Systems Test Course from 2012 to 2019.[47][48][49]

In a seminal paper on the science of mission assurance in the Journal of Strategic Security, Jabbour introduced the information lifecycle as the foundation for mission assurance against cyber risk, and presented 12 rules that govern cyber vulnerability assessment of systems and missions.[50] Jabbour codified his information lifecycle approach to cyber vulnerability assessment in the Cyber Blue Book[4][51] methodology that enabled the Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center to assess over 100 weapon systems[52]. Jabbour educated the engineers on conducting thorough assessment that informed the testers in designing repeatable operational tests on these systems. This approach and the teams increased the readiness of weapons and earned Air Force-level honors and awards.[53][54]

Jabbour advocated mission assurance through correct design by mathematical specification of requirements and formal verification of implementations. He received a US patent for a method for manufacturing and executing single-use systems with proven security properties over the life of a mission. [55]

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  5. ^ Jacobs, David (2017). "Where Is The Air Force Brand?" (PDF). The Reporter - Education and Outreach for The Judge Advocate General’s Corps. 44 (2): 66–68 – via AFJAG.
  6. ^ Jabbour, Kamal; Poisson, Jenny (Spring 2016). "Cyber Risk Assessment in Distributed Information Systems" (PDF). Cyber Defense Review. 1 (1): 91–112 – via JSTOR.
  7. ^ "The Federal 100: Profiles of 2018's Defense winners". Defense One. 2018-03-22. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
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  16. ^ Cerqueiro, Manuel; Makhoul, George; Ju, Ru-Lin; Jabbour, Kamal (1989). "Modeling and performance evaluation of FDDI ring". Proceedings of the 32nd Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems. 2: 955–959 – via IEEE Xplore.
  17. ^ Ayyash, Salma Abu; Reichmeyer, Francis; Hariri, Salim A; Jabbour, Kamal (1992). "Distributed computing on an FDDI based network: 35th Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, MWSCAS 1992". 1992 Proceedings of the 35th Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems. Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems: 1197–1200. doi:10.1109/MWSCAS.1992.271153.
  18. ^ Ayyash, S.A.; Ricco, G; Jabbour, K (1991). "Performance analysis of FDDI as a backend network interconnecting heterogeneous workstations in a distributed system". Proceedings of the 34th Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems. 1: 463–466 – via IEEE Xplore.
  19. ^ Parashar, M; Hariri, S; Jabbour, K (1992). "An expert system for performance management". www.semanticscholar.org. Retrieved 2024-03-20.
  20. ^ Cerqueiro, M; Jabbour, Kamal (1989). "Modeling and performance evaluation of MAC layer of FDDI". www.semanticscholar.org. Retrieved 2024-03-20.
  21. ^ Jabbour, Kamal; Reichmeyer, Francis (August 1993). "EVALUATION OF NETWORK TOPOLOGY IN A DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING ENVIRONMENT" (PDF). UNITED STATES AIR FORCE SUMMER RESEARCH PROGRAM -- 1993 FINAL REPORTS. 4: 4-1 to 4-20 – via Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC).
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  23. ^ Reichmeyer, Francis; Hariri, Salim; Jabbour, Kamal (August 1993). "Wormhole Routing on Multichannel Ring Networks". Proceedings of the 36th Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems. 1: 625–628 – via Researchgate.
  24. ^ Reichmeyer, Francis; Hariri, Salim; Song, Wang; Jabbour, Kamal (1993). "An optical network interface unit for multichannel ring networks". 1993 International Conference on Network Protocols: 308–315 – via IEEE Xplore.
  25. ^ Orlovsky, Michael; Jabbour, Kamal (1996). "A characterization of parallel computers for object-oriented applications". Proceedings of the Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems. 3: 1317–1320.
  26. ^ Barjaktarovic, Milica; Chin, Shiu-Kai; Jabbour, Kamal (1996). "Formal Specification and Verification of the Kernel Functional Unit of the OSI Session Layer Protocol and Service Using CCS". Proceedings of the 1996 ACM SIGSOFT international symposium on Software testing and analysis. 21 (3): 270–279 – via Researchgate.
  27. ^ Barjaktarovic, Milica; Chin, Shiu-Kai; Jabbour, Kamal (December 1995). "Formal specification and verification of communication protocols using automated tools". Engineering of Complex Computer Systems: 246–253 – via IEEE Xplore.
  28. ^ Parashar, Manish; Hariri, Salim; Jabbour, Kamal (1995). "An Expert System for Performance Management". Proceedings of the 35th Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems – via Siteseerx.
  29. ^ Jabbour, K.; Riveros, J.F.V.; Landsbergen, D.; Meyer, W. (August 1988). "ALFA: automated load forecasting assistant". IEEE Transactions on Power Systems. 3 (3): 908–914 – via IEEE Xplore.
  30. ^ Jabbour, K.; Meyer, W. (1989). "GAuLF: gas automated load forecaster". Proceedings of the 32nd Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems. 1: 20–23 – via IEEE Xplore.
  31. ^ US4977390A, Saylor, Charles H. M. & Jabbour, Kamal, "Real time method for processing alaarms generated within a predetermined system", issued 1990-12-11 
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  45. ^ Jabbour, Kamal (August 2010). "The Time Has Come for the Bachelor of Science in Cyber Engineering" (PDF). High Frontier Journal. 6 (4): 20–23 – via Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC).
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  51. ^ Schlichting, Alexander (January 2018). Assessment of Operational Energy System Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities (MITRE TECHNICAL REPORT MTR 180048 ed.). The MITRE Corporation. pp. 7-25 to 7-28, 9–53.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
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  53. ^ "AFOTEC and Reserve set total force standard". Air Reserve Personnel Center. 2018-03-26. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
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