Cybersecurity

20 stories about Cybersecurity
מייסדי Hush

Former Meta Networks founders raise $30 million Series A to secure the AI workforce

28.07.26|Meir Orbach
Hush Security, led by the team behind the Zero Trust startup acquired by Proofpoint, is building identity infrastructure for AI agents and other non-human identities.
מיקרוסופט קמפוס הרצליה

Microsoft’s Israeli cyber team helps build the company’s next-generation AI defense system

27.07.26|Omer Kabir
Perception combines AI models and autonomous agents to detect and remediate vulnerabilities as Microsoft prepares for a future of faster, AI-powered attacks. 
Cato team

Cato Networks tops $415 million in ARR, still planning IPO

27.07.26|Sophie Shulman
The Israeli cybersecurity company says growth accelerated in the second quarter, with major enterprise deals signed, even as it delays office expansion and keeps investors waiting for a public offering.
מייסדי Way Security  מימין יוסי ברישב ו יונתן רוזנברג

Way Security raises $20 million Seed to tackle enterprise identity headaches

27.07.26|Meir Orbach
The Israeli startup aims to automate the costly implementation work behind identity and access management systems, a market where integration often costs several times more than the software itself. 
עמירם שחר (מימין) ועומר גרוסמן

CyberArk veteran and former IDF cyber chief joins unicorn Upwind

26.07.26|Meir Orbach
Omer Grossman joins the cloud security startup as Chief Business Officer after leading CyberArk’s trust division and commanding the IDF Cyber Defense Center. 
גל נגלי חוקר בכיר ב וויז Wiz

Wiz’s AI hacker hunter: “I used to hope I found a vulnerability overnight. Today AI tells me it hacked the organization”

26.07.26|Meir Orbach
Former bug bounty researcher Gal Nagli describes how AI is replacing manual security research with automated attacks and defenses.
הבית הלבן וושינגטון DC

OpenAI incident fuels calls for a government ‘kill switch’ for AI models

25.07.26|Reuters, CTech
A security test in which an AI agent escaped containment and compromised a startup’s infrastructure has drawn attention from the White House and renewed debate over AI oversight. 
Echo founders

AI defenders are fighting under rules their attackers don’t have

24.07.26|Eylam Milner and Mor Weinberger
One of the first major AI-versus-AI incidents showed how safeguards designed to prevent misuse can leave authorized defenders constrained during a live attack. 
עובדי חברת הסייבר GLOW

Why investors poured $340 million into three Israeli cyber startups before anyone knew they existed

23.07.26|CTech
Oak, Neo and Glow emerged from stealth within days of each other, reflecting a broader shift toward AI-native enterprise security. 
זפרן סקיוריטי מימין שניר הבדלה סמנכ"ל מוצר סנז ישר מנכ"לית בן סרי סמנכ"ל טכנולוגיות

After founder departure, Cisco invests in Zafran Security

22.07.26|Meir Orbach
The strategic investment follows backing from American Express Ventures and expands the Israeli startup's blue-chip investor base.
Glow founders

AI security startup Glow emerges from stealth with $180 million at $1.2 billion valuation

22.07.26|Meir Orbach
Founded by former Meta, Snowflake and Claroty executives, the company is betting AI can transform endpoint security from reactive defense to prevention.
Google for Startups

One-third of Google’s first AI cybersecurity cohort is Israeli

22.07.26|CTech
The 11 selected companies are developing technologies to secure AI agents, protect enterprise data and automate cyber defense. 
סם אלטמן מייסד OpenAI ומנכ"ל צ'אט ג'יפיטי ChatGPT

OpenAI’s AI agent broke out of a test environment and hacked Hugging Face

22.07.26|Reuters, CTech
A security experiment designed to measure the risks of advanced AI models turned into a real-world incident, raising new questions about whether autonomous agents can be safely controlled.
מייסדי Neo. מימין: ערן שיראזי, ניק וורנר ושלומי סאלם

SentinelOne veterans raise $100 million to secure the rise of AI agents

20.07.26|Meir Orbach
Neo says traditional cybersecurity tools were never designed for autonomous software that can reason, make decisions and act inside enterprise systems. 
זפרן סקיוריטי מימין שניר הבדלה סמנכ"ל מוצר סנז ישר מנכ"לית בן סרי סמנכ"ל טכנולוגיות

Cisco in talks to buy Israeli cyber startup Zafran at steep discount

20.07.26|Sophie Shulman, Meir Orbach
Exclusive: A deal valued at $150 million-$200 million would fall well below the company's last fundraising valuation despite backing from Sequoia, Menlo Ventures and Cyberstarts. 
שעון טיסו יבואן רולטיים

The next things technology will make obsolete

16.07.26|Zachy Hennessey
From checkout pages and classrooms to third-party cookies and organizational "know-how," Israeli tech leaders predict what AI and emerging technologies will eliminate over the next decade.
Beacon Security founders

Beacon Security raises $13 million Seed to build the data layer powering AI cybersecurity agents

16.07.26|Meir Orbach
Israeli startup founded by HiredScore, Mitiga and Skyline AI veterans says enterprises need trusted context before AI agents can safely defend against threats. 
מימין שי מורג ו טל מרום מייסדי Oak

After three cyber exits, Shai Morag raises $60 million to reinvent enterprise identity

15.07.26|Meir Orbach
Oak says its AI-native platform replaces the patchwork of legacy identity tools with a single operating system that governs employees, machines and AI agents. 
ניקולס וורנר לשעבר מחברת סנטינל וואן

Former SentinelOne leaders secure $50 million for stealth cyber startup

15.07.26|Meir Orbach
Neo Security has now raised more than $75 million as investors continue backing next-generation cybersecurity companies.
CardinalOps founders

Cribl acquires Israeli cyber startup CardinalOps for around $100 million

14.07.26|Meir Orbach
The U.S. telemetry company will establish a Tel Aviv office after buying the AI-powered detection engineering startup. The acquisition marks Cribl’s push into security operations and its effort to challenge traditional SIEM platforms.