Alyah Al Fageh

ek23960@bristol.ac.uk	Year 2 Student - 2023 Cohort - Cohort 5 I possess a solid foundation in Electrical and Computer Engineering, with my graduate studies gravitating towards predictive risk assessment in cyber security for critical water infrastructure. This niche expertise is underpinned by my commitment to safeguard essential services against digital threats. My professional pathway began with an enriching experience at General Electric, delving into operation management, supply chain and the industrial Internet of Things (IoT), which sparked my fascination with the intersection of digital and physical systems. Subsequently, as a Quality Assurance Manager at Procter & Gamble, I spearheaded a team to uphold stringent quality protocols across the MENAT region, blending technical rigor with strategic oversight. Driven by a passion to bridge the gap between technology and user-centric security, I am dedicated to creating robust and intuitive defenses for industrial systems. My goal is to merge hands-on experience with a deep technical understanding to champion a future where industrial cyber security is both impenetrable and accessible.
PhD Project	Strategic Trade-offs in Cybersecurity and Operational Efficiency for B2B MaaS Ecosystems This research examines the strategic and technical trade-offs between cybersecurity, operational performance, and data monetization in Business-to-Business (B2B) Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) environments. As MaaS platforms evolve from consumer-based models to enterprise logistics, government fleets, and corporate mobility providers, emerging challenges include privacy, system performance, and regulatory compliance. The project develops an ontology-driven model to classify and examine key decision drivers on security architecture, efficiency boundaries, and monetization strategies. So-called emerging technologies such as federated learning, homomorphic encryption, and blockchain are evaluated based on their ability to enhance security with minimal trade-off to operational performance as well as business model scalability. Through the synthesis of concepts from cybersecurity, mobility systems, and economic modeling, the research aims to offer a decision-support tool that helps B2B MaaS stakeholders reconcile investment in cybersecurity and profitability and efficiency in services. This is in the interest of evidence-informed policymaking and sound digital infrastructure planning for future-generation mobility systems. Professor Theo Tryfonas (Bristol) Dr Nikolaos Stylos (Bristol)
Events Attended	CPSIOTSEC@CCS 2023 Workshop – Copenhagen, Denmark https://cpsiotsec2023.github.io/
Academic and Industry Placements completed - Year 1	Collaborated with HP Labs focusing on the practical application of resiliency metrics for cyber-physical systems.
Publications or Presented Papers	Alfageh, A. (2023). "Water Risk-Proofed: Risk Assessment in Water Desalination." ACM CPSIOTSEC Workshop. https://doi.org/10.1145/3605758.3623500
Studies completed as part of PhD Thesis	Network security fundamentals Online blockchain courses (architecture, privacy-preserving mechanisms, token-based systems)
Social Media	https://www.linkedin.com/in/alyah-alfageh-bb2647194/