Etay Maor is an executive security advisor at IBM Security, where he leads security and fraud-fighting awareness and research. A security evangelist, Maor regularly presents at industry events and academic master classes as well as volunteers for educational security awareness programs.
Previously, Maor was the head of RSA's Cyber Threats Research Labs, where he managed malware research and intelligence teams and was part of cutting-edge security research.
Maor holds a BA in computer science and an MA in counterterrorism and cyberterrorism. He was a teaching assistant for an Introduction to Cybersecurity course at Shenkar College in Israel and has contributed to the International Institute for Counterterrorism on cybersecurity and cyberterrorism topics.
Maor moved to Boston from Israel in 2015.
The following are some of the conferences where Maor presented: 2015 Infosec World; 2014 Singapore GovWare; 2014 ISCD Hungary; 2014 RSA Asia; 2014 Disruptive Innovation in Security Technology (URJC Summer University Course, Madrid); 2014 RSA USA; 2014 DCOI (Defensive Cyberspace Operations & Intelligence); 2014 IBM Pulse; 2014 IBM Impact; 2013 RSA Europe; 2013 UK Payment Council; 2013 INSS (Institute for National Security Studies); 2012 APWG; 2012 Technion TCE; 2011 FST Singapore and 2010 ITWeb (South Africa).
