dr. A. Abhishta (Abhishta)

Assistant Professor
BMS-HBE-IEBIS
Ravelijn 3351
s.abhishta@utwente.nl
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Abhishta is an assistant professor at the Industrial Engineering and Business Information Systems group at University of Twente.

His research focuses on empirically measuring the economic/financial impact of cyber attacks. In order to do so he devices/adapts data-driven economic impact assessment techniques. He looks to help organisations make well-measured investments in security.

His doctoral research was funded under NWO project D3 ā€“ Distributed Denial-of-Service Defense: protecting schools and other public organizations. You can access a copy of his doctoral thesis here.

Other than finding (un)cool methods of finding the ā€œdevilā€ in financial details he is also involved in teaching and guiding students. From time to time he also delivers lectures to executives and collaborates with companies to help them with security decision making. He is also a member of behavioural data science incubator at the faculty of BMS at the university, where he contributes to solving social science problems using data science.

Expertise

  • Computer Science

    • Attack
    • Distributed Denial of Service Attack
    • Malware
    • Attackers
    • Models
    • Events
    • Provider Service
    • Customer Behavior

Organisations

Abhishta is an assistant professor at theĀ Industrial Engineering and Business Information SystemsĀ group atĀ University of Twente.

His research focuses on empirically measuring the economic/financial impact of cyber attacks. In order to do so he devices/adapts data-driven economic impact assessment techniques. He looks to help organisations make well-measured investments in security.

His doctoral research was funded under NWO projectĀ D3 ā€“ Distributed Denial-of-Service Defense: protecting schools and other public organizations. You can access a copy of his doctoral thesisĀ here.

Ā Other than finding (un)cool methods of finding the ā€œdevilā€ in financial details he is also involved in teaching and guiding students. From time to time he also delivers lectures to executives and collaborates with companies to help them with security decision making. He is also a member of behavioural data science incubator at the faculty of BMS at the university, where he contributes to solving social science problems using data science.

Publications

2024
Measuring Malware Detection Capability for Security Decision Making. Haq, M. Y. M., Abhishta, A., Zeijlemaker, S., Chau, A., Siegel, M. & Nieuwenhuis, L. J. M.Deception in double extortion ransomware attacks: An analysis of profitability and credibility, Article 103670. Meurs, T., Cartwright, E., Cartwright, A., Junger, M. & Abhishta, A.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cose.2023.103670Understanding Digital Sovereignty: A Textual Analysis Of EU Policy DocumentsIn Proceedings of the 32nd European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS). Anand, S., Abhishta, A. & Nieuwenhuis, L. J. M.https://aisel.aisnet.org/treos_ecis2024/8
2023
Ransomware Economics: A Two-Step Approach To Model Ransom PaidIn Symposium on Electronic Crime Research, eCrime 2023 (E-pub ahead of print/First online). Meurs, T., Cartwright, E., Cartwright, A., Junger, M., Hoheisel, R., Tews, E. & Abhishta, A.Assessing Network Operator Actions to Enhance Digital Sovereignty and Strengthen Network Resilience: A Longitudinal Analysis during the Russia-Ukraine ConflictIn 2023 IEEE European Symposium on Security and Privacy Workshops (EuroS&PW), Article 10190662 (pp. 487-494). IEEE. Haq, M. Y. M., Abhishta, A., Sommese, R., Jonker, M. & Nieuwenhuis, L. J. M.https://doi.org/10.1109/EuroSPW59978.2023.00060Industry 4.0 and healthcare: Context, applications, benefits and challenges, 195-248. Kotzias, K., Bukhsh, F. A., Arachchige, J. J., Daneva, M. & Abhishta, A.https://doi.org/10.1049/sfw2.12074PrefaceIn Enterprise Applications, Markets and Services in the Finance Industry: 11th International Workshop, FinanceCom 2022, Twente, The Netherlands, August 23ā€“24, 2022, Revised Selected Papers (pp. vii-viii). van Hillegersberg, J., Osterrieder, J., Rabhi, F., Abhishta, A., Marisetty, V. & Huang, X.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-31671-5Role of Culture in Customer Acceptance of NeobanksIn Enterprise Applications, Markets and Services in the Finance Industry: 11th International Workshop, FinanceCom 2022, Twente, The Netherlands, August 23ā€“24, 2022, Revised Selected Papers (pp. 97-116). Springer. Meijer, K., Abhishta, A. & Joosten, R.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-31671-5_7Methodology for Evaluating the Appropriateness of a Business Process for Robotic Process AutomationIn Impact of Artificial Intelligence in Business and Society: Opportunities and Challenges (pp. 105-133). Taylor & Francis. Abhishta, A., Berghuis, L., van Heeswijk, W. & Tursunbayeva, A.https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003304616-8Assessing Network Operator Actions to Enhance Digital Sovereignty and Strengthen Network Resilience: A Longitudinal Analysis during the Russia-Ukraine Conflict. Haq, M. Y. M., Abhishta, A., Sommese, R., Jonker, M. & Nieuwenhuis, L. J. M.

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Courses academic year 2023/2024

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Courses academic year 2022/2023

In the press

  • Inside the business model for botnets ([link])
  • Building Botnets For Fun & Profit with Abhishta ([link])
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