Ziv Mador

Ziv Mador manages the global security research team at Trustwave SpiderLabs, with a focus on vulnerability assessment, WAF, malware forensics, email security, IDS and web-based attack protection. Mador is a primary spokesperson for the company on aspects related to malware and cybercrime. He has been a regular speaker at security conferences such as AusCERT, FIRST, CARO, ISOI, MSRA and WORM. Prior to his current role, he worked at Microsoft developing a variety of security technologies including antimalware capabilities, IDS/IPS, enterprise firewalls, Windows security and managing the response to zero-day malware for years. He is a 25 year veteran of the security industry and a leading authority on the topic of Internet threats and cybercrime.