SafeBreach
Israeli-founded breach-and-attack simulation company in Sunnyvale and Tel Aviv, founded in 2014 by Israeli Air Force and Unit 8200 veterans Guy Bejerano and Itzik Kotler
| SafeBreach
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| Logo |  SafeBreach logo |
| Type | Private company |
| Founded | 2014 |
| Founder(s) | Guy Bejerano, Itzik Kotler |
| Headquarters | Sunnyvale, California, United States; development in Israel |
| Industry | Cyber security |
| Services | Breach and attack simulation; continuous threat exposure management (CTEM) |
| Homepage | safebreach.com |
SafeBreach is a cyber-security company, founded in Israel and based in Sunnyvale, California, that sells software to simulate attacks on an organisation's own systems and test how well its defences work, a field known as "breach and attack simulation".[1][2] It was founded in 2014 by Guy Bejerano and Itzik Kotler, whom Globes described as "veterans of the IDF Air Force and IDF Intelligence unit 8200" (Unit 8200).[1]
History
In July 2015 SafeBreach raised its first $4 million from Sequoia Capital and the entrepreneur Shlomo Kramer, and Sequoia partner Gili Raanan joined its board. Globes wrote that its product "generates war games simulations within the organization's information systems", and that the money would be used to expand development in Israel and sales in North America.[1]
On 9 November 2021 the company, announcing from Sunnyvale, said that it had raised $53.5 million in a Series D round led by Sonae IM and Israel Growth Partners (IGP), with Sands Capital, Leumi Partners and ServiceNow, and with existing investors including Sequoia Capital, DTCP, DNX Ventures, OCV Partners and PayPal. It said that this brought its total funding to more than $106 million.[2]
Founders and military service
- Globes described the two founders as "veterans of the IDF Air Force and IDF Intelligence unit 8200".[1]
- Itzik Kotler, co-founder and chief technology officer: the company describes him as "a former member of the elite Israel 8200 Intelligence unit" (Unit 8200; Intelligence Corps) who was chief technology officer of Security Art.[3]
- Guy Bejerano, co-founder and chief executive: according to the company, he "led Information Security and Red Team operations in the Israeli Air Force" (Israeli Air Force), and was later chief security officer of LivePerson and chief information security officer of Ness Technologies.[3]
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Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Roy Goldenberg, Cyber security co SafeBreach raises $4m Globes, 8 July 2015, accessed 10 November 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 SafeBreach, SafeBreach Closes $53.5 Million Series D New Funding to Fuel Momentum SafeBreach, 9 November 2021, accessed 10 November 2026.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 SafeBreach, Leadership SafeBreach, accessed 10 November 2026.