• Professor of Practice, Computer Science & Engineering
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Shreyas Kumar

Educational Background

  • MLS, Cybersecurity, Texas A&M University – (expected) 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. 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.
  • Nagar, G. and Kumar, S. 2024. Large-Language Models – Information Security Challenges. 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.
  • Kumar, S. 2021. "Securing Business Implementations of Blockchain." Secure World West Coast 202, San Jose, California
  • Kumar, S. and Kurmi, A. 2019. "Best Practices for Identity and Access Management for Public Clouds." ISC2 Security Conference New Orleans USA
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