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{{short description|'''Israeli application-security and software-supply-chain security company founded in 2020 by three Unit 8200 veterans, Roni Fuchs, Liav Caspi and Lior Barak'''}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Legit Security
| logo = Legit_Security_logo.png
| image_size = 200px
| caption = Legit Security logo
| type = Private company
| founded = {{Start date|2020|09}}
| founder = [[Roni Fuchs]], [[Liav Caspi]], [[Lior Barak]]
| hq_location = Tel Aviv, Israel; operations in the United States
| industry = Cyber security
| services = Application security posture management (ASPM); software supply-chain security; secrets scanning
| num_employees = 78 (September 2023)
| homepage = [https://www.legitsecurity.com/ legitsecurity.com]
}}
'''Legit Security''' is an Israeli cyber-security company that sells an "application security posture management" (ASPM) platform to find and fix security weaknesses in software from code to cloud.<ref name="CtechLegit2023">Meir Orbach, [https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/b1puzwojt Legit Security nets $40 million Series B to secure application delivery from code to cloud] ''Ctech'', 20 September 2023, accessed 10 November 2026.</ref> It was set up in September 2020 by [[Roni Fuchs]], [[Liav Caspi]] and [[Lior Barak]], who, according to ''[[Calcalist|Ctech]]'', "met while serving in the IDF's 8200 military intelligence unit" ([[Unit 8200]]).<ref name="CtechLegit2023"/> Fuchs has written that he had known his co-founders "for many years beginning in the Israeli Defense Forces at Unit 8200".<ref name="LegitBlog2022">Roni Fuchs, [https://www.legitsecurity.com/blog/announcing-legit-security-the-story-behind-our-mission Announcing Legit Security: The Story Behind Our Mission] ''Legit Security'', 24 January 2022, accessed 10 November 2026.</ref>

== History ==
Legit Security came out of stealth in January 2022, after more than a year of development, with a team that Fuchs said had been assembled "across the U.S. and Israel".<ref name="LegitBlog2022"/> It raised a $26.5 million Series A and, in September 2023, a $40 million Series B led by [[CRV]], with its existing investors [[Cyberstarts]], [[Bessemer Venture Partners]] and [[TCV]].<ref name="CtechLegit2023"/> ''[[TechCrunch]]'' reported that this brought its total funding to $77 million and that it then had 78 employees.<ref name="TCLegit2023">Kyle Wiggers, [https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/20/legit-security-lands-40m-to-lock-down-apps-and-dev-environments/ Legit Security lands $40M to lock down apps and dev environments] ''TechCrunch'', 20 September 2023, accessed 10 November 2026.</ref>

== Founders and military service ==
* ''Ctech'' reported that the three founders "met while serving in the IDF's 8200 military intelligence unit" ([[Unit 8200]]; [[Aman|Intelligence Corps]]).<ref name="CtechLegit2023"/> ''TechCrunch'' wrote that they "all served together in the cyber warfare division of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF)" and later worked at companies including [[Microsoft]] and [[Checkmarx]].<ref name="TCLegit2023"/>
* [[Roni Fuchs]], co-founder and chief executive: one of the first employees of [[Aorato]], which Microsoft bought in 2014; he then founded the start-up [[Lumobit]], which merged into Checkmarx.<ref name="CtechLegit2023"/> In his launch post he wrote: "I've known co-founders Liav and Lior ... for many years beginning in the Israeli Defense Forces at Unit 8200. We gained invaluable experience there".<ref name="LegitBlog2022"/>
* [[Liav Caspi]], co-founder and chief technology officer; and [[Lior Barak]], co-founder and vice-president of R&D: both joined Lumobit as its first employees.<ref name="CtechLegit2023"/>

== See also ==
* [[Unit 8200]]
* [[Checkmarx]]
* [[Cyber and tech firms founded by ex Unit 8200 or occupation forces veterans]]

== External links ==
* [https://www.legitsecurity.com/ Official website]

== Notes ==
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[[Category:Companies]]
[[Category:Unit 8200]]

Legit Security - Revision history

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