Yaron Avital

DevOps Engineer

Israel21 yrs 6 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Over a decade of experience in software development and security research.
Expertise in Application Security and LLM security at Palo Alto Networks.
Proven track record in leading software teams and innovative research.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Cybersecurity expert with extensive software development experience.

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Skills

Core Skills

Security ResearchPython

Other Skills

.NETASP.NET MVCBuild AutomationBurpC#DatabasesIISJavaScriptLinuxMITMMicrosoft SQL ServerMitmProxyMySQLObject-Oriented Programming (OOP)Python (Programming Language)

About

I’m a cybersecurity pro with a knack for breaking (and fixing) things. I spent a decade as a developer at startups and big companies before jumping into security research. Now, I’m a Principal Researcher at Palo Alto Networks, specializing in AppSec and LLM security.

Experience

Palo alto networks

Principal Security Researcher

Dec 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 3 mos

Cider security (acquired by palo alto networks)

Senior Security Researcher

Feb 2022 – Jan 2023 · 11 mos

Verint

3 roles

Application \ Web Security Researcher

Jan 2018 – Feb 2022 · 4 yrs 1 mo

Cutting-edge innovation center within Verint in the cyber intelligence domain.
I was employed as a web security researcher.
I used Python on (Linux) Ubuntu, with tools such as Burp and MitmProxy.
Performed Android app reversing (using JEB and Frida).
Conducted well-documented ad hoc research.

Security ResearchPythonLinuxBurpMitmProxy

Hands on Software Team Leader

Promoted

May 2016 – Jan 2018 · 1 yr 8 mos

Leading a team of bright software engineers, as the team mentor & lead developer oversee designs & implementations (code-review), site integrations abroad.
Member of the department executive board.

Senior Software Engineer

May 2014 – Apr 2016 · 1 yr 11 mos

Design and implementation of Server Side technologies using C# and C++, Node.js
High end Service-Oriented Server Architecture (SOA).
Information Gathering In the Telecommunication world, specialized with various communications protocols (RTP ,HTTP, VoIP\VoLTE, ETSI ) in several domains (VOIP, Broad Band, mobile packet data, GSM, LTE)
Mentoring DEV group in .Net framework development.

Clearmash

2 roles

Software Team Leader

Promoted

Sep 2010 – Mar 2013 · 2 yrs 6 mos

ClearMash was founded in 2008 in order to provide one platform to solve the knowledge management and process pain in many verticals: contact centres \ Finance industry \ factories

Software Developer core team member

Jun 2008 – Jan 2011 · 2 yrs 7 mos

3rd Employee to join the company.
In the core team we have created all of our company's software infrastructure from scratch to production level.
Development in Microsoft environment using .Net

Verint

Software Developer

Jul 2006 – Jul 2008 · 2 yrs

Development was implemented using .Net framework 2.0 & 3.5
Working with Oracle,Sybase,MS-SQL databases
Both server side and client side (GUI)

Idf

Software Developer

Mar 2003 – Mar 2006 · 3 yrs

Unit 377 responsible of developing military-grade information & operations related solutions
R&D Section
Development in C# \ Vb.Net, .Net remoting, Windows OS
Working closely with system engineers, to characterize the solutions
Deployed within the IDF in several units
“Top Secret” classification from the IDF.