Aakanksha Tewari is a Privacy Research Specialist at TrustArc since September 2022, previously serving as a Postdoctoral Researcher at Ryerson University from January 2021 to January 2022. Aakanksha's academic background includes a Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Engineering from the National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra, where research focused on Lightweight Authentication Schemes for Internet of Things devices. Additional roles include Senior Research Fellow and Junior Research Fellow at the same institution, addressing projects related to spam and phishing email detection. Aakanksha holds a Master of Technology in Computer Engineering and a Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science and Engineering from the National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra and Chatrapati Sahuji Maharaj Kanpur University, respectively.