Rohit Kumar Sharma is a Research Analyst, at the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (MP-IDSA), New Delhi. His areas of research include Internet governance, cybersecurity, cyberinsurance and Israeli domestic politics.
He is a law graduate and holds an M.A. in International Relations from the South Asian University in New Delhi. He also holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Human Rights, International Humanitarian and Refugee Laws from The Indian Society of International Law, New Delhi.
Currently, Rohit is pursuing his Ph.D. from the Centre for West Asian Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University, focusing on the “Cybersecurity policy of Israel: Challenges to Prevention and Mitigation capabilities”. He has contributed to various edited volumes, including Facets of India’s Security: Essays for C. Uday Bhaskar edited by Professor P.R. Kumaraswamy; Politics of Change in Middle East and North Africa since Arab Spring: A Lost Decade?, edited by Dr. Md. Muddassir Quamar and Youth Bloom in GCC, edited by Dr. Sameena Hameed.
In addition to his academic publications, Rohit has also published several web commentaries in Financial Express, Times of Israel Blogs, and MEI@ND.
The Biden administration’s Executive Order on commercial spyware aims to address the challenges posed by unregulated proliferation and misuse of commercial spyware.
The name recognition associated with multilateral organisations like the G-20 and the QUAD provides a useful entry point for creating awareness on cybersecurity issues for the common man.