Lacoon Mobile Security
Israeli mobile-security company founded by Unit 8200 veteran Ohad Bobrov; bought by Check Point in 2015
| Lacoon Mobile Security
| |
|---|---|
| Type | Acquired (subsidiary of Check Point Software Technologies) |
| Founded | 2011 |
| Founder(s) | Ohad Bobrov and others |
| Headquarters | Tel Aviv, Israel (research and development); San Francisco, United States (sales) |
| Industry | Mobile security |
| Parent | Check Point Software Technologies (from April 2015) |
Lacoon Mobile Security was an Israeli company that made software to detect and prevent cyber attacks on mobile phones. Check Point Software Technologies announced on 2 April 2015 that it was buying the company, which it said had been "founded in 2011 by experts from the mobile cyber security and defense industries with R&D operations in Tel Aviv, Israel and a sales team in San Francisco".[1]
Founder and Unit 8200
The venture firm Team8 describes Ohad Bobrov as "founder of mobile security pioneer, Lacoon", and says he and Ofer Ben-Noon, founder of Argus Cyber Security, "met as former leaders of Unit 8200, Israel's elite military intelligence unit". The two later founded Talon Cyber Security together.[2]
Sale to Check Point
Reuters reported that Gil Shwed, chief executive of Check Point, put the price at "tens of millions of dollars", and that Lacoon then employed 40 people and counted Samsung, Intel and Dell among its customers.[3] Team8 later gave the figure as $100 million.[4]
See also
- Talon Cyber Security
- Argus Cyber Security
- Unit 8200
- Cyber and tech firms founded by ex Unit 8200 or occupation forces veterans
Notes
- ↑ Check Point Software Technologies, Check Point to Acquire Lacoon Mobile Security for Industry's Most Advanced Mobile Threat Prevention, Check Point (press release), 2 April 2015, accessed 21 October 2026.
- ↑ Team8, Talon, Team8 (portfolio page), accessed 21 October 2026.
- ↑ Reuters, Check Point to buy Israel's Lacoon Mobile Security, Yahoo Finance, 2 April 2015, accessed 21 October 2026.
- ↑ Liran Grinberg, Decoding Success: How Team8 Portfolio Company Talon Got Acquired by Palo Alto Networks for a Reported $650m, Team8, 16 November 2023, accessed 21 October 2026.