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Israeli cybersecurity firms, the operator-to-startup pipeline, post-acquisition integration, AI-era threat economics.

18 articlesUpdated May 22, 2026
Why Israeli Tech Wins the Enterprise Analyst Record
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Why Israeli Tech Wins the Enterprise Analyst Record

Gartner, Forrester, IDC and KLAS decide which vendors enterprise buyers consider. A country of ten million people runs the table across eleven of their categori…

Israel just produced two of the largest cybersecurity exits in history within a single year. Google completed its $32 billion acquisition of Wiz on March 11, 2026. Palo Alto Networks closed its $25 billion acquisition of CyberArk on February 11, 2026. Combined: $57 billion in disclosed transaction value, both anchored to companies founded in Israel.

Israel runs one of the world's deepest cybersecurity talent pipelines: Unit 8200, 9900, Mossad cyber, Shin Bet technology, and the Technion's information security programs feed a private sector that produced Check Point, NSO, Wiz, CyberArk, Aqua, Silverfort, Pentera, Sentra, Dream, Oasis Security, and dozens more.

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Eyal Waldman: Mellanox and the $6.9B Nvidia Exit
Cyber & National Security · Jun 14, 2026
Eyal Waldman: Mellanox and the $6.9B Nvidia Exit

Eyal Waldman built Mellanox into the high-performance networking platform NVIDIA needed for the AI era — sold to NVIDIA in 2020 for $6.9B. Now NVIDIA'…

Shlomo Kramer: The Three-Unicorn Cyber Founder
Cyber & National Security · Jun 14, 2026
Shlomo Kramer: The Three-Unicorn Cyber Founder

Shlomo Kramer co-founded Check Point (1993), Imperva (2002), and Cato Networks (2015). Three Israeli cyber unicorns across three decades. The serial c…

Palo Alto Buys CyberArk for $25B
Cyber & National Security · Jun 10, 2026
Palo Alto Buys CyberArk for $25B

Palo Alto Networks' $25 billion acquisition of CyberArk Software — closed February 11, 2026 — consolidates Israeli identity-security capability inside…

The $57B Year: Wiz and CyberArk Reshape Cyber
Cyber & National Security · Jun 10, 2026
The $57B Year: Wiz and CyberArk Reshape Cyber

Thirteen months. Two largest cyber exits in history. Both Israeli-founded. Google/Wiz at $32B. Palo Alto/CyberArk at $25B. Combined: $57B. Both retain…