Reuven Aronashvili
Israeli founder and chief executive of CYE who served in Matzov and set up its red team
| Reuven Aronashvili
| |
|---|---|
| Image |  Aronashvili, from NODE Magazine |
| Nationality | Israeli |
| Occupation | Company executive |
| Known for | Founder and chief executive of CYE |
| Education | Tel Aviv University (BA; Master's in computer science) |
Reuven Aronashvili (also known as Rubi Aronashvili) is an Israeli cyber-security executive, the son of Georgian immigrants to Israel, who founded the offensive cyber company CYE and is its chief executive. He served in Matzov, the Israel Defense Forces centre of encryption and information security, and in 2005 was assigned to set up its red team.[1][2]
Early life and education
Ctech reported that Aronashvili is the son of two Georgian immigrants to Israel and grew up in a neighbourhood of the northern port city of Acre. He studied at Tel Aviv University, and Ctech described an incident in his first linear algebra class when a lecturer mistook him for a maintenance worker.[1] His Forbes Technology Council profile says he "completed his Master’s degree in Computer Science from Tel-Aviv University, as part of an excellence program during his military service".[3]
Military service
After finishing his bachelor's degree, Ctech reported, "Aronashvili was recruited by secret military elite unit Matzov, an abbreviation for the center of encryption and information security in Hebrew", part of the military's Computer Service Directorate (Matzov; Israel Defense Forces). In 2005 "Aronashvili was assigned to set up Matzov’s red team tasked with attacking the Israeli military’s computer systems to detect and address vulnerabilities." The team first attacked targets inside the Computer Service Directorate before attracting the attention of then chief of staff Dan Halutz.[1]
NODE Magazine and the Forbes Technology Council profile describe him as a co-founder of "the Israeli army’s Red Team (Section 21) and Incident Response Team in Matzov".[2][3] The Forbes profile also says he is "certified by the US Department of Homeland Security as a world class ICS and SCADA cybersecurity expert" (United States Department of Homeland Security).[3]
Career
Aronashvili founded CYE (also referred to in the 2020 Ctech interview as CYESEC Ltd.) and is its chief executive, applying offensive techniques to test the defences of corporate clients (CYE).[1][2]
See also
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Diana Bahur-Nir and Meir Orbach, The constant outsider who the world’s largest companies now pay millions to hack their systems Ctech, 7 August 2020, accessed 11 November 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Stuart Hodge, Hacking to defend NODE Magazine, 6 May 2021, accessed 11 November 2026.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Forbes Technology Council, Reuven Aronashvili Forbes Technology Council, accessed 11 November 2026.