• Professor of Practice, Computer Science & Engineering
  • Affiliated Faculty, Multidisciplinary Engineering
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Shreyas Kumar

Educational Background

  • Ph.D. Computer Science, Texas A&M University – 2025 (expected)
  • MLS, Cybersecurity, Texas A&M University – 2024
  • M.S. Computer Science, Texas A&M University – 2005
  • B.S. Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee – 1999

Research Interests

    • Cybersecurity
    • Cyber warfare
    • Security standards
    • Cyber insurance

Industry Experience

    • Visiting Professor of Cybersecurity, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India.
    • Twenty years of industry experience, from Java programmer to C-level executive.
    • Hands-on Security Architect specializing in Fintech.
    • Designed Uber’s early payment security architecture that protected 60 million payment instruments, dealing with over 15 million trips per day.
    • Wrote the code for the early version of Oracle Access Manager, part of the Oracle Identity Management group of products
    • Designed the security architecture of the Adobe PDF group of products

Certifications & Memberships

  • Member, U.S. National Committee Technical Advisory Group, IEC/ISO Joint Technical Committee on Quantum Technologies – 2024-25
  • Member, Board of Directors, ACT for Metal Health, San Jose – 2022 to present
  • Certified Information Systems Security Professional, International Information System Security Certification Consortium
  • Certified Information Systems Auditor, Information Systems Audit and Control Association
  • HealthCare Information Security and Privacy Practitioner, International Information System Security Certification Consortium

Awards & Honors

  • Academy of Future Faculty Fellow, Center of Teaching Excellence, Texas A&M University – 2024
  • Best Practices in Teaching for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, San Jose State University – 2019

Selected Publications

  • Kumar S., et al. 2024. "What The Phish! Effects of AI on Phishing Attacks and Defence," 4th International Conference on AI Research (ICAIR), 05-06 Dec, Lisbon, Portugal.
  • Kumar, S., et al. 2024. "Blockchain Applications for Cyber Liability Insurance," 2nd International Conference on Blockchain, Cybersecurity and Internet of Things (BCYIoT).
  • Kumar, S., et al. 2024. "Cyber Security Kill Chain – Tactics and Strategies." Packt Publishers, Birmingham, UK.
  • Kumar, S., et al. 2024. "Threat Modeling for Cyber Warfare against less Cyber-dependent Adversaries," 23rd European Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security (EWWCS), 27-28 June, Jyväskylä, Finland.
  • Kumar, S., et al. 2011. "Twitter bullying detection." ser. NSDI, 12(2011), p.15.
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