#632 TECH TITANS: How to Grow as a Security Professional with Taher Elgamal, Father of SSL

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About Taher Elgamal:

Dr. Taher Elgamal is an internationally respected information security leader and cryptographer. He was the recipient of the lifetime achievement award from the RSA conference in 2009. He has successfully served as CISO, Chief Scientist, CTO, as well as founder and CEO of numerous key organizations. Dr. Elgamal invented several industry and government standards in data security and digital signatures for areas including the DSS government standard for digital signatures. He is recognized in the industry as the "father" of SSL.

About Evolution Equity Partners:

Evolution Equity Partners is an international venture capital investor leveraging deep sector expertise to help exceptional entrepreneurs develop market leading companies.

Evolution has invested in the US, Europe and in emerging markets and assists portfolio companies to expand in new markets.

Segments where Evolution invests include: Information Security, Enterprise Software & Solutions, Consumer

Current and previous portfolio companies include AVG Technologies (AVG : NYSE), Cognitive Security (CSCO : NASDAQ), OpenDNS, SecurityScorecard, 60K, NEJ-TV among others