Born and Raised in Tel Aviv, Israel, Keren Elazari has been a key member of the Israeli Cyber Security & Hacking scene for more than 10 years. Since 2000, Keren has been employed with leading Israeli security firms, government organizations, Big 4 and Fortune 500 companies. Keren holds a CISSP security certification, a BA in History and Philosophy of Science and is studying towards an MA in Security Studies from Tel Aviv University. Before taking up her current position of Teaching Fellow – Security with Singularity University, In Mountain View , California, Keren was focused on developing innovative methods and tools for detecting advanced cyber threats, working with Verint Systems (NASDAQ: VRNT). Keren has organized, hosted and participated at international security events such as Y2Hack04 & ILHack09 in Tel Aviv, ITBN 2007 Security Day in Budapest, co-chaired IDC Herzliya Cyber Terrorism Workshop in 2010, and NATO International conference on Cyber Conflict in 2011 and 2012. Keren is fluent in Hebrew & English, and likes to practice Aikido and travel the world.