Cyber & National Security · Jun 24, 2026
BGN Technologies and the Negev EngineBGN Technologies is the commercialization arm of Ben-Gurion University — translating research into companies while anchoring the Negev innovation ecos…
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BGN Technologies and the Negev Engine
BGN Technologies is the commercialization arm of Ben-Gurion University — translating research into companies while anchoring the Negev innovation ecosystem buil…
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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Cyber & National Security · Jun 24, 2026
Marius Nacht: Check Point Co-Founder, aMoon ArchitectMarius Nacht co-founded Check Point with Gil Shwed and Shlomo Kramer in 1993 — then built Israel's largest dedicated healthtech venture firm, aMoon Fu…
Cyber & National Security · Jun 18, 2026
Why Israeli Tech Wins the Enterprise Analyst RecordGartner, Forrester, IDC and KLAS decide which vendors enterprise buyers consider. A country of ten million people runs the table across eleven of thei…
Cyber & National Security · Jun 15, 2026
Israel Invented Modern Cybersecurity. The Chatbox Can't Name the Companies.Olam GEO Scorecard Vol. 3: Check Point (A), CyberArk (B), Wiz (B). Israel invented modern cybersecurity. Wiz post-Google is the largest national-ident…
Cyber & National Security · Jun 14, 2026
Who Is Gil Shwed? The Firewall Inventor Who Built Israeli CyberGil Shwed co-founded Check Point in 1993 at 25 with Marius Nacht and Shlomo Kramer — invented the stateful inspection firewall and built the instituti…
Cyber & National Security · Jun 14, 2026
Eyal Waldman: Mellanox and the $6.9B Nvidia ExitEyal 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'…
Cyber & National Security · Jun 14, 2026
Shlomo Kramer: The Three-Unicorn Cyber FounderShlomo Kramer co-founded Check Point (1993), Imperva (2002), and Cato Networks (2015). Three Israeli cyber unicorns across three decades. The serial c…
Cyber & National Security · Jun 10, 2026
Palo Alto Buys CyberArk for $25BPalo Alto Networks' $25 billion acquisition of CyberArk Software — closed February 11, 2026 — consolidates Israeli identity-security capability inside…
Cyber & National Security · Jun 10, 2026
The $57B Year: Wiz and CyberArk Reshape CyberThirteen months. Two largest cyber exits in history. Both Israeli-founded. Google/Wiz at $32B. Palo Alto/CyberArk at $25B. Combined: $57B. Both retain…