Taher is world-renowned information security leader and cryptographer. Taher has served as CISO, Chief Scientist, CTO, founder, and CEO of numerous organizations. He invented the DSS standard for digital signatures and is recognized as the “father” of SSL. He invented the ElGamal discrete log cryptosystem and the ElGamal signature scheme. Former CTO of Salesforce, Taher is a co-founder of NokNok Labs and InfoSec Global, and serves as a director of Vindicia, Zix, Bay Dynamics, and Opterro. He has served as an advisor to Cyphort, Bitglass, Onset Ventures, Glenbrook Partners, PGP, Arcot Systems, Finjan, Actiance, Symplified, Zetta, SecureMisr, and Axway. Dr. Elgamal earned his PhD in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.