Alon Arvatz
Israeli Unit 8200 veteran who co-founded the threat-intelligence company IntSights, sold to Rapid7 in 2021
| Alon Arvatz
| |
|---|---|
| Image |  Arvatz, photographed by Itzik Biran for The Jerusalem Post (cropped) |
| Nationality | Israeli |
| Occupation | Company executive |
| Known for | Co-founder of IntSights |
| Education | Tel Aviv University (law and accounting) |
Alon Arvatz is an Israeli entrepreneur who co-founded the cyber-threat-intelligence company IntSights in 2015 with Guy Nizan and Gal Ben-David, and was its chief product officer.[1] According to The Jerusalem Post, "he completed his military service in the elite 8200 Unit in the IDF Intelligence Corps" (Unit 8200; Intelligence Corps).[2]
Military service and education
The Jerusalem Post reported in 2022 that Arvatz "completed his military service in the elite 8200 Unit in the IDF Intelligence Corps", and quoted him: "After the army, I knew that I was interested in entrepreneurship. I didn't know how to start, but it was something that burned within me." He then studied law and accounting at Tel Aviv University.[2] IntSights's 2016 announcement said: "Guy Nizan, Alon Arvatz and Gal Ben-David, veterans of elite intelligence and cybersecurity units in the Israeli Defense Forces, founded IntSights."[3]
Career
Globes reported in 2019 that IntSights had raised $70 million and had 160 employees, with its management in New York and its development centre in Tel Aviv.[1] In July 2021 the US company Rapid7 bought IntSights for about $335 million, according to its filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.[4] The Jerusalem Post put the price at $350 million and described Arvatz as "an entrepreneur and social activist".[2] Globes listed him in 2025 among the entrepreneurs investing in Glilot Capital Partners.[5]
See also
- IntSights
- Guy Nizan
- Unit 8200
- Cyber and tech firms founded by ex Unit 8200 or occupation forces veterans
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Yasmin Yablonko, Cyber intelligence co IntSights raises $30m Globes, 20 November 2019, accessed 10 November 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Lior Novik, 'Our alumni are the best ambassadors of the university' The Jerusalem Post, 9 December 2022, accessed 11 November 2026.
- ↑ IntSights, IntSights Raises $7.5M Series A to Protect Enterprise Companies from Cyber Threats in the Dark, Deep and Open Web PR Newswire, 30 August 2016, accessed 10 November 2026.
- ↑ Rapid7, Inc., Form 8-K current report US Securities and Exchange Commission, 19 July 2021, accessed 10 November 2026.
- ↑ Assaf Gilead, Israel's new cyber generation comes of age Globes, 25 August 2025, accessed 11 November 2026.