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Ofek Haviv Terra Security

Terra: “The researcher of the future isn't competing with agents on speed”

14.09.26|Amy Shapiro

Ofek Haviv, Cyber Security Researcher at Terra Security, describes how building autonomous penetration testing today is operating without a playbook as part of CTech’s Security Researchers series.

Yaniv Balmas Salt Security

Salt: “Truly innovative research comes from freedom of thought and as few boundaries as possible”

14.09.26|Amy Shapiro

Yaniv Balmas, VP Research at Salt Security, explores how a strong research team operates several steps ahead of its own product as part of CTech’s Security Researchers series.

Roey Vilnai Axonious

Axonius: “Not being knowledgeable enough about something is no longer an excuse”

13.09.26|Amy Shapiro

Roey Vilnai, Director of Cyber Research at Axonius, explains why today's security researchers must treat their AI tools as team members as part of CTech’s Security Researchers series.

Ofek Itach Cyera

Cyera: “Assumptions can be broken and once you look for them you find bugs”

13.09.26|Amy Shapiro

Ofek Itach, Security Research Team Lead at Cyera, details the discovery of critical vulnerabilities in widely adopted open-source LLM tools as part of CTech’s Security Researchers series.

Roey Fizitzky Alice

Alice: “The vulnerabilities we identify could affect billions if discovered by the wrong people”

11.09.26|Amy Shapiro

Roey Fizitzky, VP of Security Research at Alice, explores the challenge of building practical defenses for an ever-evolving AI threat landscape as part of CTech’s Security Researchers series.

Omri Inbar Novee Security

Novee: “AI turns one strong researcher into something closer to a whole team”

11.09.26|Amy Shapiro

Omri Inbar, Vulnerability Researcher at Novee Security describes how automated offense is raising the bar for defenders across the global cyber landscape as part of CTech’s Security Researchers series.

סייבר חדירה לפרטיות פרטיות האקר מצלמות אבטחה איש ביטחון מסך מחשב

Israeli cyber manager accused of remotely accessing cameras, stealing passwords and infiltrating 26 companies

10.09.26|Amir Kurz

According to the indictment, the 43-year-old CISO allegedly spent years infiltrating companies and private computers, using malware to steal sensitive information, access passwords and remotely activate cameras and microphones.

Kiteworks acquires Israeli startup Bonfy.AI in deal estimated at tens of millions of dollars

Bonfy’s technology will be integrated into Kiteworks’ platform to classify and control sensitive data in real time, including information handled by AI agents.

Uri Katz Oligo Security

Oligo: “AI is having its American Fuzzy Lop moment”

10.09.26|Amy Shapiro

Uri Katz, Director of Research at Oligo Security, explains why the most critical bugs only turn up when humans step into the loop as part of CTech’s Security Researchers series.

Dan Shemesh Orion Security

Orion: “AI is the most interesting thing to happen to endpoint security in a decade”

10.09.26|Amy Shapiro

Dan Shemesh, Security Researcher at Orion Security, explains how AI is changing the work of researchers "twice over" as part of CTech’s Security Researchers series.

דן אמיגה מייסד שותף ו CTO באיילנד

“We proved there are no sacred cows in technology”: Island founder says the company can be worth tens of billions

10.09.26|Meir Orbach, Diana Bahur Nir

Island co-founder Dan Amiga says the cybersecurity company has reached $200 million in revenue and is growing 100% annually, with eight of the world’s 10 largest banks using its enterprise browser.

מייסדי חברת הסייבר סימפוני Cymphony שי דקל מייסד-שותף ומנכ״ל עידן ברקוביץ מייסד שותף ומנהל המוצר אדי גוטליב מייסד שותף וסמנכ״ל טכנולוגיות

Cymphony raises $25 million Series A to secure the growing overlap between employees and AI agents

09.09.26|Meir Orbach

The Israeli cybersecurity startup has raised $30 million to date as it builds a platform that maps identities, permissions, information and behavior in a single graph.

Sasi Levi Noma Security

Noma: “The research surface is expanding faster than researchers can cover it”

09.09.26|Amy Shapiro

Sasi Levi, Security Research Lead at Noma Security, discusses why great researchers create new problem spaces rather than hunting for individual bugs as part of CTech’s Security Researchers series.

Cylake founders

Palo Alto Networks founder Nir Zuk raises $245 million for new cybersecurity startup

08.09.26|Meir Orbach

Cylake has now raised $290 million less than a year after its founding, including a $45 million Seed round in March. The company is developing an AI-native security platform for highly regulated organizations that need to keep control of their data and infrastructure.

Roy Itzhaky Linx

Linx: “The future of security researchers is the same future where we treat AI agents like people”

08.09.26|Amy Shapiro

Linx Security's Roy Itzhaky discusses how the future of security research will be less about digging and more about directing, as part of CTech’s Security Researchers series.

פרצת אבטחה עמדת שירות דיגיטלית סייבר

Cybercriminals are turning AI’s safety guardrails against it

08.09.26|Amy Shapiro

Attackers are hiding malicious code behind biological and nuclear weapon schematics to prevent AI-powered security scanners from inspecting it, according to Google Threat Intelligence. The latest findings show cybercriminals increasingly using autonomous AI systems to target software supply chains and enterprise AI infrastructure.

Noam Brosh, CISO at UVeye.

“Security cannot simply act as a roadblock, because that stops the momentum that leadership demands”

07.09.26|Zachy Hennessey

Noam Brosh, CISO at UVeye, joined CTech to share his thoughts on agentic AI security, and why the risk he's most focused on isn't technical anymore, it's how fast non-technical teams are deploying agents of their own.

Rotem Lurie, Ori Salomon, Reut Weitzman

"The hardest thing for a male-dominated startup is bringing in the first woman"

07.09.26|Amy Shapiro

The barriers facing women entering Startup Nation’s cyber sector aren’t about a lack of willingness to hire them. All the more so in the AI era, closing that gap is essential to defending the entire attack surface. Initiatives like Hackeriot are part of a broader effort to challenge Israel’s traditional military-to-tech pathways into cyber.

דור כנפו שותף בקרן ההון סיכון סייברסטארטס ו גילי רענן שותף מייסד בקרן

Cyberstarts is looking for another Tel Aviv tower to house its growing startup empire

07.09.26|Sophie Shulman

After leasing 15 floors at Landmark B for a shared campus for its portfolio companies, the $1.4 billion cybersecurity fund is now exploring options for a second location.

Nir Mishal, CISO at Orca Security.

"Agentic AI is about to recreate the identity sprawl problem a hundredfold"

06.09.26|Zachy Hennessey

Nir Mishal, CISO at Orca Security, joined CTech to share his thoughts on agentic AI security, and why identity sprawl, not a rogue model, is the failure mode he’s most worried about.