Mantin is a Director of Security Research at Imperva, leading research on cyber threats and innovative security technology. Over the last 17 years Mantin has been researching, innovating and problem solving in various security-related domains, including cyber threats on data systems, application security, DRM systems, automotive systems protection, and more. Significant portion of his work in the field was on the mathematical aspects of security - cryptography and cryptanalysis, statistical modeling of traffic patterns, anomaly detection mechanisms, fingerprinting and watermarking, and more. Mantin holds an M. Sc. in Applied Math and Computer Science from the Weizmann Institute.