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Acknowledgement<\/em> - My research on cyber risk and resilience management at MIT has been generously funded over the years by Liberty Mutual<\/strong>, KPMG<\/strong>, Asvin<\/strong>, Gallagher Re<\/strong>, IPA Japan<\/strong>, and Cisco, <\/strong>amounting to over USD one million<\/strong> in funding with me leading multiple industry-collaborative research projects.<\/p>\n

Research Projects<\/h4>\n

My current research on cyber risk and resilience management (CRRM) at MIT Sloan revolves broadly around solving societal and corporate research challenges pertaining to the topics of<\/p>\n

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    Scaling cyber insurance markets using financial securitization solutions such as catastrophe (CAT) bonds.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Strategic cyber resilience in critical enterprise infrastructures.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Systemic (accumulation) cyber risk management for enterprises.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Cyber insurance in the age of AI.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Enterprise cybersecurity management in work-from-home (WFH) environments.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Cyber risk management in industrial control systems.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Cyber risk management for AI and software supply chain networks.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Cyber risk management for quantum technology driven digital businesses.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    AI-driven email and deepfake phishing management for enterprises.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    In all these projects, I take delight in proposing case-study based, data-driven, and quantitative interdisciplinary solutions to existing fundamental challenges that pose a practical bottleneck to (cost) effective CRRM. I always strive for originality, corporate value, and socio-economic significance in my solutions.<\/p>\n

    Research Tools<\/h4>\n

    My research tools comprise an inter-disciplinary suite, broadly rooted in decision and data science<\/strong> (statistics, game theory, mechanism design, optimization, system dynamics, AI, machine learning), algorithmics<\/strong> (algorithms, randomized algorithms, approximation algorithms), economics<\/strong> (microeconomics, behavioral economics), and applied probability<\/strong> (stochastic processes, Monte Carlo simulations, and queueing theory).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Acknowledgement – My research on cyber risk and resilience management at MIT has been generously funded over the years by Liberty Mutual, KPMG, Asvin, Gallagher Re, IPA Japan, and Cisco, amounting to over USD one million in funding with me leading multiple industry-collaborative research projects. 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