Bridget Kane is an information scientist at RAND working at the intersection of cyber policy, intelligence analysis, and artificial intelligence. Her research focuses on cyber threats to critical infrastructure, defensive cyber operations, military applications of artificial intelligence, and space warfare. She recently completed a detail as a Cyber Policy Advisor in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy, where she co-led the Department's Defense Critical Infrastructure (DCI) network protection portfolio, directed interagency analysis on DCI cyber deterrence, and served as a core member of the Department's Cyber Strategy team.
Kane has authored a survey of critical infrastructure threats and examined adversary decision-making and government response options through wargaming to inform national-level risk assessments. Her research also examines AI applications in military intelligence, including adversarial attacks on AI systems and AI-enhanced sense-making. Before joining RAND, Kane worked as a machine learning engineer for Booz Allen Hamilton, developing analytic tools for the National Security Agency and other intelligence community partners.
Kane holds a master of urban spatial analytics from the University of Pennsylvania and a B.A. in anthropology from the University of Pittsburgh.
M.S. in urban spatial analytics, University of Pennsylvania; B.A. in anthropology, University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus
