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Lawfare Is Israel's Most Underrated Defense IndustryLead story
Israeli Cybersecurity Companies & Exits · Jun 6, 2026

Lawfare Is Israel's Most Underrated Defense Industry

Israel's defense industry generated $13 billion in exports last year. The legal machinery that targets terror financing, sanctions evasion, and state sponsors of terrorism remains largely invisible. It is time to recogni…

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Varonis: Israel's Data-Security SaaS Pivot
Israeli Cybersecurity Companies & Exits · Aug 5, 2026
Varonis: Israel's Data-Security SaaS Pivot

Nasdaq: VRNS. Founded 2005 by Yaki Faitelson and Ohad Korkus. Miami HQ, Herzliya R&D. ARR $745M. SaaS ARR $638M (86% of total). Q2 2026 revenue $180M.…

Aim Security: Cato Networks' GenAI Acquisition
Israeli Cybersecurity Companies & Exits · Jul 2, 2026
Aim Security: Cato Networks' GenAI Acquisition

Aim Security was a Tel Aviv-founded GenAI security platform built to govern enterprise use of LLMs. Founded 2022 by Matan Getz and Adir Gruss, both Un…

The M&A Tracker Q1 2026
Israeli Cybersecurity Companies & Exits · May 26, 2026
The M&A Tracker Q1 2026

Q1 2026 was the largest single-quarter Israeli tech M&A cycle in history at approximately $57 billion in disclosed deal value. Wiz/Google at $32B, Cyb…

Prompt Security: SentinelOne's $250M Acquisition
Israeli Cybersecurity Companies & Exits · Jul 3, 2026
Prompt Security: SentinelOne's $250M Acquisition

Prompt Security: Tel Aviv GenAI cyber startup founded August 2023 by Itamar Golan and Lior Drihem, both Unit 8200 + Check Point/Orca AI veterans. Rais…

CyberArk Inside Palo Alto Networks
Israeli Cybersecurity Companies & Exits · May 26, 2026
CyberArk Inside Palo Alto Networks

Palo Alto Networks closed its $25 billion acquisition of CyberArk on February 11, 2026. Inside the integration, the new identity-security pillar, the…

Palo Alto Buys CyberArk for $25B
Israeli Cybersecurity Companies & Exits · Feb 11, 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
Israeli Cybersecurity Companies & Exits · Apr 25, 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…

Inside the $32B Wiz Acquisition by Google
Israeli Cybersecurity Companies & Exits · Apr 14, 2026
Inside the $32B Wiz Acquisition by Google

Google's $32 billion acquisition of Wiz closed on March 11, 2026. This is the largest Israeli technology exit in history.

Tufin: The Firewall Policy Pioneer
Israeli Cybersecurity Companies & Exits · Aug 4, 2026
Tufin: The Firewall Policy Pioneer

Founded 2005 by ex-Check Point alumni Ruvi Kitov and Reuven Harrison. NYSE: TUFN from 2019. Taken private by Turn/River Capital in August 2022 for $57…