Lior Arzi
Israeli former Unit 8200 officer who led R&D and security research there for six years, ran endpoint security at Check Point and co-founded the software supply-chain security company OX Security
| Lior Arzi
| |
|---|---|
| Image |  Arzi, from the Team8 website |
| Nationality | Israeli |
| Occupation | Company executive |
| Known for | Co-founder and chief product officer of OX Security |
| Education | Technion; Bar-Ilan University (LLM) |
Lior Arzi is an Israeli cyber-security executive who co-founded the software supply-chain security company OX Security with Neatsun Ziv in 2021, and is its chief product officer.[1] According to Team8, he "was an officer in the IDF Cyber Intelligence Unit 8200 where he led R&D and security research for six years" (Unit 8200; Intelligence Corps).[2]
Military service and education
Team8's profile says that "Lior was an officer in the IDF Cyber Intelligence Unit 8200 where he led R&D and security research for six years", and that he holds degrees in engineering, computer science and business administration from the Technion and "an LLM from Bar Ilan University" (Bar-Ilan University).[2]
Career
According to Team8, Arzi was "the Head of Endpoint, Mobile and EDR Security at Check Point" and before that "led research and product management for Microsoft’s security innovation group" (Check Point; Microsoft).[2] Globes described his last post at Check Point as "director of End Point Cyber Security".[1] Globes reported in 2022 that the two founders "reached Team8 through Ziv’s acquaintance with Team8 managing partner Amir Zilberstein from their military service in the IDF’s 8200 signals intelligence unit" (Team8; Amir Zilberstein; Unit 8200).[1] OX Security raised a $34 million seed round led by Evolution Equity Partners and Microsoft's venture fund M12 in 2022,[1] and by May 2025 had raised $94 million.[3]
See also
- OX Security
- Neatsun Ziv
- Unit 8200
- Cyber and tech firms founded by ex Unit 8200 or occupation forces veterans
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Ofir Dor, Cybersecurity startup OX Security raises $34m seed round Globes, 29 September 2022, accessed 10 November 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Team8, Lior Arzi Team8, accessed 11 November 2026.
- ↑ Meytal Vaizberg, Israeli cybersecurity co Ox Security raises $60m Globes, 7 May 2025, accessed 10 November 2026.