Cybersecurity

20 stories about Cybersecurity
הפאונדרים: בובי גילבורד ועומרי אילוז

Former PerimeterX CEO and Unit 8200 CTO raise $18 million Seed to rein in autonomous AI

04.12.25|Meir Orbach
Israeli startup Lumia aims to provide network-level visibility and policy enforcement across thousands of AI applications. 
נדב צפריר מנכ"ל צ'ק פוינט

Check Point raises $1.75 billion, potentially eyeing AI expansion

04.12.25|Sophie Shulman
Investors flock to the first-ever convertible bond sale, fueling speculation on the company’s next moves.
ועידת כלכליסט בברלין - פאנל – מימין פיונה דרמון שותפה מנהלת ב-Sunvest Capital Partners  דורית דור מייסדת Qbeat Ventures ולשעבר הCTO  בצ'ק פוינט צופית שחר סמנכ"לית אבטחת המידע אל על הילה זיגמן שותפה כללית Cyberstarts וידאו

“Attackers who know how to exploit AI gain enormous power”

03.12.25|Meir Orbach
Dr. Dorit Dor, co-founder of Qbeat Ventures and former CTO at Check Point, was speaking at Mind the Tech Berlin 2025, alongside Tsofit Shachar, CISO at El Al; and Hila Zigman, general partner at VC fund Cyberstarts.
מוסף עצמאות 30.4.25 מייסדים Zafran סנז ישר בן סרי שניר הבדלה

Zafran raises $60 million and doubles valuation as it chooses independence over takeover offers

02.12.25|Meir Orbach
CEO Sanaz Yashar says the company has turned down multiple acquisition offers as demand for its AI-driven CTEM platform surges.
מימין: דרור דוידוף מנכ"ל ומייסד משותף אמיר ג'רבי  CTO ומייסד משותף  אקווה סקיוריטי

Aqua Security lays off staff weeks after management shake-up

01.12.25|Meir Orbach
The cyber company is firing dozens of employees as new leadership launches restructuring aimed at long-term stability.
כנס כלכלה גלובלית - רוב לפרטס סמנכ״ל תאגידי להגנת איומים Microsoft בשיחה עם עומר כביר וידאו

“Everything that we do with AI that makes our lives better also makes life better for the attackers,” Microsoft exec warns

30.11.25|CTech
Rob Lefferts, Corporate Vice President for Threat Protection at Microsoft, says AI is accelerating cybercrime and erasing the old signals that once helped users spot malicious emails.
טום לייטון מנכ"ל אקאמי

“We won’t buy out of panic”: Akamai CEO takes measured approach to AI deals

30.11.25|Meir Orbach
Tom Leighton says the company’s Israeli cyber arm is powering its fastest growth, but warns that discipline, not hype, will guide future acquisitions.
מייסדים משותפים קלובר סקיוריטי אלון קולמן ו אור חן

With support from Wiz founders and Shlomo Kramer, Clover raises $30 million for AI-driven product security

25.11.25|Meir Orbach
With multimillion-dollar revenue already in hand, the Israeli startup embeds AI into developer tools to automate work traditionally handled by stretched security teams. 
מייסדי Opti: מילה גנדלסמן, עדו טריביצקי, ברק פרלמן

After Tenable exit, Indegy founders raise $20M Seed for Opti to tame access sprawl

24.11.25|Meir Orbach
Investors are betting on an intelligence layer that helps enterprises understand and automate the relationships among users, systems and permissions.
מייסדי בלאסט סקיוריטי מימין רועי פנאי עידו בוקרה ו בוריס ויינברג Blast Security

Solebit veterans raise $10M Seed for Blast Security to make prevention the new cloud standard

24.11.25|Meir Orbach
The platform aims to move enterprises beyond alert fatigue by testing and enforcing every change before deployment.
 ראקש לונקאר מייסדי טרנסמיט סקיוריטי

“Everyone is in a state of FOMO”: Cyber investor Rakesh Loonkar on the bubble he says is distorting the market

24.11.25|Meir Orbach
The Transmit Security co-founder, whose companies have generated hundreds of millions in sales, warns that most young Israeli cyber firms won't survive their burn rates.
מייסדי גארדיו מימין עמוס פלד מיכאל ויינשטיין ו דניאל סירוטה

Guardio raises $80 million as consumer cybersecurity demand surges

19.11.25|Meir Orbach
Company aims to surpass $100 million ARR by 2026 amid rising personal cyber threats.
Apono team

Apono raises $34M Series B as Intel and global enterprises shift toward automated cloud access

18.11.25|CTech
The Israeli startup says dynamic, zero-standing-privilege access is becoming essential as AI agents multiply across cloud environments.
מייסדי Mate מימין – גיא פרגל אסף וינר ו אורן סבן

Wiz and Microsoft alumni launch Mate with $15.5M Seed to build AI-native security operations

17.11.25|Meir Orbach
The Israeli startup targets alert overload with reasoning models and autonomous agents. 
מוסף עצמאות 30.4.25 מייסדים Zafran סנז ישר בן סרי שניר הבדלה

Sanaz Yashar’s Zafran raising tens of millions as valuation climbs

16.11.25|Meir Orbach
The former Unit 8200 officer is preparing another multimillion-dollar raise after securing $70M across two rounds last year. 
Vega founders

Vega set to raise tens of millions at $400M-plus valuation in its third round in under a year

16.11.25|Meir Orbach
The cybersecurity startup is preparing a new round just weeks after unveiling $65 million in Seed and Series A funding. 
מייסדי Sweet Security מימין אוראל בן-ישי דרור קשתי ו אייל פישר

Sweet Security, led by ex-IDF cyber chiefs, secures $75M Series B to combat hidden AI risks

12.11.25|Meir Orbach
Ex-Unit 8200 and IDF CISO founders aim to secure enterprises against cloud and AI threats.
שי מורג

Shai Morag’s secretive cyber startup raises $60 million while still in stealth

12.11.25|Meir Orbach
After three major exits, including Ermetic’s $265 million sale to Tenable, Morag is back with a new venture, backed by Greylock, Accel, and CRV.
Tenzai founders מייסדי טנזאי

Guardicore founders launch Tenzai with $75M Seed round to build autonomous “hacker” AI

11.11.25|Meir Orbach
The Israeli startup is targeting the $8B penetration testing market with continuous, software-based defense.