¶ Cybereason
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Cybereason is an Israeli cybersecurity firm with offices in Boston, Massachusetts. It “provides real-time cyber attack detection and response tech” for corporations and government agencies.
¶ History
Cybereason was founded in 2012 by Lior Div, a former member of the Israel Defense Forces' Unit 8200.[1][2]
In February 2014, Charles River Ventures (CRV) invested $4.6 million into Cybereason.[3]
In May 2015, the company raised $25 million in a Series B funding round from Spark Capital, Lockheed Martin and CRV.[2:1]
¶ Election interference
On November 5, 2019, Cybereason led a counter-terrorism exercise called Operation Blackout, simulating an attack on the 2020 United States presidential election. Participants included the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS), United States Secret Service and the law firm Venable.[4]
A similar tabletop exercise occurred the following month on December 11, 2019 in England, appropriately titled Operation Blackout London.[5] Participants in that exercise included the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) and the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS).
Cybereason acquired fellow cybersecurity company empow on July 20, 2021.[6]
¶ Organization
| Name | Position | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Lior Div | Founder | Unit 8200 |
| Yonatan Striem-Amit | Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder[7] | - |
| Israel Barak | Chief Information Security Officer | - |
| Yossi Rachman | Head of Security Research | - |
| Alessandro Telami | Senior Director | - |
| Santo Politi | Board Member | Spark Capital |
¶ Investors
The company's investors include:[6:1]
- All Blue Capital
- Charles River Ventures (CRV)
- Google Cloud
- Irving Investors
- Liberty Strategic Capital
- Lockheed Martin
- Neuberger Berman
- SoftBank
- SoftBank Vision Fund
- Spark Capital
¶ External links
Cybereason Profile. Top Workplaces. Retrieved February 27, 2023, from http://archive.today/2023.02.27-001959/https://topworkplaces.com/company/cybereason/boston/ ↩︎
Magee, C. (2015, May 6). Cybereason Raises $25M Because Corporate Security Is Broken. TechCrunch. https://web.archive.org/web/20150508233002/http://techcrunch.com/2015/05/06/cybereason-raises-25m-because-corporate-security-is-broken ↩︎ ↩︎
Dorbian, I. (2014, February 13). Charles River Ventures invests $4.6 mln in Cybereason. Venture Capital Journal. https://www.venturecapitaljournal.com/charles-river-ventures-invests-4-6-mln-in-cybereason/ ↩︎
Operation Blackout Summary of Events. (2019, November 5). Cybereason. https://web.archive.org/web/20210701201116/https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/6548629/Operation-Blackout-Wrap-Up-Report-November-2019.pdf ↩︎
Phillips, J. (2019, December 12). Cybereason leads Operation Blackout hack simulation event in London. Intelligent CISO. http://archive.today/2020.11.03-041253/https://www.intelligentciso.com/2019/12/12/cybereason-joined-by-former-members-of-gchq-foreign-office-and-metro-police-for-operation-blackout/ ↩︎
Cybereason - Funding, Financials, Valuation & Investors. Crunchbase. Retrieved February 27, 2023, from https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/cybereason/company_financials ↩︎ ↩︎
Shieber, J. (2019, August 6). Cybereason raises $200 million for its enterprise security platform. TechCrunch. http://archive.today/2020.01.15-190244/https://techcrunch.com/2019/08/05/cybereason-raises-200-million-for-its-enterprise-security-platform/ ↩︎