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The $55 billion Israeli-founded company

Posted on January 9, 2022

Palo Alto Networks (see here previously), founded by Israel’s Nir Zuk, trades at a $55 billion market cap, an all-time high. The cybersecurity giant has just entered the prestigious Nasdaq-100 index, ironically replacing Israel’s Check Point, where Zuk was among … Continue reading →

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An Israeli cyber takeover

Posted on September 9, 2021

Israeli-founded cyber security giant Check Point is acquiring Israel’s Avanan, a provider of cloud email security for some $300 million. Avanan’s technology will integrate with Check Point’s threat prevention software capabilities “to deliver the world’s most secure email security offering”. … Continue reading →

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Wix is worth $20 billion

Posted on March 7, 2021

Website construction tools company Wix.com has become Israel’s most valuable company. Its market value of nearly $20 million tops that of Check Point, Solar Edge, Novocure, Nice Systems and Teva. Wix earned almost $1 billion in revenue in 2020 and, … Continue reading →

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81 Haredi women complete tech training

Posted on January 3, 2021

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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The top women in Cybersecurity

Posted on October 26, 2020

The Software Report’s Top 25 Women Leaders in Cybersecurity of 2020 includes 7 Israelis. Yael Ben Arie (SafeBreach), Sagit Manor (Nyotron), Ola Sergatchov (Guardicore), Yuval Lazar (Pcysys), Nadia Malinoff-Kan (Intezer), Dr. Dorit Dor (Check Point) and Sigalit Shavit (CyberArk). https://www.thesoftwarereport.com/the-top-25-women-leaders-in-cybersecurity-of-2020/

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Investing in Torah and technology

Posted on July 28, 2019

I reported previously (Nov 2016) on Israel’s RavTech which employs yeshiva students who combine computer programming with Torah studies. RavTech provides QA automation services to Check Point and Elbit. It earned NIS 8 million in 2018 and has now raised … Continue reading →

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Protecting the nations

Posted on March 10, 2019

Israeli security companies CyberArk, Check Point and FST Biometrics are in hot demand as world leaders and national security and defense teams attempt to pre-empt cyber threats capable of compromising the safety of entire nations. https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/israeli-cyber-defense-firms-are-protecting-world-leaders/

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Mini-firewall to protect Internet of Things

Posted on September 2, 2018

Israeli cybersecurity giant Check Point is focused on protecting the Internet of Things (IoT) – any device connected to the Internet. A company photo shows CEO Gil Shwed reportedly holding Check Point’s exciting next generation security product, entitled “Nano Security”. … Continue reading →

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Cybersecurity for Latin America

Posted on May 28, 2017

The Israeli Cyber Companies Consortium (IC3), comprising IAI, Verint and Check Point, has won a contract worth “tens of millions of dollars” to set up a strategic national cyber-defense center in a Latin American country.  It includes border protection, sensors, … Continue reading →

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Universal flu vaccine gets $2.8 million investment

Posted on January 15, 2017

I’ve reported previously many times about the Universal Flu vaccine being developed by Israel’s BiondVax. The biotech has just received $2.8 million of funding from Angel Investments – managed by Israelis Dr. Yair Schindel and Marius Nacht, founder of Israel’s … Continue reading →

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