Cyvera
Israeli endpoint-security start-up whose founding staff came from Israeli intelligence; bought by Palo Alto Networks in 2014
| Cyvera
| |
|---|---|
| Type | Subsidiary (acquired) |
| Founded | 2012 |
| Founder(s) | Netanel Davidi (co-founder) |
| Headquarters | Tel Aviv, Israel |
| Industry | Endpoint security |
| Parent | Palo Alto Networks (from 2014) |
Cyvera was a Tel Aviv-based cyber-security company whose TRAPS product was designed to block zero-day attacks on computers. Palo Alto Networks bought it in 2014 for $200 million.[1]
Founders and military intelligence
TechCrunch reported in 2013 that "Several of Cyvera’s founding employees have experience in computer forensics and proactive as well as defensive management roles within Israeli Intelligence", and that the start-up had "effectively taken a war-game approach" to dealing with intruders. It quoted co-founder and co-chief executive Netanel Davidi. Cyvera had launched in March 2012 and raised $2.1 million from Blumberg Capital before an $11 million round led by Battery Ventures.[2]
Criticism
In 2025 Drop Site News listed Cyvera among Palo Alto Networks acquisitions "whose founders also come from the Israeli Defense Forces’s 'cyber, intelligence, and commando units'".[3]
See also
Notes
- ↑ Meir Orbach, Palo Alto Networks to Acquire Cybersecurity Startup Secdo Ctech, 10 April 2018, accessed 21 October 2026.
- ↑ Ingrid Lunden, Goodbye Firewall, Hello Obstruction: Cyvera Gets $11M From Battery Ventures And More To Build Out A Military-Style, Zero-Day Defense TechCrunch, 13 August 2013, accessed 21 October 2026.
- ↑ Hundreds of Former Israeli Spies Are Working in Big Tech, Database Shows Drop Site News, 13 August 2025, accessed 21 October 2026.