Tal is a cyber-security researcher, returning speaker in the industry's most prestigious event, including BlackHat and RSA Conference, member of the Facebook's exclusive WhiteHat list. One of his most known works was the TIME attack against the HTTPS/SSL protocol. For the last 15 years, Tal had built and lead a few Cyber-Security R&D; teams, mostly in the field of network monitoring for various security problems and protocols: Recently, Tal has led research for Aorato (acquired by Microsoft) as VP for Research. Tal holds M.Sc. and B.Sc degrees in CS/EE from Tel-Aviv University and a CISSP certification.