Arik Atar

Arik Atar is a senior threat intelligence researcher at Radware, where he helps identify security vulnerabilities, thwart attacks in real-time, and proactively mitigate potential attacks for clients. He brings a wealth of experience in cyber threat hunting, combining strategic cyber threat analysis with social psychology. Prior to Radware, Arik worked at PerimeterX, where he focused on researching underground bot-for-hire marketplaces, leveraging his expertise in threat hunting to mitigate Denial-Of-Inventory and Account-Take-Over attacks. Before that, he joined Bright Data where he led investigations against high-profile proxy users, uncovering and addressing cyber adversaries' tactics, particularly in DDoS and bot attacks. Arik has delivered keynote speeches at conferences such as Defcon, APIParis, and “The-Fraud -Fighters' Cyber Defenders meetups. Arik studied counterterrorism and international relations at IDC University, which assisted in shaping the strategic macro perspective he uses in threat actor research.