Cybersecurity and the Internet’s Immune System With Keren Elazari

Security researcher Keren Elazari talks about why in a zero-trust world it’s helpful to understand cybersecurity not as about putting up barriers, but as maintaining a healthy immune system, how all of us need to become our own chief information security officer—and why that isn’t such a bad thing.

Keren Elazari – Cyber Security Analyst, Author & Researcher 
Senior Researcher at Tel Aviv University Interdisciplinary Cyber Research Center, Israel
Visiting Faculty, Singularity University, Santa Clara, California
Founder, BSidesTLV, Israel’s largest hacker and security research community event

Bio:
Keren Elazari is an internationally recognized security analyst, researcher, writer and speaker. Since 2000, Keren has worked with leading Israeli security firms, government organizations, big 4 and fortune 500 companies. Keren covers emerging security technologies as an independent strategic analyst and advisor. In 2014, Keren became the first Israeli woman to speak at the prestigious TED Conference. Keren’s talk has been viewed by millions, translated to 30 languages, and chosen for TED’s ‘Most Powerful Ideas’ and ‘Top Ted Talks Of 2014’. In 2020, Keren’s TED talk is still one of TED’s most-watched talks on the topic of security and hacking. Keren holds a CISSP certification, an MA in Security Studies, and is currently a senior researcher with the prestigious Interdisciplinary Cyber Research Center at Tel Aviv University. Keren is also a visiting faculty member on topics of cybersecurity with Singularity University, a private think tank in California, and the founder of Israel’s largest security community event, BSidesTLV, part of the global SecurityBSides movement.

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