Rick Wash
Expert on cybersecurity, with a focus on people, organizations, and policy. Phishing, passwords, software updates, hackers, cyberattacks, breaches, online fraud and trust.
Associate Professor, Information College of Letters and Science Information School School of Computer, Data and Information Sciences Work: 734-730-1188 — Home and cell phones available upon request rwash@wisc.edu Home page
Topics
- How can people notice phishing attacks in their inbox or messages? Training people to fight phishing.
- How do people choose passwords? Are tools like password managers helping or hurting people when choosing passwords?
Achievements
- Won the Impact award at SOUPS for significant long-term impact on cybersecurity research, a Google Security and Privacy award, and an NSF CAREER award
- Invited expert for both the US NSF and the US FTC
- Written multiple articles for The Conversation and the Wall Street Journal