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Avi Chesla is Chief Technology Officer at Radware, where he is responsible for leading the Company’s strategic technology roadmap and vision. Prior to the CTO position, he led Radware's security division as VP of Security. Mr. Chesla has authored a number of articles for major publications in the areas of advanced network behavioral analysis and information security and has earned numerous patents in these areas. His views on industry trends and best practices have been featured in articles, white papers, and on the conference speaking circuit. He holds a B.S. in physics and mathematics from Tel Aviv University.

Recent articles by Avi Chesla

  • Next Generation Mobile Networks Come with Next Generation Security Threats
    While Long Term Evolution (LTE) networks bring the promise of relieving traffic jams for mobile operators, they also entail new security risks.
  • Software Defined Networking - A New Network Weakness?
    Network virtualization, under the umbrella of Software Defined Networking (SDN), presents an opportunity for network innovation but at the same time introduces a new weakness which will more than likely be targeted once solutions become more commercially available.
  • 5 Threat Trends and 5 Defense Trends for 2013
    The following predictions may help change these static roles, and allow you to look ahead at the upcoming threat trends to proactively plan your defense strategy.
  • The Missing Layer Against Encrypted Attacks
    With an increased level of encrypted traffic on enterprise networks, attackers are taking advantage of this blind spot within the organization’s security model in order to launch attacks over HTTPS more than ever before.
  • Cyber War Rooms: Why IT Needs New Expertise To Combat Today's Cyberattacks
    The characteristics of cyber attack campaigns have fundamentally changed, but tactics to mitigate them as well as best practices employed by IT security organizations has not.
  • Security Expert in a Box - Making Systems More Independent from the Human Factor
    One of the most challenging expectations is that information security systems be able to not only detect attacks, but also prevent or mitigate them in real-time. This demand forces systems to be more independent from the human factor.
  • Software Defined Secured Networking (SDSN)
    Software Defined Secured Networking (SDSN) allows not only for the acceleration of networking innovation, but will also dramatically change the way we think about security.
  • The Need for Resource-Aware Mitigation Technology
    The first thing that comes in mind when hearing about another lethal denial-of-service attack is the massive traffic that the attackers sent in order to take down a service, or to flood the network. But attack trends reveal an emerging threat of DoS attacks by low and slow attack tools.
  • Security Is Not Just About Defense [Part Two]
    To be effective in a counter attack, defenders ideally would like to get as close as possible to each attacker and neutralize his ability to generate the attack traffic. So what techniques should the counterattack contain?
  • Security Is Not Just About Defense [Part One]
    Any competent military commander knows that when put in a defensive position, defense forces are never be able to withstand long and sustained offensive attacks. In the realm of cyber attacks, the concept of a counterattack operation must also play a major role in the defense strategy against emerging cyber threats.