Cybersecurity

20 stories about Cybersecurity
דן אמיגה מייסד שותף ו CTO באיילנד

“We proved there are no sacred cows in technology”: Island founder targets a $10 billion valuation

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.
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. 
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.
Amir Shavit Zafran

Zafran: “AI is the biggest force multiplier security researchers have ever had”

06.09.26|Amy Shapiro
Amir Shavitt, Head of Research at Zafran, explains how the balance of power between attackers and defenders is changing as part of CTech’s Security Researchers series.
ניקש ארורה מנכ"ל פאלו אלטו

Palo Alto’s CEO invested in the startup his company just bought for $500 million

03.09.26|Sophie Shulman
Console was valued at $157 million in its latest funding round before Palo Alto acquired it for a reported $500 million. Nikesh Arora was among the startup’s early investors, alongside Joshua Kushner’s Thrive Capital, which led both of its funding rounds.
Tamir Ishay Sharbat Zenity

Zenity: “The threat AI creates is not about what AI models say, but about what agents do”

03.09.26|Amy Shapiro
Tamir Ishay Sharbat, Director of Security Research at Zenity, explores what constitutes true innovation in AI security as part of CTech’s Security Researchers series.
Eli Hakimov, CISO at Immunai.

“This is a shadow workforce, autonomous, fast, and invisible, and it scales in a way shadow IT never did”

03.09.26|Zachy Hennessey
Eli Hakimov, CISO at Immunai, joined CTech to share his thoughts on agentic AI security, and why the agents that worry him most aren't the ones his team adopted, but the ones nobody vetted.
מטה פאלו אלטו בקליפורניה 3

Palo Alto Networks faces investor scrutiny after earnings

02.09.26|CTech
The cybersecurity group is betting that AI will accelerate demand for automated defenses as its valuation and ambitions continue to expand.
בניין חברת ורוניס בהרצליה פיתוח

Proofpoint in talks to acquire Israeli cybersecurity company Varonis

02.09.26|Sophie Shulman
Varonis shares jumped more than 10% following reports of the talks, pushing its market value to $5.37 billion.
Ido Shtrauch Conifers AI

Conifers: “The attacker can walk away, and that’s what we’re least ready for”

02.09.26|Amy Shapiro
Ido Shtrauch, Security Research Team Lead at Conifers AI, details how threat actors are adapting to a world where companies use AI to analyze their security alerts, as part of CTech’s Security Researchers series.
 עמירם שחר מנכל ושותף מייסד Upwind

Upwind raises $300 million, more than doubles valuation to $3.8 billion in five months

02.09.26|Meir Orbach
The Israeli cloud security company was valued at $1.5 billion when it raised $250 million in January, and has since attracted fresh backing from Bessemer Venture Partners, TCV, Salesforce Ventures and other prominent investors.