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Mark Paes is a Researcher in the CERT Division of Carnegie Mellon University's Software Engineering Institute, where he specializes in Human-Centered Security, Privacy, and Risk issues and the incorporation of Artificial Intelligence into security and risk management. Previously, he was a Security and Privacy Architect at MITRE, where he worked on the team developing the PANOPTIC Privacy Threat Model. He previously received his Bachelor's in Business and Master's in Computer Science and is currently pursuing a PhD in Information Security at Purdue CERIAS.