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Career Highlights
Vitae and Career Synopsis
 | 300+ papers (with 100+ co-authors),
50,000++ Google Scholar Citations, 93 h-index, 32 USA
patents, 40 PhD graduates, 50+
research grants |
| Two highest cited papers in Access Control:
1. RBAC96 paper (click for citation count)
2. NIST standard paper (click for citation count)
| ACM Fellow (2001), IEEE Fellow (2002), AAAS Fellow (2008), National Academy of Inventors Fellow (2021) |
| IEEE Computer Society Technical Achievement Award (2004),
ACM SIGSAC Outstanding Contribution Award (2008), ACM SIGSAC Outstanding Innovation Award (2012), IEEE Innovation in Societal Infrastructure Award (2018)
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| NIST/NSA National Computer Security Conference Best Paper Awards (1992 and 1998)
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Brief Biosketch,
Briefer Biosketch,
Long vita: pdf docx,
Short vita (same as long vita without detailed enumeration): pdf docx |
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Academic Positions Held
| University of Texas at San Antonio, 2007 onwards: Executive Director, Institute for Cyber Security and Lutcher Brown Endowed Chair in Cyber Security (Computer Science) |
| George Mason University, 1995-2007: Professor, 1989-1995: Associate Professor,
(Information and Software Engineering). |
| Ohio State University, 1983-1989: Assistant Professor, 1982-1983:
Instructor (Computer and Information Science). |
Professional Recognition
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National Academy of Inventors Fellow, 2020: See UTSA announcement in
pdf.
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IFIP TC 11 Kristian Beckman Award, 2019: In recognition of significant and long-term contribution to the field of information security in research, education and promotion.
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IEEE Innovation in Societal Infrastructure Award, 2018: For advancing the foundations and practice of information security through creation, development, and technology transfer of role-based access control (RBAC).
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IFIP WG 11.3 Outstanding Research Award, 2017: For outstanding research contributions to the field of data and applications security and privacy that have had lasting impact.
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Society for Information Reuse and Integration Fellow, 2014: For contributions to Applications of Reuse to Capability Access Controls and Service to IRI-2013. |
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ACM SIGSAC Outstanding Innovation Award, 2012: For seminal and highly innovative research contributions to the theory and practice of role and usage-based access control. |
| AAAS Fellow, 2008: For distinguished contributions to cyber security, including seminal role-based access control and usage control models, and for professional leadership in research journals and conferences |
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ACM SIGSAC Outstanding Contribution Award, 2008 |
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IEEE Computer Society Technical Achievement Award, 2004: For outstanding and pioneering contributions to information security including innovation of the role-based access control model and usage control |
| IEEE Fellow, 2002: For contributions to the field of information and system security |
| ACM Fellow, 2001: For technical contributions to the field of information and system security, notably access control models and systems, and professional leadership in research journals and conferences |
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University Recognition
Professional Leadership
| Editor-in-Chief,
IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing (TDSC), Jan 1, 2010 to Dec 31, 2013 |
| Founding General Chair and Steering Committee Chair,
ACM Conference on Data and Application Security and Privacy (CODASPY), 2010 onwards |
| Founding Editor-in-Chief, ACM Transactions on Information & Systems Security (TISSEC), 1997-2004 |
| Chairman, ACM Special Interest Group on Security Audit and Control (SIGSAC), 1995-2003 |
| Conference Founder: ACM CCS (1993),
ACM SACMAT (1995), ACM CODASPY (2011) |
| Security Editor, IEEE Internet Computing, 1998-2004 |
| Conference Steering Committees:
ACM CCS (1993-2003 Chair, 2003-2007 Member),
ACM SACMAT (1995-2008 Chair),
IEEE CSF (1992-2008 Member),
ACM CODASPY (2010- Chair) |
| Conference Program Chair:
IEEE CSF (1991, 1992),
ACM CCS (1993, 1994, 2002),
ACM SACMAT (1995),
ACSAC (1996),
IFIP WG 11.3 (1996),
ACM CSAW (2007),
ACM AsiaCCS (2011),
NSS (2013)
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| Conference General Chair:
IEEE CSF (1993, 1994),
ACM CCS (1996),
ACM SACMAT (2001, 2002),
ACM CODASPY (2011, 2012, 2013) |
Teacher and Educator
Entrepreneur and Consultant
| TriCipher, 2000-2010, Chief Scientist and Co-Founder, Acquired by VMWare in 2010 |
| Consultant to numerous organizations including: McAfee, Trusted Information Systems, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Verizon, SETA Corporation, Argonne National Laboratory, Singapore Management University, Northrop Grumman, Integris Health |
Education
Personal
| US Citizen since 1997. Born in India. Schooled at
Doon
School. Married with two sons. |
| Fond of travel, diverse cultures and Bridge. Avid spectator of sports and current affairs. |
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