Noname Security
API-security company founded by Unit 8200 veterans, one formerly an engineering director at NSO Group; bought by Akamai for about $450m in 2024
| Noname Security
| |
|---|---|
| Type | Acquired (subsidiary of Akamai Technologies) |
| Founded | 2020 |
| Founder(s) | Oz Golan, Shay Levi |
| Headquarters | Palo Alto, California, United States; research and development in Tel Aviv, Israel |
| Industry | Cyber security (API security) |
| Parent | Akamai Technologies (from June 2024) |
| Number of employees | More than 200 (2024) |
Noname Security is a cyber-security company that analyses the configuration, traffic and code of application programming interfaces (APIs) to find vulnerabilities. Ctech described it as "the first API security company to achieve unicorn status".[1] Akamai Technologies completed its purchase of the company on 25 June 2024, having agreed on 7 May to pay about $450 million.[2]
Founders, Unit 8200 and NSO
According to Ctech, Noname was founded in 2020 by chief executive Oz Golan and chief technology officer Shay Levi, who had left the company by 2024. "Golan was formerly the Director of Engineering at NSO and served with Levi in Unit 8200 of the Israeli Defense Forces."[1]
Sale to Akamai
Ctech reported that Noname's more than 200 employees, including Golan, were expected to join Akamai's Security Technology Group, and noted that Akamai had earlier bought the Israeli companies Neosec, Guardicore and Cotendo.[1]
See also
- Guardicore
- NSO Group
- Unit 8200
- Cyber and tech firms founded by ex Unit 8200 or occupation forces veterans
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Meir Orbach, Akamai acquiring cyber startup Noname Security for $450 million, Ctech, 7 May 2024, accessed 21 October 2026.
- ↑ Akamai Technologies, Akamai Completes Acquisition of API Security Company Noname, Akamai (press release), 25 June 2024, accessed 21 October 2026.