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Cybersecurity chairman is out of this world

Lane Bess is the new chairperson of Israeli cybersecurity Sepio (see here previously). Together with his son Cameron, they are the only parent/child duo to go to space, having taken an 11-minute flight aboard Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin ship in … Continue reading

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Cyber security for the Gulf

Israel’s XM Cyber (see here previously), cofounded by former Mossad chief Tamir Pardo, is to deploy its cybersecurity products to protect Gulf region gas, oil and financial infrastructures. https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-former-mossad-chiefs-cybersecurity-company-to-operate-in-gulf-1001383248

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Cybersecurity Black Unicorns

Cybersecurity “Black Unicorns”. Cyber Defense Magazine’s 10 winners of its 2019 Black Unicorn Awards, include three Israeli companies. Checkmarx, XM Cyber and ObservIT. According to Cyber Defense, they all have the potential to reach $1 billion market valuation and be … Continue reading

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Joint work with USA on cybersecurity

The new United States-Israel Cybersecurity Cooperation Enhancement Act of 2017 (see Jan 8) creates a cybersecurity grant program for joint research and development projects. http://www.jns.org/latest-articles/2017/2/13/us-israel-cybersecurity-cooperation-grows-as-common-enemies-move-battlefield-online

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Elbit’s new cyber security unit

Israel’s Elbit has launched a new cyber security unit called Cyberbit. It has two separate departments – one, focusing on law enforcement unit and the other being the Cybershield department, for detecting and defending against cyber attacks. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-08-01/israeli-drone-maker-gets-startup-makeover-for-cyber-arms-race

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Significant exits: (5/12/21)

Schwarz Group bought XM Cyber for $700 million; Celsius bought GK8 for $115 million;

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Black Unicorns

Cyber Defense Magazine’s named Israel’s Noname Security in its 2021 Top 10 Black Unicorn list of cybersecurity startups likely worth $1 billion in 3 years. Israel’s NanoLock, Adaptive Shield, XM Cyber and Siemplify were in the Top 10 Baby Black … Continue reading

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81 Haredi women complete tech training

81 religious Jewish women completed the first two-year Adva program that trains women for tech development jobs. The virtual graduation event was attended by Israeli tech executives, who recruited the graduates for Apple, Facebook, Check Point, XM Cyber and others. … Continue reading

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Investing in Israeli startups

Hippo raised $150 million; Gett raised $76 million; Taranis raised $30 million; GoTo Global (formerly Car2Go) raised $19 million; XM Cyber raised $17 million; Belkin Laser raised $12.2 million; RealView Imaging raised $10 million; Epsagon raised $10 million; CIM Group … Continue reading

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Skoda accelerates in Israel

Czech car-maker Skoda has revealed that it is working with two Israel-based startups – Chakratec and UVeye and already testing their technologies. Skoda started seeking Israeli innovation in 2017 and has already partnered with Israel’s Anagog, XM Cyber, Guardian, and … Continue reading

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