Richard Smith

Dr Richard Smith

Job: Associate Professor / Head of Cyber Security Centre / Director of Cyber Technology Institute / Associate Head of School (Enterprise)

Faculty: Computing, Engineering and Media

School/department: School of Computer Science and Informatics

Research group(s): Cyber Technology Institute (CTI) (Cyber Security Centre (CSC))

Address: 冈本视频, The Gateway, Leicester, LE1 9BH

T: +44 (0)116 207 8501

E: rgs@dmu.ac.uk

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Personal profile

Dr Smith is the Head of the Cyber Security Centre research group at De Montfort Univeristy. As a member of the RITICS research institute he is investigating new ways to defend old technology, particular in Critical National Infrastructure. His work has centred around the develop of simulated cyber warfare scenarios around Industrial Control Systems to aid in the training and development of new tactics for both industry and government personnel through both 冈本视频’s Cyber Range CYRAN and SCIPS Simulated Critical Infrastructure Scenarios. A key feature of his work has been in outreach and increasing awareness of the issues surrounding security of Industrial Control Systems with demonstrators built and run at global events for industry, academia and governments.

Research group affiliations

Cyber Security Centre (CSC)

Cyber Technology Institute (CTI)

Publications and outputs

dc.title: Risk Assessment of Sharing Cyber Threat Intelligence dc.contributor.author: Boiten, Eerke Albert; Smith, R. G.; Albakri, Adham dc.description.abstract: Sharing Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) is advocated to get better defence against new sophisticated cyber-attacks. CTI may contain critical information about the victim infrastructure, existing vulnerabilities and business processes so sharing CTI may carry a risk. However, evaluating the risk of sharing CTI da-tasets is challenging due to the nature of the CTI context which is associated with the evolution of the threat landscape and new cyber attacks that are difficult to evaluate. In this paper, we present a quantitative risk model to assess the risk of sharing CTI datasets enabled by sharing with different entities in various situa-tions. The model enables the identification of the threats and evaluation of the impacts of disclosing this information. We present two use cases that help to de-termine the risk level of sharing a CTI dataset and consequently the mitigation techniques to enable responsible sharing. Risk identification and evaluation have been validated using experts鈥� opinions. dc.description: The file attached to this record is the author's final peer reviewed version. The Publisher's final version can be found by following the DOI link.
dc.title: EnviSat altimetry for river and lakes monitoring dc.contributor.author: Berry, P. A. M.; Smith, R. G.; Benveniste, J.
dc.title: River Monitoring from Satellite Radar Altimetry in the Zambezi River Basin dc.contributor.author: Michailovsky, C.; McEnnis, S.; Berry, P. A. M.; Smith, R. G.; Bauer-Gottwein, P. dc.description.abstract: Satellite radar altimetry can be used to monitor surface water levels from space. While current and past altimetry missions were designed to study oceans, retracking the waveforms returned over land allows data to be retrieved for smaller water bodies or narrow rivers. The objective of this study is the assessment of the potential for river monitoring from radar altimetry in terms of water level and discharge in the Zambezi River basin. Retracked Envisat altimetry data were extracted over the Zambezi River basin using a detailed river mask based on Landsat imagery. This allowed for stage measurements to be obtained for rivers down to 80m wide with an RMSE relative to in situ levels of 0.32 to 0.72m at different locations. The altimetric levels were then converted to discharge using three different methods adapted to different data-availability scenarios: first with an in situ rating curve available, secondly with one simultaneous field measurement of cross-section and discharge, and finally with only historical discharge data available. For the two locations at which all three methods could be applied, the accuracies of the different methods were found to be comparable, with RMSE values ranging from 4.1 to 6.5% of the mean annual in situ gauged amplitude for the first method and from 6.9 to 13.8% for the second and third methods. The precision obtained with the different methods was analyzed by running Monte Carlo simulations and also showed comparable values for the three approaches with standard deviations found between 5.7 and 7.2% of the mean annual in situ gauged amplitude for the first method and from 8.7 to 13.0% for the second and third methods.
dc.title: Global analysis of EnviSat Burst echoes over inland water. dc.contributor.author: Berry, P. A. M.; Smith, R. G.; Benveniste, J. dc.description.abstract: Satellite radar altimeters have an established and increasingly vital role in monitoring the Earth鈥檚 surface inland water resources. This paper analyzes two years of EnviSat burst echoes (which have 3.9-m nominal along-track separation) over rivers, lakes, and ephemeral water globally to assess the increase in monitoring potential afforded by the higher pulse repetition frequency (PRF) of the next generation of synthetic aperture radar altimeters and investigate spatial burst correlation. Burst echoes at 1800 Hz are successfully retracked with no waveform averaging. The conclusion is that the higher PRF allows detection and measurement of water bodies on a far finer spatial scale because water is a very bright reflector at Ku-band and land in general is relatively poor, with pools of water a few tens of meters across being successfully identified.
dc.title: Evaluation of the differences between the SRTM and satellite radar altimetry height measurements and the approach taken for the ACE2 GDEM in areas of large disagreement. dc.contributor.author: Smith, R. G.; Berry, P. A. M.
dc.title: A global assessment of the EnviSat -RA2 performance over non-ocean surfaces. dc.contributor.author: Berry, P. A. M.; Smith, R. G.
dc.title: An enhanced ocean and coastal zone retracking technique for gravity field computation. dc.contributor.author: Berry, P. A. M.; Freeman, Jennifer A.; Smith, R. G.
dc.title: Rainforest canopy mapping - A unique snapshot from the new GDEM, ACE2 dc.contributor.author: Smith, R. G.; Berry, P. A. M.
dc.title: ACE2- Global Digital Elevation Model. dc.contributor.author: Smith, R. G.; Berry, P. A. M.; Benveniste, J.
dc.title: Analysis of EnviSat RA-2 burst echoes over lake surfaces. dc.contributor.author: Witheridge, S.; Berry, P. A. M.; Smith, R. G.

Key research outputs

Smith RG & Berry PAM (2011), Evaluation of the differences between the SRTM and Satellite Radar Altimetry height measurements and the approach taken for the ACE2 GDEM in areas of large disagreement, J Environ Monit, Vol 13, Iss 6, pp 1646-1652

Berry PAM, Smith RG, Salloway MK & Benveniste J (2012), Global Analysis of EnviSat Burst Echoes Over Inland Water, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol 50, No 5, Part 2, pp 1980-1985, DOI 10.1109/TGRS.2011.2170695

Smith, R.G. & Berry, P.A.M. (2009), The utilisation of Digital Elevation Models in the Monitoring of Global Wetlands. The Proceedings of the Earth Observation and Water Cycle Science; 18th-20th November, ESA ESRIN, Frascati, Italy; ISBN 978-92-9221-238-4

Berry, P.A.M., Garlick, J.D., Smith, R.G., (2007), Near-global validation of the SRTM DEM using satellite radar altimetry, Remote Sensing of Environment, Vol 106 Issue 1 Pages 17-27, DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2006.07.011

Michailovsky C, McEnnis S, Berry PAM, Smith R & Bauer-Gottwein P (2012), River Monitoring from Satellite Radar Altimetry in the Zambezi River Basin, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 16, pp 2181-2192, DOI 10.5194/hessd-9-3203-201

Research interests/expertise

Security of Critical Systems and Operational Technology, Industrial Control Systems, Satellite risk frameworks, Forensics, Vulnerability Assessment, incident response, total network defence, sociotechnical security

Areas of teaching

Industrial Control System Securit

Security management

Penetration testing

Risk analysis

Qualifications

PhD – Space Geodesy

MSc – Distributed Systems Integration

BSc(Hons) – Computing & Electronics

Membership of external committees

RITICS Research Institute in Trustworthy Inter-connected Cyber-physical Systems 2018 – Present

Membership of professional associations and societies

Member of American Geophysical Union 2008-2010

Forthcoming events

Conference attendance

ICS Capture the Flag – ICS Village by invite

April 2018 – RSA, San Francisco, USA

October 2018 – BruCon, Ghent, Belgium

GREAT Festival of Innovation – Hong Kong

Cyber Security demonstrator

Cyber Security Challenge Masterclass November 2017 London

A Freight shipping company scenario was created for the Cyber Security challenge Masterclass, with a realistic network created incorporating elements from Cisco, Checkpoint and DarkTrace. Participants: White Team: 冈本视频, Airbus Group and BT; Red Team: BT; Blue Team: Cyber Security Challenge Masterclass contestants.

Organising committee INISCOM 2016, ICS-CSR 2017, 2018, 2019

Invited Talks Tackling Cyber-Enabled Crime: Delivering an Effective and Efficient Response, 2015, Westminster Briefing

Panel Chair InfoSec Europe 2018, Protecting Critical National Infrastructure, RITICS Spring Showcase 2019

European Geophysical Union General Assembly 2008, Vienna, Austria 13th – 18th April 2008.

ORAL

Andersen, O. B.; Bauer-Gottwein, P .; Smith, R.; Berry, P. ; Krogh, P. E., (2008), Terrestrial Water Storage Monitoring from GRACE and Satellite Altimetry in the Okawango Delta (Botswana) (solicited).

POSTER

Berry, P.; Smith, R.; Benveniste, J., (2008), Representation of global inland water heights within the forthcoming ACE2 GDEM.

IAG International Symposium on Gravity, Geoid & Earth Observation 2008, Chania, Crete, 23-27th June 2008.

POSTER

Smith, R.G.; Berry, P.A.M.
ACE2 New Global Digital Elevation Model: Case Studies of Rainforest & Dunes.
IAG International Symposium on Gravity, Geoid & Earth Observation 2008, Chania, Crete, 23-27th June 2008.

Smith, R.G.; Berry, P.A.M.
Representation of rivers and Lakes within the forthcoming ACE2 GDEM.
IAG International Symposium on Gravity, Geoid & Earth Observation 2008, Chania, Crete, 23-27th June 2008.

Freeman J. A.; Berry P.A.M.; Smith R.G.
An Enhanced Ocean and Coastal Zone Retracking Technique for Gravity Field Computation
IAG International Symposium on Gravity, Geoid & Earth Observation 2008, Chania, Crete, 23-27th June 2008.

Attwood, L.A.; Berry, P.A.M.; Smith, R.G.
Monitoring River systems using multi-mission Satellite Radar Altimetry.
IAG International Symposium on Gravity, Geoid & Earth Observation 2008, Chania, Crete, 23-27th June 2008.

American Geophysical Union Symposium December 2008 San Francisco.

Hydrogeodesy: Space Geodetic Applications for Hydrology. Session Chair.

ORAL

Berry, P A, Smith, R G, Benveniste, J, Wheeler, J (2008), Global Inland Water Levels From Multi-Mission Satellite Radar Altimetry: A Quantitative Assessment of Current Capabilities and Future Potential, Eos Trans. AGU, 89(53), Fall Meet. Suppl.

POSTER

Smith, R G, Berry, P A, Benveniste, J, (2008) Representation of Hydrological Information Within the Forthcoming new GDEM, ACE2, Eos Trans. AGU, 89(53), Fall Meet. Suppl.

European Geophysical Union General Assembly 2008, Vienna, Austria 19th – 24th April 2009

ORAL

P.A.M. Berry, L. Attwood, J. L. Wheeler, J. Benveniste, and R. G. Smith, (2009), A Quantitative Global Assessment of Inland Water Measurement Capability using Multi-Mission Satellite Radar Altimetry, EGU General Assembly 2009, Vienna, Austria 19th – 24th April.

POSTER

P.A.M. Berry, R.G. Smith, and J. Benveniste, (2009), The development of a new Global Digital Elevation Model, ACE2, EGU General Assembly 2009, Vienna, Austria 19th – 24th April.

R.G. Smith and P.A.M Berry, (2009), ACE2 Regional Enhancement of the SRTM using Satellite Radar Altimetry methodology, EGU General Assembly 2008, Vienna, Austria 19th – 24th April.

American Geophysical Union Symposium December 2009 San Francisco.

Did not attend, papers given by international co-author.

Berry, P A, Smith, R G, Benveniste, J, (2009) Future Altimeter Missions Capability in the Coastal Zone, Eos Trans. AGU, 90(52), Fall Meet. Suppl.

Benveniste, J, Berry, P A, Smith, R G, Wheeler, J, (2009) Global Inland Water Monitoring in Near Real Time: Current Capability and Future Prospects, Eos Trans. AGU, 90(52), Fall Meet. Suppl.

European Geophysical Union Symposium May 2010

POSTER:

Global River and Lake Height Measurement using Satellite Radar Altimetry. Philippa A.M. Berry, Richard G. Smith, James Wheeler, and Jerome Benveniste.

Earth observation and water cycle science, ESRIN 18th – 20th November 2010

ORAL

P.A.M. Berry, R.G.Smith, S.Witheridge, 2009. The Global Characterization of Inland Surface Water Observed with the EnviSat Individual Echoes. The Proceedings of the Earth Observation and Water Cycle Science; 18th-20th November, ESA ESRIN, Frascati, Italy; ISBN 978-92-9221-238-4.

J. Wheeler, P.A.M. Berry, R.G.Smith, J.Benveniste, 2009. The ESA Near Real Time River and Lake System. The Proceedings of the Earth Observation and Water Cycle Science; 18th-20th November, ESA ESRIN, Frascati, Italy; ISBN 978-92-9221-238-4.

POSTER

R.G Smith, P.A.M. Berry, 2009. The utilisation of Digital Elevation Models in the Monitoring of Global Wetlands. The Proceedings of the Earth Observation and Water Cycle Science; 18th-20th November, ESA ESRIN, Frascati, Italy; ISBN 978-92-9221-238-4.

P.A.M. Berry, J. Wheeler, R.G. Smith, 2009. Inland Water Monitoring from Multi-mission Satellite Radar Altimetry - Current Status and Future capability. The Proceedings of the Earth Observation and Water Cycle Science; 18th-20th November, ESA ESRIN, Frascati, Italy; ISBN 978-92-9221-238-4.

P.Chamelo, P.A.M. Berry, R.G Smith, 2009. Lake Volume change by Drainage Basin from Satellite Radar Altimetry. The Proceedings of the Earth Observation and Water Cycle Science; 18th-20th November, ESA ESRIN, Frascati, Italy; ISBN 978-92-9221-238-4.

Oceans from Space, Venice, Italy 26th – 30th April 2010

Did not attend paper given by international co-author

POSTER

C. Martin-Puig, P. Berry, R. Smith, C. Gommenginger , G. Ruffini, P. Cipollini, L. Stenseng, O. Anderssen, D. Cotton, J. Benveniste, S. Dinardo, (2010), SAR Altimetry Over Water Surfaces, Oceans from Space, Venice, Italy 26th – 30th April.

ESA Living Planet Symposium, Bergen, Norway, 27th June - 2nd July 2010.

Oral presentations:

P.A.M.Berry, R.G. Smith, S. Witheridge, J. Wheeler, 2010. Global Inland water monitoring from Satellite Radar Altimetry - a glimpse into the future.

P.A.M. Berry & R.G. Smith, 2010. A Global Assessment of the EnviSat RA-2 performance over non-ocean surfaces. ESA Living Planet Symposium, Bergen, Norway, 27th June - 2nd July.

R.G. Smith, P.A.M.Berry, J.Benveniste, 2010. ACE2: Global Digital Elevation Model.

Cotton, David; Andersen, Ole Baltazar; Berry, Philippa; Cipollini, Paolo; Gommenginger, Christine; Stenseng, Lars; Benveniste, Jerome ; Dinardo, Salvatore; Martin-Puig, Cristina, 2010. The SAMOSA Project: Assessing the Potential of SAR Altimetry Over Water Surfaces.

R.G. Smith, P.A.M.Berry, 2010. Rainforest Canopy Mapping - a Unique Snapshot from the new GDEM, ACE2.

S. Witheridge, P.A.M.Berry, R.G. Smith, 2010. Analysis of EnviSat RA-2 Burst Echoes over Lake surfaces.

J. Wheeler, P.A.M.Berry, R.G. Smith, J. Benveniste, 2010. The ESA Near-Real-Time River & Lake Processor.

International Gravity Field Service (IGFS) September 2010, Fairbanks, Alaska.

Did not attend, papers given by colleague from DNSC.

Oral paper:

Berry, P.A.M. & Smith R.G., (2010) The new Global Digital Elevation Model ACE2.

International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) General Assembly, June/July 2011, Melbourne, Australia

ORAL

Smith, R.G. & Berry, P.A.M. (2011), Intercomparison of the ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model with multi-mission satellite Radar Altimetry and other DEMs, IUGG 2011 general assembly, 28th June – 7th July 2011, Melbourne, Australia.

Berry, P.A.M., Salloway, M. K., Smith, R.G. & Benveniste, J. (2011), Global inland water monitoring from satellite radar altimetry a glimpse into the future, IUGG 2011 general assembly, 28th June – 7th July 2011, Melbourne, Australia.

Externally funded research grants information

Title: ACE2 Funder: ESA ESRIN

Amount: 114 KEuro Type: Research and development Period: 2008 – 2010 Role: Contract Prime Collaborators: None.

Title: River and Lake Modelling Funder: ESA ESRIN

Amount: 279 KEuro Type: Research and Development Period: 2008 – 2010 Role: Contract PrimeCollaborators: Newcastle University, Technical University of Denmark.

Title: River and Lake Modelling CCN Funder: ESA ESRIN

Amount: 279 KEuro Type: Research and Development Period: 2010 – 2012 Role: Contract Prime Collaborators: Newcastle University, Technical University of Denmark.

Title: SMALT Funder: ESA ESRIN

Amount: 287 KEuro Type: Research and Development Period: 2010 – 2012 Role: Contract Prime.

Collaborators: Technical University of Vienna, STARLAB.

Title: SAMOSA Funder: ESA ESRIN

Amount: 40 KEuro Period: 2008-2010 Role: Subcontractor Collaborators: SatObSys (Prime), STARLAB, NOC (Southampton), DNSC.

Title: SAMOSA CCN Funder: ESA ESRIN

Amount: 34.5 KEuro Type: Research and Development Period: 2010 – 2011.

Role: Subcontractor Collaborators: SatObSys (Prime), STARLAB, NOC (Southampson), DNSC.

Title: Fine Scale Altimetry Funder: SSTL

Amount: 8KEuro Type: Research and Development Period: 2011– 2012 Role: Subcontractor Collaborators: Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (Prime), SatObSys, NOC (Southampson), UK Met Office.