Cybersecurity

20 stories about Cybersecurity
Roy Itzhaky, Yuval Barak, Idan Revivo

As AI takes over the grunt work, security researchers face a higher bar

18.09.26|Amy Shapiro
CTech’s “Security Researchers: Digital Fighters” series surveyed 30 security researchers from Startup Nation’s cyber landscape, revealing how AI is changing their work and reshaping how these teams approach security to stay ahead of the curve.
ערן ברק איתי שוורץ ו הוד בן נון מייסדי חברת הסייבר מיינד MIND

“Our next milestone will be a billion-dollar valuation”: MIND triples valuation to $300 million with $72 million Series B

17.09.26|Sophie Shulman
MIND has raised $112 million to date and reached a $10 million annual revenue run rate just 18 months after beginning to sell its product, as demand for data loss prevention grows with the adoption of GenAI and AI agents.  
תומר וינגרטן מייסד ומנכ"ל סנטינל וואן

SentinelOne CEO sells $2.29 million in shares as stock closes in on its yearly high

16.09.26|CTech
Tomer Weingarten sold 114,890 Class A shares while continuing to hold millions of shares across both stock classes.
Yuval Barak Astelia

Astelia: “Vulnerability does not exist on a server alone”

15.09.26|Amy Shapiro
Yuval Barak, Founding Research Engineer at Astelia, discusses how AI is solving the historical challenge of knowledge transfer as part of CTech’s Security Researchers series.
Idan Revivo Island

Island: “AI made it cheap to produce an answer and expensive to trust one”

15.09.26|Amy Shapiro
Idan Revivo, Head of Security Research at Island, explains why human researchers must evolve into research engineers as part of CTech’s Security Researchers series.
מטה פאלו אלטו בקליפורניה 3

Palo Alto Networks and rivals surge as AI leaders warn of new cyber threats

14.09.26|Shir Reiter
Palo Alto, CrowdStrike and Zscaler are all up around 15% as investors bet that growing concerns over increasingly capable AI systems could drive greater demand for cybersecurity solutions.
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. 
מייסדי  Bonfy

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

10.09.26|CTech
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.