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| name = Eran Reshef | | name = Eran Reshef | ||
| + | | image = Eran_Reshef.jpg | ||
| + | | caption = Eran Reshef (Project Max team page) | ||
| nationality = Israeli | | nationality = Israeli | ||
| occupation = Cyber-intelligence entrepreneur | | occupation = Cyber-intelligence entrepreneur | ||
| − | | known_for = Co-founder and CEO of [[Rayzone Group]] | + | | known_for = Co-founder and CEO of [[Rayzone Group]]; co-founder of [[Sanctum (company)|Sanctum]], [[Skybox Security]], [[Blue Security]] and [[Collactive]] |
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'''Eran Reshef''' is an Israeli cyber-intelligence entrepreneur. ''Ctech'' reported that according to company filings he serves as CEO of [[Rayzone Group]], which he co-founded with [[Yohai Bar Zakay]], [[Matan Caspi]], [[Ron Zilka]] and [[Yaron Elrom]]. ''Ctech'' also reported that Reshef and Caspi helped intermediate a 2011 deal in which [[NSO Group]] sold Pegasus technology to a foreign military.<ref name="CtechRayzoneSecret">Tomer Ganon and Hagar Ravet, [https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3884553,00.html The Rayzone Group's secret cyber intelligence activities revealed], ''Ctech'', 29 December 2020.</ref><ref name="CtechRayzone">Tomer Ganon and Hagar Ravet, [https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3885897,00.html Israeli cyber and intelligence company Rayzone embroiled in African mining dispute], ''Ctech'', 5 January 2021.</ref> | '''Eran Reshef''' is an Israeli cyber-intelligence entrepreneur. ''Ctech'' reported that according to company filings he serves as CEO of [[Rayzone Group]], which he co-founded with [[Yohai Bar Zakay]], [[Matan Caspi]], [[Ron Zilka]] and [[Yaron Elrom]]. ''Ctech'' also reported that Reshef and Caspi helped intermediate a 2011 deal in which [[NSO Group]] sold Pegasus technology to a foreign military.<ref name="CtechRayzoneSecret">Tomer Ganon and Hagar Ravet, [https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3884553,00.html The Rayzone Group's secret cyber intelligence activities revealed], ''Ctech'', 29 December 2020.</ref><ref name="CtechRayzone">Tomer Ganon and Hagar Ravet, [https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3885897,00.html Israeli cyber and intelligence company Rayzone embroiled in African mining dispute], ''Ctech'', 5 January 2021.</ref> | ||
Rayzone sells locating, tracking and investigation technologies including the ADINT product Echo; ''Globes'' reported Defence Ministry export-control pressure on a complementary ad-based spyware-delivery tool.<ref name="GlobesADINT">Globes, [https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-defense-ministry-sets-sights-on-adint-companies-1001452394 Defense Ministry sets sights on ADINT companies], ''Globes'', 16 July 2023.</ref> | Rayzone sells locating, tracking and investigation technologies including the ADINT product Echo; ''Globes'' reported Defence Ministry export-control pressure on a complementary ad-based spyware-delivery tool.<ref name="GlobesADINT">Globes, [https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-defense-ministry-sets-sights-on-adint-companies-1001452394 Defense Ministry sets sights on ADINT companies], ''Globes'', 16 July 2023.</ref> | ||
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| + | == Intelligence service == | ||
| + | Reshef's website states: "Prior to Sanctum, I was an officer in an Israeli elite intelligence unit." It does not name the unit.<ref name="ReshefSite">Eran Reshef, [https://www.eranreshef.com/ About Eran Reshef] ''eranreshef.com'' (personal website), accessed 21 October 2026.</ref> | ||
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| + | == Earlier companies == | ||
| + | Reshef's website describes the following companies.<ref name="ReshefSite" /> | ||
| + | * '''[[Sanctum (company)|Sanctum]]''' (1997): "I founded and managed Sanctum together with [[Gili Raanan]] in 1997. At Sanctum, we invented the market-leading web application security assessment suite. Sanctum was eventually acquired by IBM and its products were sold as Rational AppScan." ''Ctech'' describes Raanan as "an alumnus of the elite Israeli military intelligence unit 8200".<ref name="CtechRaanan">Sophie Shulman and Meir Orbach, [https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/b1a1jn00hc The Gili Ra’anan model: Questions emerging from Cyberstarts' remarkable success] ''Ctech'', 13 June 2024, accessed 21 October 2026.</ref> | ||
| + | * '''[[Skybox Security]]''' (2001): co-founded with Gidi Cohen and Moshe Meiseles "to help the largest corporations in the world prevent cyber threats". | ||
| + | * '''[[Blue Security]]''' (2004): founded with Amir Hirsh to run a "Do-Not-Spam registry". Reshef says the company and its customers were "the target to arguably the largest cyber attack in the history of the Internet", which forced it to shut down its service. | ||
| + | * '''[[Collactive]]''' (2007): founded with Amir Hirsh. Reshef says it "helped global clients protect and promote their interests on social media using a unique technological solution" and "was acquired by IAI on 2012", meaning [[Israel Aerospace Industries]]. | ||
| + | * '''RelationFlow''' (2012): founded with Roni Reshef, providing "a service for large-scale stakeholder engagement". | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
* [[Rayzone Group]] | * [[Rayzone Group]] | ||
| + | * [[Sanctum (company)]] | ||
| + | * [[Gili Raanan]] | ||
* [[Matan Caspi]] | * [[Matan Caspi]] | ||
* [[Yohai Bar Zakay]] | * [[Yohai Bar Zakay]] | ||
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[[Category:Israel|Reshef, Eran]] | [[Category:Israel|Reshef, Eran]] | ||
[[Category:Surveillance|Reshef, Eran]] | [[Category:Surveillance|Reshef, Eran]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Israeli businesspeople|Reshef, Eran]] | ||
Latest revision as of 10:23, 21 October 2026
Israeli cyber-intelligence entrepreneur; CEO/co-founder of Rayzone Group; co-founder of Sanctum
| Eran Reshef
| |
|---|---|
| Image |  Eran Reshef (Project Max team page) |
| Nationality | Israeli |
| Occupation | Cyber-intelligence entrepreneur |
| Known for | Co-founder and CEO of Rayzone Group; co-founder of Sanctum, Skybox Security, Blue Security and Collactive |
Eran Reshef is an Israeli cyber-intelligence entrepreneur. Ctech reported that according to company filings he serves as CEO of Rayzone Group, which he co-founded with Yohai Bar Zakay, Matan Caspi, Ron Zilka and Yaron Elrom. Ctech also reported that Reshef and Caspi helped intermediate a 2011 deal in which NSO Group sold Pegasus technology to a foreign military.[1][2]
Rayzone sells locating, tracking and investigation technologies including the ADINT product Echo; Globes reported Defence Ministry export-control pressure on a complementary ad-based spyware-delivery tool.[3]
Intelligence service
Reshef's website states: "Prior to Sanctum, I was an officer in an Israeli elite intelligence unit." It does not name the unit.[4]
Earlier companies
Reshef's website describes the following companies.[4]
- Sanctum (1997): "I founded and managed Sanctum together with Gili Raanan in 1997. At Sanctum, we invented the market-leading web application security assessment suite. Sanctum was eventually acquired by IBM and its products were sold as Rational AppScan." Ctech describes Raanan as "an alumnus of the elite Israeli military intelligence unit 8200".[5]
- Skybox Security (2001): co-founded with Gidi Cohen and Moshe Meiseles "to help the largest corporations in the world prevent cyber threats".
- Blue Security (2004): founded with Amir Hirsh to run a "Do-Not-Spam registry". Reshef says the company and its customers were "the target to arguably the largest cyber attack in the history of the Internet", which forced it to shut down its service.
- Collactive (2007): founded with Amir Hirsh. Reshef says it "helped global clients protect and promote their interests on social media using a unique technological solution" and "was acquired by IAI on 2012", meaning Israel Aerospace Industries.
- RelationFlow (2012): founded with Roni Reshef, providing "a service for large-scale stakeholder engagement".
See also
- Rayzone Group
- Sanctum (company)
- Gili Raanan
- Matan Caspi
- Yohai Bar Zakay
- NSO Group
- Unit 8200
- Cyber and tech firms founded by ex Unit 8200 or occupation forces veterans
Notes
- ↑ Tomer Ganon and Hagar Ravet, The Rayzone Group's secret cyber intelligence activities revealed, Ctech, 29 December 2020.
- ↑ Tomer Ganon and Hagar Ravet, Israeli cyber and intelligence company Rayzone embroiled in African mining dispute, Ctech, 5 January 2021.
- ↑ Globes, Defense Ministry sets sights on ADINT companies, Globes, 16 July 2023.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Eran Reshef, About Eran Reshef eranreshef.com (personal website), accessed 21 October 2026.
- ↑ Sophie Shulman and Meir Orbach, The Gili Ra’anan model: Questions emerging from Cyberstarts' remarkable success Ctech, 13 June 2024, accessed 21 October 2026.