Brian Nussbaum

Position / Title: 
Affiliate Scholar
Contact: 
padcyber@albany.edu

Brian Nussbaum is an assistant professor in the Department of Public Administration and Policy at the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs at the State University of New York at Albany. His research and teaching focuses on cyber threats, terrorism, homeland security, risk and intelligence analysis, and critical infrastructure protection. Dr. Nussbaum formerly served as Senior Intelligence Analyst with the New York State Office of Counter Terrorism (OCT), a part of the New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services (DHSES). He oversaw both terrorism and cyber threat analysis efforts at New York's designated state fusion center, the New York State Intelligence Center (NYSIC). Dr. Nussbaum served as a subject matter expert on international terrorism, and helped to create NYSIC's Cyber Analysis Unit (CAU). Additionally, Dr. Nussbaum served as the first-ever Visiting Professor of Homeland Defense at the United States Army War College in Carlisle, PA (2012-2013), where he worked with the Homeland Defense and Security Issues (HDSI) group in the Strategic Wargaming Division of the Center for Strategic Leadership and Development (CSLD). Dr. Nussbaum received his PhD and MA in Political Science from the University at Albany and BA in Political Science from Binghamton University. His work has appeared in numerous books and journals including Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, Global Crime, and the Journal of Applied Security Research.