MS CRS alumni were asked to reflect on their program experience and the value of their degree:

Jacob Helberg’s (MS CRS ’20) The Wires of War: Technology and the Global Struggle for Power, was published on October 12 by the Avid Reader Press imprint of Simon & Schuster. In addition to providing technical background on cybersecurity, the book outlines his views on the current tensions between the United States and China. Helberg, a recent graduate of NYU Law – Tandon Master’s Program in Cybersecurity Risk and Strategy (MSCRS) was interviewed on the eve of his book’s publication. Please click below to read the interview.
Jacob Helberg
Senior Adviser
Stanford University Center on Geopolitics and Technology
Class of 2020
To learn more about our students and alumni, please explore the student spotlights below:

Kelly Keiter
SVP, Cyber-Crime Senior Specialist, Bank of America
Class of 2022

Tenoch Aguilar
Deputy Legal Attaché
FBI
Class of 2022
Barry Brunsman
Principal, Advisory
KPMG
Class of 2022
Aaron Sawchuk
Vice President
Blackberry
Class of 2022
Kavitha Mariappan
Executive Vice President
Zscaler
Class of 2022
Bethany Mayer
Former CEO, Ixia (Acquired by Keysight Technologies)
Independent Board Director, Box, Lam Research, Marvell Semiconductor, Sempra Energy
Class of 2022
Courtney Adante
President
Teneo Risk Advisory
Class of 2022
Brian Kenny
COO, Global Legal Department
BNY Mellon
Class of 2021
James Wilkinson
Head of Disaster Recovery | Third-Party Application Reliance
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG Bank)
Veteran: U.S. Army & U.S. Marines
Class of 2021
Bindu Chib
Computer Tech Law Lecturer
Queen Mary University of London
Class of 2021
Michael Mattioli
Vice President & Principal Engineer
Goldman Sachs
Class of 2021

Ni’Ko Boston
Software Engineer II, Microsoft
Founder & CEO, Stealth Mode
Class of 2021
Paula Granger
New York State Empire State Fellow,
NYS Division of Homeland Security & Emergency Services
Veteran: U.S. Army
Class of 2021
William Timmons
Congressman
Veteran: U.S. Air Force
Class of 2021
Andrea Azzolina
Founder & Principal, Dataverse IT
Class of 2020
Stephanie Brody
Technology Audit Department, Goldman Sachs
Class of 2020
Chris Farr
Information Security Advisor, Eli Lilly
Class of 2020
Jarrod Lynn
Special Agent, US Department of State
Veteran: U.S. Army
Class of 2020
Ken Nguyen
Senior Consultant, Amazon Web Services
Class of 2020
Erica Swainson
Senior Director, Commercial, Marketing & Procurement Legal Strategic Projects, Salesforce
Class of 2020

Lawrence Tan
Legal Director, Asia, Telenor Group
Class of 2020

Michael Fitzpatrick
Chief Privacy Officer, City of New York
Class of 2019
Radhika Bajpai
Senior Director – PayPal
Class of 2019
Melanie Gersten
Director, Mastercard
Class of 2019
Chin Hong Hua
Senior Enterprise Sales Engineer, Datadog
Class of 2019
Khalil Jackson
CISO, Federal Reserve Bank of NY
Veteran: U.S. Army
Class of 2019
Michelle Torres
Director, Technology Services, Cybersecurity at NBC Universal
Veteran: U.S. Army
Class of 2019
MS CRS Students Featured in the News
The first graduates of NYU’s interdisciplinary master’s program discuss how it went – and whether it was worth the price.