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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|'''Israeli serverless-security start-up whose founders came from elite IDF cyber, intelligence and commando units; bought by Palo Alto Networks in 2019'''}}<br />
{{Infobox company<br />
| name = PureSec<br />
| type = Acquired (part of [[Palo Alto Networks]])<br />
| founder = [[Shaked Zin]], [[Avi Shulman]], [[Ory Segal]]<br />
| industry = Cyber security (serverless application security)<br />
| parent = [[Palo Alto Networks]] (from 2019)<br />
}}<br />
'''PureSec''' was an Israeli cyber-security start-up that made security tools for "serverless" cloud applications, covering vulnerability management, access permissions and threats while functions are running. On 29 May 2019 [[Palo Alto Networks]] announced that it had agreed to buy PureSec, together with [[Twistlock]], to add to its Prisma cloud-security suite. The terms of the PureSec deal were not disclosed.<ref name="PANW2019">Palo Alto Networks, [https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/company/press/2019/palo-alto-networks-announces-intent-to-acquire-two-companies-to-extend-its-cloud-security-leadership Palo Alto Networks Announces Intent to Acquire Two Companies to Extend Its Cloud Security Leadership], ''Palo Alto Networks'' (press release), 29 May 2019, accessed 21 October 2026.</ref><br />
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== Founders and the IDF ==<br />
The Australian venture firm [[Square Peg]], which invested in PureSec's $7 million Series A round, wrote that "[[Shaked Zin]] and [[Avi Shulman]] came from elite units in the [[Israel Defense Forces|Israel Defence Forces]] across cyber, intelligence and commando units." It said they then brought in [[Ory Segal]], an application-security specialist, and that it had been introduced to the company by its co-investors [[TLV Partners]].<ref name="SquarePegPureSec">Dan Krasnostein, [https://www.squarepeg.vc/blog/investment-notes-puresec Investment notes: Puresec US$7m Series A], ''Square Peg'' (investor), accessed 21 October 2026.</ref> The source does not name the units.<br />
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== Sale to Palo Alto Networks ==<br />
[[Palo Alto Networks]] said that PureSec's co-founders, [[Shaked Zin]], [[Ory Segal]] and [[Avi Shulman]], would join the company.<ref name="PANW2019" /><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Twistlock]]<br />
* [[Israel Defense Forces]]<br />
* [[Cyber and tech firms founded by ex Unit 8200 or occupation forces veterans]]<br />
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