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{{short description|'''Israeli application-security start-up co-founded in 2020 by Guy Flechter, who began his career in the Israeli Air Force's cyber unit; bought by Palo Alto Networks in 2022'''}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Cider Security
| trade_name = Cider Security Ltd.
| logo = Cider_Security_logo.png
| caption = Cider Security logo
| type = Private company (acquired)
| founded = {{Start date|2020}}
| founder = [[Guy Flechter]], [[Daniel Krivelevich]]
| defunct = {{Start date|2022|12|20}} (acquired by [[Palo Alto Networks]])
| hq_location = Israel
| industry = Cyber security
| services = Application security and software supply-chain (CI/CD pipeline) security
| parent = [[Palo Alto Networks]] (from December 2022)
}}
'''Cider Security''' (Cider Security Ltd.) was an Israeli cyber-security company that secured the software development pipeline (continuous integration and continuous delivery, CI/CD). It was co-founded by [[Guy Flechter]] and [[Daniel Krivelevich]].<ref name="CtechSola2025">Sophie Shulman, [https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/sjkol5ajkl Sola Security aims to be the Wix of cyber with $30 million Seed round] ''Ctech'', 11 March 2025, accessed 10 November 2026.</ref> According to ''[[Calcalist|Ctech]]'', Flechter "began his career in the Air Force's cyber unit" ([[Israeli Air Force]]).<ref name="CtechSola2025"/> [[Palo Alto Networks]] completed its acquisition of Cider on 20 December 2022.<ref name="PANWCider">Palo Alto Networks, [https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/company/press/2022/palo-alto-networks-completes-acquisition-of-cider-security Palo Alto Networks Completes Acquisition of Cider Security] ''Palo Alto Networks'', 20 December 2022, accessed 10 November 2026.</ref>

== Founders and military service ==
''Ctech'' reported in 2025 that Cider was co-founded by [[Guy Flechter]] and [[Daniel Krivelevich]], and that before selling it Flechter "had already spent two decades in Israel's cyber industry. He began his career in the Air Force's cyber unit and later held senior roles in Israeli high-tech companies, including serving as the head of the information security division at the Israeli unicorn AppsFlyer" ([[Israeli Air Force]]; [[AppsFlyer]]).<ref name="CtechSola2025"/> Flechter went on to found [[Sola Security]].<ref name="CtechSola2025"/>

== Acquisition ==
Palo Alto Networks announced on 20 December 2022 that it had completed its acquisition of Cider, which it described as "a pioneer in application security (AppSec) and software supply chain security", and said that Cider's technology would be integrated into its Prisma Cloud platform.<ref name="PANWCider"/> Sources differ on the price. ''Technology Magazine'' said that, when the deal was first announced in November 2022, it was to be worth about $195 million.<ref name="TechMagCider">Marcus Law, [https://technologymagazine.com/articles/palo-alto-networks-completes-acquisition-of-cider-security Palo Alto Networks completes acquisition of Cider Security] ''Technology Magazine'', 21 December 2022, accessed 10 November 2026.</ref> ''Ctech'' and ''TechCrunch'' later said that Cider was acquired for $300 million.<ref name="CtechSola2025"/><ref name="TCSola2025">Ingrid Lunden, [https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/11/sola-emerges-from-stealth-with-30m-to-build-the-stripe-for-security/ Sola emerges from stealth with $30M to build the 'Stripe for security'] ''TechCrunch'', 11 March 2025, accessed 10 November 2026.</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Sola Security]]
* [[Palo Alto Networks]]
* [[Cyber and tech firms founded by ex Unit 8200 or occupation forces veterans]]

== Notes ==
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[[Category:Israel]]
[[Category:Companies]]
[[Category:IDF]]
[[Category:Security Industry]]

Cider Security - Revision history

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