AGGIES Lab | Publications

2025 Publications

The Ethics and Security Risks of AI Note-takers in the Workplace

McCarthy, J., Sax, S., Ishio, J., Gonzalez, J. and Kumar, S. (2025)

5th International Conference on AI Research (ICAIR 2025), Genoa, Italy, 11-12 Dec 2025
Seeds of Deception: Securing AI-Driven Agriculture Against Adversarial Threats

Bhat, R., and Kumar, S. (2025)

5th International Conference on AI Research (ICAIR 2025), Genoa, Italy, 11-12 Dec 2025
The SUCCESS Framework For SMBs: Bridging Perceptions, Incentives, And Trust For Usable Cybersecurity

Kumar, S. (2025)

Ph.D. Thesis, Texas A&M University
AGS-INTEL: Authentic & Granular Source for Intelligence on Breaches

Kumar, S., Parthasarathi, A., and Cho, S. (2025)

5th International Conference on AI Research (ICAIR 2025), Genoa, Italy, 11-12 Dec 2025
TEXAI - XAI powered knowledge base for Texas Law Enforcement

Kumar, S., Vohra, C., Rai, M, and Singh, A. (2025)

5th International Conference on AI Research (ICAIR 2025), Genoa, Italy, 11-12 Dec 2025
AI and Differential Privacy in African Politics

Kumar, S., Gadia, R., and Mordi., A (2025)

5th International Conference on AI Research (ICAIR 2025), Genoa, Italy, 11-12 Dec 2025
Cracking the Chip: AI-Powered Security for Semiconductor Threats

Kumar, S., Oruganti, S., and Virk, I. (2025)

5th International Conference on AI Research (ICAIR 2025), Genoa, Italy, 11-12 Dec 2025
Cybersecurity of Energy Systems

Kumar, S., Tripathi, K., and Das, S. (2025)

in Method of Process Systems in Energy Systems: Emerging Energy Systems Part II. 1st edn. [Volume 9]. Available at: Elsevier
From Process Design to Control: Advancing Instrumented Energy Systems for Sustainable and Efficient Operations

Bang, M., Gupta, A., Kumar, S. and Tripathi, K. (2025)

in Method of Process Systems in Energy Systems: Emerging Energy Systems Part II. 1st edn. [Volume 9]. Available at: Elsevier
Demystifying the Perceptions Gap Between Designers and Practitioners in Two Security Standards

Kumar, S., Crowe, E., and Gu, G. (2025)

10th IEEE European Symposium on Security and Privacy (Euro S&P 2025), July 1-5, Venice, Italy
Incentivizing Security Excellence in Cyber Liability Insurance

Kumar, S., Dewitte, P., and Gu, G. (2025)

10th IEEE European Symposium on Security and Privacy (Euro S&P 2025), July 1-5, Venice, Italy
Cyber Threats to Nuclear Safety: Game Theory Strategies for Enhanced Deterrence

Kumar, S., Yim, M., Agarwal, A., Garg, A., and Bhatnagar, D. (2025)

24th European Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security (ECCWS), 26-27 June, Kaiserslautern, Germany
Quantum Apocalypse: Fortifying Critical Infrastructure in the Age of Cyber Warfare

Kumar, S., Klappenecker, A., Brown, G., and Saravanan, S. (2025)

24th European Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security (ECCWS), 26-27 June, Kaiserslautern, Germany
NATO Self-Defense – Is Article 5 the Right Framework for Responding to Sub-kinetic Cyber Aggression?

Kumar, S., Brown, G., Ragavan, S., Cerrato, M., and Nagar, G. (2025)

24th European Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security (ECCWS), 26-27 June, Kaiserslautern, Germany
Building Trust in Smart TVs: AI-Enhanced Cybersecurity for Privacy and Ethical Monetization

Singh, N., Kumar, S., Singh, T., and Kumar, P. (2025)

24th European Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security (ECCWS), 26-27 June, Kaiserslautern, Germany
Securing the Skies: Innovating Cybersecurity Governance for India’s Emerging Small Airports

Kumar, S., Gangwar, S.P., Singh, N., and Pagaria, R., Garg, A. (2025)

24th European Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security (ECCWS), 26-27 June, Kaiserslautern, Germany
Enhancing Government Efficiency Through Cybersecurity Hardening

Kumar, S., Garg, A., and Niranjan, M. (2025)

26th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research – dg.o, Porto Alegre City, Brazil
Cyber Security Kill Chain – Tactics and Strategies (Book)

Nagar, G. and Kumar, S. (2025)

Packt Publishers, Birmingham, UK
Impact of AI in Social Media: Addressing Cyber Crimes and Gender Dynamics

Kumar, S., Menezes, A., Agrawal, G., Bajaj, N., Naren, M., and Jindal, S. (2025)

12th European Conference on Social Media (ECSM), Porto, Portugal
Humanizing Cyber War: Proposal for a Geneva Convention Equivalent for Cyber Warfare

Kumar, S., Niranjan, M., Nagar, G., Tripathi, K., and Peddoju, S. (2025)

ICCWS 2025, Williamsburg, VA
AI-Driven Cybersecurity Strategies for ISPs: Balancing Threat Mitigation and Monetization

Singh, N., and Kumar, S. (2025)

ICCWS 2025, Williamsburg, VA
Are the Processing Facilities Safe and Secured Against Cyber Threats?

Arunthavanathan, R., Khan, F., Sajid, Z., Amin, T., Kota, R., and Kumar, S. (2025)

*Reliability Engineering & System Safety*, Elsevier, Vol 258, June 2025, p.111011

2024 Publications

What The Phish! Effects of AI on Phishing Attacks and Defence

Kumar, S., Menezes, A., Giri, S., and Kotikela, S. (2024)

4th International Conference on AI Research (ICAIR), Lisbon, Portugal
Blockchain Applications for Cyber Liability Insurance

Kumar, S., Kocian, L., and Loo, L. (2024)

*International Journal on Cybernetics & Informatics (IJCI)*, Vol.13, No.5, October 2024, pp.119–139
Threat Modeling for Cyber Warfare Against Less Cyber-dependent Adversaries

Kumar, S., and Nagar, G. (2024)

ECCWS 2024, Finland

Research In Progress

SUCCESS: A First Step Towards Usable Security Standards for Small Businesses

Kumar, S., Mitrani, A., and Gu, G. (2025)

Annual Computer Security Applications Conference (ACSAC), December 2025, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA (submitted)
Lack of Trust is Killing Zero Trust: A Practitioner-centric Study

Kumar, S., Huang, J., and Gu, G. (2025)

Annual Computer Security Applications Conference (ACSAC), December 2025, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA (submitted)
Cybersecurity Bridges The Gap: Safeguarding Infrastructure From Compromised Cargo Vessels

Kumar, S., Girimaji, S., Koola, P., and Spahiu, A. (2025)

University R&D Showcase, Offshore Technology Conference (OTC 2025), Houston, TX, USA (accepted)
Cyber-Chemical Terrorism: The Convergence of Cyber Warfare and Chemical Threats

Kumar, S., Bajaj, N., Tripathi, K., and Rana, R. (2025)

Journal of Information Warfare (abstract accepted)
Resilience Under Fire: An Information Systems Framework for SME Cybersecurity Amid Kinetic and Cyber Aggression

Kumar, S., Honcharenko, S., Das, S., and Mendoza, A. (2025)

MIS Quarterly (manuscript submitted)
AI powered Insider Threat Detection Algorithm

Bajaj, N., and Kumar, S. (2025)

(in progress)
Enhancing Blockchain Enabled Resilience in the U.S. Beef Supply Chain

Veetil, V., Kaniyamattam, K., and Kumar, S. (2025)

(in progress)
Legal Framework for Space Mining: A Strategic Blueprint for Texas and U.S. Leadership

Kumar, S., Brown, G., and Ragavan, S. (2025)

(in progress)
AI powered Nuclear Security

Kumar, S., Garg, A., and Niranjan, M. (2025)

(in progress)
Securing Privacy in AI Algorithms: Addressing Gender Bias in Social Media

Kumar, S., Garg, A., Menezes, A., Agrawal, G., Niranjan, M., and Das, R. (2025)

(in progress)
Understanding the Trends and Evolution of Mobile Software Vulnerabilities: A Ten-Year Retrospective

Mendoza, A., Kumar, S., Alvarez, A., and Garg, A. (2025)

(in progress)
Transforming Healthcare with AI: Security and Privacy in Remote AI-Enabled Stethoscopes

Kumar, S., Glenwinkel, W., and Singh, A. (2025)

TechConnect World Innovation Conference, June 9–10, Austin, Texas (abstract accepted, Winner: Best Student Abstract Award)
Talk the Talk and Walk the Walk: A User and Data-Centric Approach to Understanding and Improving Security Operations

Kumar, S., Crowe, E., and Gu, G. (2025)

(in progress)
The Psychology of Password Negligence: Examining Present Bias and Hyperbolic Discounting in Personal Cybersecurity Habits

Crowe, E., Ghosh, P., Kumar, S., and Gu, G. (2025)

(in progress)
Cyberbiosecurity: Safeguarding Biological Data and Systems in the Digital Age

Daruka, A., Nigam, A., and Kumar, S. (2025)

WiCyS 2025 Conference, April 2–5, Dallas, TX (poster accepted)
Scaling Mentorship with AI: Transforming Student Support for Holistic Development

Kumar, S., and Garg, A. (2025)

(in progress)
AI-Driven Detection and Prevention of Gender-Based Bullying in eSports

Kumar, S., Agrawal, G., Menezes, A., Hoyt, G., and Bajaj, N. (2025)

(in progress)
Ransomware and Cyber Liability Insurance: Business Risks and Complexity

Kumar, S., and Kumar, A. (2025)

(in progress)
Adaptive AI Sentinels Against Phishing Attacks: Democratizing Cybersecurity through Interactive Learning

Kumar, S., Pagaria, R., and Xiong, J. (2025)

(in progress)
AI-Augmented Web Vulnerability Detection: Bridging Static Analysis and Live Attack Simulation for Critical System Defense

Kumar, S., and Niranjan, M. (2025)

(in progress)