Twistlock
Israeli container-security company founded by two IDF Intelligence Corps veterans; bought by Palo Alto Networks for about $410m in 2019
| Twistlock
| |
|---|---|
| Type | Acquired (part of Palo Alto Networks) |
| Founder(s) | Ben Bernstein, Dima Stopel |
| Industry | Cyber security (container and cloud-native security) |
| Parent | Palo Alto Networks (from 2019) |
Twistlock was an Israeli cyber-security company that made security software for software containers, such as Docker, and other cloud-native applications. In May 2019 Palo Alto Networks announced that it would pay about $410 million in cash for the company, which then had more than 290 customers, more than a quarter of them on the Fortune 100 list.[1]
Founders and the IDF
When Twistlock raised $2.5 million in seed funding led by YL Ventures in 2015, Globes reported that it "was founded by Ben Bernstein and Dima Stopel, who bring extensive enterprise security expertise in both the defense and private sector; both spent more than 10 years in the Microsoft R&D center in Israel and served in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) intelligence corps" (Intelligence Corps).[2]
Sale to Palo Alto Networks
Palo Alto Networks bought Twistlock at the same time as the serverless-security start-up PureSec, to add both to its Prisma cloud-security suite, and said that Bernstein and Stopel would join the company.[1]
See also
- PureSec
- Israel Defense Forces
- Cyber and tech firms founded by ex Unit 8200 or occupation forces veterans
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Palo Alto Networks, 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.
- ↑ Enterprise security co Twistlock raises $2.5m, Globes, 10 May 2015, accessed 21 October 2026.