Benny Porat
Israeli co-founder of Claroty and Twine; former IDF cyber research commander
| Benny Porat
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|---|---|
| Nationality | Israeli |
| Occupation | Cybersecurity researcher and entrepreneur |
| Known for | Co-founder and CTO of Claroty; co-founder and CEO of Twine |
| Education | PhD Computer Science, Bar-Ilan University (thesis submitted 2016) |
Benny Porat is an Israeli cybersecurity researcher and entrepreneur. He co-founded the industrial cybersecurity company Claroty and was its chief technology officer, and in 2024 co-founded the AI security start-up Twine. Before Claroty he "commanded a strategic cyber research team within the IDF".[1]
Military research and Claroty
Claroty's 2016 launch release says that before co-founding the company Porat was a security researcher at NorthBit. "Previously, he commanded a strategic cyber research team within the IDF and led a project that won the prestigious Israeli Defense Award." It says he submitted his PhD thesis in computer science at Bar-Ilan University in 2016. The same release described Claroty's research team as drawn from "a special IDF cyberunit", recruited with the help of former Unit 8200 head Nadav Zafrir.[1]
Twine
In November 2024 Twine, a start-up building AI "digital employees" for cybersecurity, announced a $12 million seed round led by Ten Eleven Ventures and Dell Technologies Capital. Porat was its chief executive, and his co-founders were Nadav Erez, Omri Green and Justin Woody. Angel investors included Wiz founders Assaf Rappaport and Roy Reznik.[2]
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Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Claroty, Claroty Exits Stealth with $32 Million in Funding to Protect Industrial Networks Claroty, 13 September 2016.
- ↑ Business Wire, Twine Attracts Top Investors for a $12M Seed Round to Create Digital Cybersecurity Employees Business Wire, 20 November 2024.