• State and Local Government Cybersecurity
• Cybersecurity in Smart Cities and Critical Infrastructure
• Intelligence Analysis, Assessment, and Communication of Cyber Risks
• Technology, Public Safety, and Homeland Security

Brian Nussbaum is an assistant professor in the College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity (CEHC) at the University at Albany. 

His research interests center on security and cybersecurity, with a focus on state and local governments.  His research has looked at state and municipal efforts to deal with terrorism, cyber threats, and how governments assess and respond to novel threats.  

In addition to his work at the University at Albany, he also serves as a fellow of the Cybersecurity Initiative, at New America, and an affiliate scholar at the Center for Internet and Society (CIS) at Stanford Law School.

Prior to the University at Albany, Nussbaum served as a 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 fusion center, the New York State Intelligence Center (NYSIC), and helped to create NYSIC's Cyber Analysis Unit (CAU). 

• Cohen, N.  Nussbaum, B.  (2018) Cybersecurity for the States: Lessons from Across America.  New America.
     
• Nussbaum, B.  Cronemberger, F. (2018) Riding the Train for Free in San Francisco: Ransomware, Denial of Availability, and Extortion in the “Smart City.”  Proceedings of the Linking Organized Crime and Cybercrime (LOCC) conference.  UN Office of Drugs and Crime. 
  
  
• Nussbaum, B.  Park, S. (2018) A Tough Decision Made Easy? Local Government Decision-Making about Contracting for Cybersecurity.  d.go 19th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research. 
  
  
• Nussbaum, B. and Lewis, C.  (2017) Sizing Up People and Process: a Conceptual Lens for Thinking About Cybersecurity in Large and Small Enterprises.  Journal of Cyber Policy. 2(3): 1-16.
  
  
• Nussbaum, B. (2017) Communicating Cyber Intelligence to Non-Technical Customers.  International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence. 30(4): 743-764 
  
  
• Habibzadeh, Hadi.  Xiong, Wei.  Zheleva, Mariya. Stern, Eric.  Nussbaum, Brian.  Soyata, Tolga.  (2017) Smart City Sensing and Communication Sub-Infrastructure.  60th IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS).

• Ph.D., Political Science, 2009, University at Albany
• MA, Political Science, 2007, University at Albany
• B.A., Political Science, 2002, Binghamton University