
Keren Elazari
Internet, IT Security, Technology, TED Talk Speaker, Women Speakers
Travels from Israel
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Keren Elazari Profile
TED speaker, Keren Elazari is a globally recognized cybersecurity expert known for her stance that hackers and “hacktivists” can make the Internet a safer place by exposing vulnerabilities and pushing governments and companies to act on them. An advisor to numerous multinational corporations, government organizations, and start-ups, Elazari focuses especially on strengthening IoT devices and inspiring more girls and women to get into the tech industry.
Born in Israel, Elazari is a senior researcher at the Tel Aviv University Cyber Security Research Center and an adjunct professor at Singular University.
She is a contributing writer to WIRED, the Financial Times, and Scientific American, as well as the co-author of the book Women in Tech.
Elazari has spoken at TED, TEDx, TEDMED, DLD, CyCon, DEFCON, RSA Conference and for organizations like Google, eBay, GE, Intel, PayPal, Microsoft, Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, The Young Presidents Organization, KPMG, CitiBank, Carmel Ventures, NATO, WIRED, and Singularity University. Her 2014 TED Talk on how hackers act as the Internet’s immune system was selected as one of TED’s most powerful ideas of that year.
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Keren Elazari, a former hacker turned cyber security expert, is an internationally celebrated speaker and author on matters of cyber security and privacy. Her 2014 TED talk, viewed by millions, helped shape the conversation about hackers and their important role in society.
Keren Elazari brings years of experience in the international cyber security industry to the stage. Since 2000, Keren has worked with leading Israeli security firms, government organizations, Global Big 4 and Fortune 500 companies. Her research work and writing about security trends has been featured by Scientific American, WIRED, GIGAOM, CNN and more. Keren holds a CISSP security certification and MA in Security Studies from the prestigious Security & Technology workshop at Tel Aviv University – where she is a senior researcher with the Interdisciplinary Cyber Research Center. In 2012, Keren held the position of Security Teaching Fellow with Singularity University, a private think tank, founded by Dr. Ray Kurzweil and sponsored by Google & NASA amongst others. Since 2013, Keren covers emerging security technologies as a security industry analyst with GIGAOM research, the leading independent media voice on all matters technology. In 2014, Keren became the first Israeli woman to be invited to speak at the annual TED conference. Keren’s TED talk has been viewed by 1.5 million people online, translated to 25 languages selected for TED’s list of ‘Most Powerful Ideas in 2014’ and for Inc.com’s list of ‘Top TED Talks of 2014’.
Since 2000, Keren has worked with leading IT vendors, government organizations, Big 4 firms and Fortune 500 companies.
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