Sweet Security
Israeli cloud and AI runtime-security company in Tel Aviv, founded in 2023 by former IDF chief information security officer Brigadier General (res.) Dror Kashti, who oversaw security for the Project Nimbus cloud tender, and former Unit 8200 and Unit 81 cyber heads
| Sweet Security
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| Logo |  Sweet Security logo |
| Type | Private company |
| Founded | 2023 |
| Founder(s) | Dror Kashti, Eyal Fisher, Orel Ben-Ishay |
| Headquarters | Tel Aviv, Israel |
| Industry | Cyber security |
| Services | Runtime cloud-native application protection (CNAPP); AI security platform |
| Homepage | sweet.security |
Sweet Security is an Israeli cyber-security company based in Tel Aviv that sells software to detect and stop attacks on companies' cloud systems and AI tools as they run.[1] It was founded by three former senior Israeli military cyber officers: Brigadier General (res.) Dror Kashti, former chief information security officer (CISO) of the Israel Defense Forces; Colonel (res.) Eyal Fisher, former head of the Cyber Department at Unit 8200; and Orel Ben-Ishay.[2] As IDF CISO, Kashti was responsible for the security of Project Nimbus, the Israeli government and military cloud project.[1][3] By November 2025 it had raised $120 million and employed about 70 people in Israel and the United States.[3]
History
Sweet Security came out of stealth in August 2023 with a $12 million seed round led by Glilot Capital Partners, with CyberArk Ventures and angel investors including Gerhard Eschelbeck, a former CISO of Google.[1] In March 2024 it raised a $33 million Series A led by Evolution Equity Partners, with Munich Re Ventures and Glilot, to expand in the United States.[2] In November 2025 it raised $75 million in a Series B round led by Evolution Equity Partners, with Munich Re Ventures, Glilot and Key1 Capital, bringing its total to $120 million.[3]
Project Nimbus
TechCrunch reported that, according to Kashti, towards the end of his time in the IDF "the Israeli government and military prepared for Project Nimbus, the cloud computing project that looked into how Israel could move its sensitive workloads securely into the cloud", which TechCrunch noted "wasn't uncontroversial". Kashti said: "I needed to sign the security paragraph of this project". He said he could not find tools for real-time detection and response in the cloud, and when he retired from the IDF he called Fisher to found the company.[1] Ctech wrote in 2025 that Kashti "was responsible for the Nimbus cloud tender on behalf of the IDF while still in his position".[3]
Founders and military service
- Dror Kashti, co-founder and chief executive: a retired brigadier general and former CISO of the Israel Defense Forces, according to Ctech (Israel Defense Forces).[2] The company describes itself as "Founded by the former CISO of the IDF and a team of elite experts in offensive and defensive cloud security".[4]
- Eyal Fisher, co-founder: a retired colonel and "former head of the Cyber Department at Unit 8200" (Unit 8200; Intelligence Corps).[2][1]
- Orel Ben-Ishay, co-founder: sources describe his service differently. TechCrunch called him "the former head of cybersecurity at the IDF's R&D group Unit 81" (Unit 81); Ctech called him "former R&D Cybersecurity Group Leader at the Special Operations Division".[1][2]
See also
- Unit 8200
- Unit 81
- Project Nimbus
- Cyber and tech firms founded by ex Unit 8200 or occupation forces veterans
External links
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Frederic Lardinois, Sweet Security raises $12M seed round for its cloud security suite TechCrunch, 9 August 2023, accessed 10 November 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Meir Orbach, Former Israeli military cyber chiefs net $33 million Series A for cloud security startup Ctech, 6 March 2024, accessed 10 November 2026.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Meir Orbach, Sweet Security, led by ex-IDF cyber chiefs, secures $75M Series B to combat hidden AI risks Ctech, 12 November 2025, accessed 10 November 2026.
- ↑ Sweet Security, About Sweet Security Sweet Security, accessed 10 November 2026.