Arun Narasimhan

Arun Narasimhan is a recognized Cybersecurity and Internet of Things(IoT) expert with over a decade of experience working at companies like Google & Microsoft. As a Senior Software Engineer and Tech Lead Manager, he spearheaded the development of anti-spam and anti-abuse solutions for Google Messages, safeguarding billions of users. He had built security solutions for large scale IoT platforms at Google Nest in collaboration with ADT, which won the CES 2023 Innovation Award. Currently, he chairs the IoT committee at M3AAWG, an industry consortium combating online threats like bots, malware, and DoS attacks. Narasimhan's expertise lies in leveraging cutting-edge technologies, including generative AI and large language models, to create innovative user experiences and enhance security across platforms. He holds a Masters degree in Computer Science from Georgia Tech, USA.

Talks

Guest lecture at Trust & Safety Academy, Africa - Mar 1, 2025
API World Virtual Session - World's largest API Conference & Expo - Nov 14, 2024
API World - World's largest API Conference & Expo at Santa Clara, CA - Nov 7, 2024
Public Interest Social Media Solutions Workshop at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA - July 31, 2024
Talk on 'Safety by Design' at the Trust and Safety Workshop held by the Ghana Internet Safety Foundation - June 1, 2024

Articles

Global momentum builds toward secure IoT ecosystems @ M3AAWG - Aug 18, 2025
AI-powered cybersecurity convergence from edge to cloud @ The AI Journal - Feb 14, 2025
Towards a Global IoT Security Paradigm @ Infosecurity Magazine - Nov 29, 2024
From check-in to check-out: Ensuring cybersecurity in hospitality @ Security Magazine - July 15, 2024

Current Positions

Senior Software Engineer / Tech Lead Manager @ Google
Chair of IoT committee @ Messaging, Malware, Mobile Anti-Abuse Working Group, a global industry consortium to advance security and help prevent online abuse
Advisor @ Africa Online Safety Platform, a non-profit which provides resources, research and funding for a safer internet in Africa
Faculty @ Trust & Safety Africa Academy, a non-profit that equips African professionals to build safe digital ecosystems
Reviewer for the following journals

Media & Awards

CES 2023 Innovation Award recipient
- ADT + Google
- https://newsroom.adt.com/corporate-news/new-adt-app-creates-seamless-user-experience
Google's COVID response project
- Volunteered and built a project to help doctors remotely monitor patients in hospitals during peak COVID in 2020. Received an award from Rick Osterloh, SVP @ Google.
- Blog Post - When My Mom Sewed Masks and I Wrote Code
- Google HOW Award recipient
- https://techcrunch.com/2020/05/11/mount-sinai-deploys-google-nest-cameras-for-covid-19-patient-monitoring-and-communication/
- https://www.cnet.com/culture/googles-nest-cameras-help-monitor-coronavirus-patients-at-mount-sinai-hospital/
- https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/mount-sinai-using-google-nest-monitor-patients-reducing-person-contact
Generative AI
- https://www.androidpolice.com/gboard-proofread-ai-beta/
- https://www.business-standard.com/technology/tech-news/google-tests-ai-powered-proofread-feature-in-gboard-keyboard-details-here-123091100470_1.html
Nest's Device Access program
- https://9to5google.com/2020/09/22/google-nest-devices-access/
- https://developers.googleblog.com/2020/09/google-nest-device-access-console.html
Smart Home security
- https://www.wsj.com/articles/home-security-company-adt-betting-on-google-partnership-to-build-revenue-11624872600
- https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/3/21352360/google-adt-investment-nest-smart-home-security-alarms-machine-learning-alerts

Volunteering

Judge at CES Innovation Awards 2025, the most powerful tech event in the world
U.S. National Science Foundation reviewer for Cybersecurity in 2024 & 2025
Judge at API World Hackathon 2024, the World’s Largest API + Cloud Integration Hackathon
Judge at Trust & Safety Hackathon 2024.
Mentored high school kids at Mountain House High School. Judge at Mountain Hacks 2024.
Judge at CS Base Climate Hack 2024

Projects

A side project coded in my basement. Join the Waitlist

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