Game Theory: Understanding Strategy and Deception in Adversarial Conflict

Applying Game Theory to Cybersecurity Conflict

Game theory provides mathematical frameworks for studying strategic decision-making between competitive, rational actors in high-stakes environments.

Modeling the Attacker-Defender Payoff Matrix

Juneau Jones models cyber operations as asymmetric, non-zero-sum games, quantifying the cost of attack versus the cost of defense across various scenarios.

Strategic Deception and Information Asymmetry

Jones examines how introducing honeypots, deceptive telemetry, and artificial delays alters adversary payoff calculations, increasing their operational costs and inducing mistakes.

Optimizing Defensive Resource Allocation

The author demonstrates using game-theoretic models to determine optimal investments in preventative controls versus detection and deception capabilities.