Keren Elazari

Keren Elazari
Keren Elazari, 2016
Born	1980 (age 36–37) Tel Aviv, Israel
Nationality	Israeli
Education	MA in Security Studies, Tel Aviv University, BA in History & Philosophy of Science, Tel Aviv University
Known for	Author, Security Analyst and Researcher at Tel Aviv University
Website www.k3r3n3.com

Keren Elazari (born 1980) is an Israeli-born cyber security analyst and senior researcher at the Tel Aviv University Interdisciplinary Cyber Research Center with an emphasis on hackers and technology and their social implications. Her research interests include issues of hacktivism, information and cyber punk.

She was born and raised in Tel Aviv.

Keren is a senior researcher at the Tel Aviv University Cyber Security Research Center, As well as adjunct faculty member at Singularity University in California.

Keren's research topics have been concerning the future of Cyber Security, Cyberpunk, Global Hacktivism, Innovation and Creativity learnt from Hackers, Biohacking and more. Her research works and writings about cyber security have been featured by Scientific American, WIRED, CNN, DEFCON and NATO, among others.

In 2014 Keren Elazari became the first Israeli female to give a TED talk. In her talk Elazari claimed that by exposing vulnerabilities, hackers and hacktivists push the Internet to become stronger and healthier, wielding their power to create a better world. Her speech was selected as one of TED's most powerful ideas in 2014.

Keren is the co-author of the book "Women in Tech: Take Your Career to the Next Level with Practical Advice and Inspiring Stories", Sasquatch Books, 2016, ASIN B010ZZYJSI See more at Women_In_Tech