How do models behave in adversarial situations?
I am interested in evaluations that expose bargaining failures, escalation, deception, and brittle judgment instead of measuring only task completion.
AI evaluation / cybersecurity / digital trust
Testing how AI systems behave when the stakes rise.
I am Bryon Miller, a cybersecurity researcher, educator, and PhD candidate. My current work is moving toward AI and LLM evaluation, AI security, and the use of AI to test conventional cyber systems.
Open to research collaboration and evaluation projects
ROLERESEARCHER + EDUCATOR
01 / Questions
What I want to understand
My background is in cybersecurity. The next set of questions sits where security, model behavior, and human judgment meet.
When should people trust an AI-assisted security decision?
That question requires more than an accuracy score. It involves uncertainty, explanation, abuse resistance, and the cost of being wrong.
Where can AI improve conventional security testing?
AI may help find weak assumptions and overlooked attack paths. It can also create new ones. I want to test both sides of that tradeoff.
02 / Selected work
Work in progress and work in print
New AI evaluation work is labeled by status. Published research links to the journal or DOI.
Design / prototype
The Third Chair: Rotating multi-model crisis evaluation
Two models pursue conflicting objectives. A third tries to reduce danger without erasing either side's legitimate goals. Then the roles rotate.
Project detailsFour Foreign Forces: A CTI Analysis of APTs Targeting the U.S.
Bryon Miller
A cyber threat intelligence study of twelve APT groups attributed to China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia, followed by six defensive priorities.
Read publication (opens in a new tab)Best Paper Award, Research Category, IACIS 2020
A Multi-Layer Approach to Detecting and Preventing IoT-Based Botnet Attacks
Bryon Miller and Xihui Zhang
A review of 21 studies that organizes IoT botnet defenses across ISP architecture, technical detection and mitigation, and user behavior.
Read publication (opens in a new tab)3peer-reviewed cybersecurity publications
2020Best Paper Award, IACIS
MS + MBAcybersecurity and information systems
2027expected PhD completion
03 / Current roles
Research, teaching, and program leadership
Director, Computer Science Division and Computer Science Instructor
Northeast Alabama Community College
Leads the division, teaches cybersecurity and computer science, develops programs, and works with regional employers and university partners.
Allied Faculty Instructor and Cybersecurity SME
University of Mount Olive
Develops and teaches online courses in cybersecurity, cloud computing, networking, ethical hacking, and server administration.
On-call Research Engineer
The University of Alabama in Huntsville
Creates and reviews cyber curriculum, labs, assessments, and instructional support materials.
PhD candidate, Information Technology - Information Security
University of the Cumberlands
Expected completion in August 2027.