• Professor of Practice, Computer Science & Engineering
Google Scholar Profile
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

     

    Professor Kumar is a Visiting Professor of Cybersecurity, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India.

Industry Experience

    • Twenty years of Industry experience, ranging 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 above 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 of U.S. National Committee Technical Advisory Group, IEC/ISO Joint Technical Committee on Quantum Technologies – 2024-25
  • Member of the Board of Directors, ACT for Metal Health, San Jose – 2022 to present
  • Certified Information Systems Security Professional, awarded by International Information System Security Certification Consortium
  • Certified Information Systems Auditor), awarded by Information Systems Audit and Control Association
  • HealthCare Information Security and Privacy Practitioner, awarded by 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.,Menezes, A., Giri, S. and Kotikela, S. 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. , Kocian, L. and Loo, L. 2024. Blockchain Applications for Cyber Liability Insurance. 2nd International Conference on Blockchain, Cybersecurity and Internet of Things (BCYIoT).
  • Nagar, G. and Kumar, S. 2024. Cyber Security Kill Chain – Tactics and Strategies (Book) Packt Publishers, Birmingham, UK.
  • Kumar, S. and Nagar, G. 2024. Threat Modeling for Cyber Warfare against less Cyber-dependent Adversaries. Abstract accepted at the 23rd European Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security (EWWCS), 27-28 June, Jyväskylä, Finland.
  • Sanchez, H. and Kumar, S. 2011. Twitter bullying detection. ser. NSDI, 12(2011), p.15.
Google Scholar Profile