Max Kilger

Max Kilger is an Associate Professor in Practice in the Department of Information Systems & Cyber Security at the University of Texas at San Antonio and Director of the Masters in Data Analytics Program. Max received his Ph.D. in Social Psychology from Stanford University. He has over 17 years of experience in the area of information security concentrating on the social and psychological factors motivating malicious online actors, hacking groups and cyberterrorists. Max has written and co-authored a number of journal articles, book chapters and books on profiling, the social structure of the hacking community, cyberviolence and the emergence of cyberterrorism. He co-authored the popular book Reverse Deception: Organized Cyberthreat Counter-Exploitation and has just co-authored his second book Deception in the Digital Age. Max was a member of a National Academy of Engineering committee dedicated to make recommendations for combating terrorism. He is also a member of a multinational instructional team for a NATO counterterrorism course and a faculty member of the Cyber Center for Security and Analytics. Max is a frequent national and international speaker to information security forums, federal law enforcement, the military and the intelligence communities.

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