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Research Affiliate at MIT Sloan School of Management, Raphael Yahalom focuses on emerging solutions that reshape the future of cybersecurity, utilizing evidence-based predictive methods to analyze and prioritize cybersecurity risks, and to measure business-value in cybersecurity progress. He is a highly-accomplished researcher, entrepreneur, and consultant, having co-founded Onaro, an innovative company specializing in enterprise data-infrastructure management software, which raised $10 million in venture capital and was later acquired by NetApp for $125 million. The software solutions from Onaro, including SANscreen and OnCommand Insight, are widely used by hundreds of leading companies around the globe, contributing to an annual revenue of $100 million in 2014. Raphael developed the widely-analyzed Yahalom Protocol, an early Authentication Cryptographic-Key-Distribution protocol, and co-developed GNY Logic, which allows for end-to-end analysis of secure protocols. He consults extensively with prominent organizations, having worked with Citigroup to apply formal methods to enhance the end-to-end security of their Global Funds-Transfer processes. He has held faculty positions at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and has been an invited visiting researcher at prominent institutions like AT&T Bell Labs and the Cambridge University Newton Institute. Raphael earned his PhD in Computer Science from Cambridge University, and an undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering/Computer Engineering from the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology. Additionally, he served in the Israeli Navy and the Israeli Air Force, and is notable for his athletic background as a player in the Israeli semi-professional basketball league and a member of the Cambridge University Varsity Basketball team.