Mitiga
Israeli cloud incident-response and AI security company in Tel Aviv, co-founded in 2019 by Ariel Parnes, a retired Unit 8200 colonel who commanded its "Cyber Special Ops" department
| Mitiga
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| Logo |  Mitiga logo |
| Type | Private company |
| Founded | 2019 |
| Founder(s) | Tal Mozes, Ofer Maor, Ariel Parnes |
| Headquarters | Tel Aviv, Israel |
| Industry | Cyber security |
| Services | Cloud and software-as-a-service (SaaS) breach readiness, detection and incident response |
| Number of employees | 56 (March 2023) |
| Homepage | mitiga.io |
Mitiga is an Israeli cyber-security company based in Tel Aviv that sells a subscription service to help companies prepare for, detect and investigate attacks on their cloud and software-as-a-service (SaaS) systems.[1] It was founded in 2019 by Tal Mozes, Ofer Maor and Ariel Parnes, whom TechCrunch described as "a retired colonel from Israel Defense Forces".[1] Its investor Rain Capital has written that Parnes "was a colonel in the Israeli Defense Force's 8200 elite cyber unit and commander of the Cyber Special Ops department" (Unit 8200).[2]
History
According to TechCrunch, Mozes and Maor had earlier led Hacktics, a penetration-testing company bought by Ernst & Young, and Seeker Security, bought by Synopsys in 2015.[1] Rain Capital, which invested in the company, described its services in 2020 as "grounded in what the founders call 'offensive readiness'", and said the founding team combined "enterprise services, military-grade security" and other skills.[2]
In March 2023 Mitiga raised $45 million in a Series A round led by ClearSky Security, with Samsung Next, Blackstone, Atlantic Bridge and DNX, valuing it at more than $100 million. It then had 56 employees.[1]
Founders and military service
- Ariel Parnes, co-founder and chief operating officer: according to Rain Capital, he "was a colonel in the Israeli Defense Force's 8200 elite cyber unit and commander of the Cyber Special Ops department" (Unit 8200; Intelligence Corps).[2] TechCrunch called him "a retired colonel from Israel Defense Forces".[1]
- Tal Mozes, co-founder and chief executive; and Ofer Maor, co-founder and chief technology officer: co-founders of Hacktics and Seeker Security.[1][2]
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Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Kyle Wiggers, Cloud security vendor Mitiga lands $45M, valuing the company at over $100M TechCrunch, 14 March 2023, accessed 10 November 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Rain Capital, Cloud-Native Breach Readiness and Response: The Case for Mitiga Rain Capital, 8 June 2020, accessed 10 November 2026.