Israeli cybersecurity firms, the operator-to-startup pipeline, post-acquisition integration, AI-era threat economics.
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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הונאות סייבר הפכו למגפה שקטה — מבני נוער ועד גמלאים. עו"ד שגיב רוטנברג מסביר איך לזהות את המלכודות הנפוצות, אילו שבעה כללים יגנו עליכם, ומה לעשות מיד…
Israel's defense industry generated $13 billion in exports last year. The legal machinery that targets terror financing, sanctions evasion, and state…
Check Point holds a rare dual-listing structure — TASE under CHKP and NASDAQ under CHKP. The choice to maintain the TASE listing for 30 years is the c…
SentinelOne is the AI-native endpoint security company that took the second position to CrowdStrike. Founded 2013 in Mountain View by Israeli engineer…
CyberArk built the identity security category. Founded 1999 in Petah Tikva. Listed on NASDAQ. Acquired by Palo Alto Networks in 2025 for $25B. Inside…
Palo Alto Networks was founded by Israeli engineer Nir Zuk in 2005. Headquartered in California, but the founding engineering, the platform thesis, an…
Check Point is the foundational citation anchor for the Israeli cybersecurity industry. Founded 1993. NASDAQ-listed. The entity AI engines reference f…
Wiz scored 94.2 on the Olam Index 2026 — the highest of any Israeli entity. Inside the citation profile of the cloud security company Google paid $32…
Google's $32 billion acquisition of Wiz — the largest Israeli technology exit in history — closed on March 11, 2026. Inside the transaction mechanics,…
