Munish Walther-Puri

IANS Faculty

Expertise

  • Risk Management
  • Critical Infrastructure
  • Supply Chain Security
  • Vendor & Partner Management
  • Data Breaches

Profile

Munish Walther-Puri is a security strategist and risk advisor specializing in cybersecurity, critical infrastructure, and geopolitics. He served as the inaugural Director of Cyber Risk for New York City Cyber Command. His expertise spans cyber strategy, supply chain security, state and local cybersecurity, critical infrastructure incidents, and geopolitical analysis. He has worked with startups, financial institutions, and think tanks, focusing on the intersection of cyber risk, technology, intelligence, and national security. Munish is an adjunct fellow at the Institute for Security & Technology and adjunct faculty member at NYU CGA.

Expertise

  • Risk Management
  • Critical Infrastructure
  • Supply Chain Security
  • Vendor & Partner Management
  • Data Breaches

Qualifications

Achievements & Contributions
  • Inaugural Liaison Officer for Critical Infrastructure for NYC (2021-2022)
  • ODNI-DHS Analyst Exchange Program Alum (2018-2019)
Certifications & Credentials
  • Yale Cyber Fellow (2021)
  • Harvard  Negotiation Program Fellow (2008)
  • CISSP, CTPRP, FAIR, GICSP

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