Top Tier Publications

• 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), Venice, Italy, 1-5 July 2025
• 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), Venice, Italy, 1-5 July 2025
• 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, 9-12 June 2025
• Cyber Security Kill Chain – Tactics and Strategies (Book)
  Nagar, G. and Kumar, S. (2025)
  Packt Publishers, Birmingham, UK, June 2025
• 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, Volume 258, Article 111011, June 2025
• The SUCCESS Framework For SMBs: Bridging Perceptions, Incentives, And Trust For Usable Cybersecurity
  Kumar, S. (2025)
  Ph.D. Thesis, Texas A&M University

Other Publications

Research In Progress

• 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)
• 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)
• AI-Augmented Web Vulnerability Detection: Bridging Static Analysis and Live Attack Simulation for Critical System Defense
  Kumar, S., and Niranjan, M. (2025)
  (in progress)