Dr. Michael Coden

Associate Professor

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Biography

Michael Henri Coden is an accomplished research affiliate at MIT Sloan School of Management and serves as Associate Director of the MIT Interdisciplinary Consortium Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity. His research focuses on metricizing cybersecurity risks and actions to measure costs, benefits, and return on investment in reducing or eliminating these risks. Coden employs system dynamics modeling, data analytics, and accident prevention theory to determine optimal strategies for securing the nation's critical infrastructure. He has collaborated with the White House on developing the cybersecurity framework and has been acknowledged for his leadership in the field. A contributor and editor of the ISA/IEC-62443 Cybersecurity Standard, he has published extensively and spoken at major conferences worldwide. With 16 patents to his name, Coden specializes in fiber optic device design, secure network technologies, and secure data protocols. He also holds a significant position as vice president at NextNine Inc., a leading cybersecurity software company.

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