Arun Vishwanath studies the "people problem" of cyber security. His researchfocuses on improving individual, organizational, and national resilience tocyber attacks by focusing on the weakest links in cyber securityall of usInternet users. Arun's interest is in understanding why organizationalinsiders willingly exfiltrate sensitive organizational data; why people becomeunintentional insiders by falling prey to social engineering attacks thatcome-in through email and social media; and on ways we can harness thisunderstanding to secure cyber space. He also examines how various groups-criminal syndicates, terrorist networks, hacktivists-utilize cyber space tocommit crime, spread mis-information, recruit operatives, and radicalizeothers. Arun's research on improving cyber resilience against online socialengineering has been funded by the National Science Foundation. He has writtenand published over two-dozen articles on technology users and cyber securityissues and his research has been presented to principals at national securityand law enforcement agencies around the world. Arun's research has also beenfeatured on CNN, USA Today, Politico, and many other national andinternational news outlets.
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