ARUN VISHWANATH

His particular interest is in understanding why people fall prey to social engineering attacks that come in through email and social media, and on ways we can harness this understanding to secure cyberspace. He also examines how various groups-criminal syndicates, terrorist networks, hacktivists-utilize cyberspace to commit crimes, spread misinformation, recruit operatives, and radicalize others... Dr. Vishwanath is an alumnus of the Berkman Klein Center at Harvard University. He was a tenured associate professor at the University at Buffalo and was faculty at Indiana University, Bloomington. He serves as the CTO of Avant Research Group (ARG)-a Buffalo, New York based cyber security research and advisory firm, where he consults for major corporations and government agencies on issues ranging from cybersecurity to consumer protection. He also serves as a distinguished expert for the NSA's Science of Security & Privacy directorate... Arun Vishwanath studies the "people problem" of..