As Trusteer’s CTO, Amit Klein manages the company’s Security team which is one of the world’s leading financial malware research groups. Prior to Trusteer, Mr. Klein was Chief Scientist at Cyota Inc. (acquired by RSA Security) a leading provider of layered authentication solutions. In this role, Mr. Klein researched technologies that prevent online fraud, phishing and pharming and filed several patents in those areas. Prior to this, Mr. Klein worked as Director of Security and Research at Sanctum, Inc. (acquired by Watchfire) where he was responsible for the security architecture of all Sanctum products. Mr. Klein holds a B.Sc. (cum laude) in Mathematics and Physics .
Mr. Klein is a world renowned security researcher, having published over thirty articles, papers and technical notes on the topic of Internet security. He was named CTO of the Year by InfoWorld Magazine and has presented at many prestigious conferences including RSA, FSISAC, OWASP and CertConf.