Mohamad Mokbel is a security researcher at Trend Micro, member of the Digital Vaccine Lab. He’s responsible for reverse engineering vulnerabilities and malware C&C communication protocols, among others, for the purpose of writing custom filters for TippingPoint NGIPS. Prior to joining Trend Micro, Mohamad worked for CIBC in the security operation center, one of the top five banks in Canada as a senior information security consultant - investigator (L3) where he realized that experience in the operation field is extremely important to understand the real sides of offense and defense. Prior to CIBC, Mohamad worked for Telus Security Lab as a reverse engineer/malware researcher for about 5 years. He’s been doing reverse code engineering for last 12 years. His research interests lie in the areas of reverse code engineering, malware research, intrusion detection/prevention systems, C++, compiler and software performance analysis, information security, and exotic communication protocols. Mohamad holds a MSc. in Computer Science from the University of Windsor and BSc. in Computer Engineering from the Lebanese International University.