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Boaz Zilber

Co Founder & Board Member at BUGSEC

Boaz Zilber has a diverse work experience in the field of information security. Boaz co-founded BugSec in 2007, serving as a Co Founder & Board Member and later as the COO & Co Founder. In 2008, they co-founded Versafe and held the position of COO & Co Founder until 2013. From 2013 to 2015, they worked as the Director of PD at F5 Networks. In 2015, they became a Co Founder & Board Member at Cynet - Precise Threat Detection. In 2018, they joined Cyberstarts VC as a Member. Prior to these roles, Boaz worked in Information Security at Bank Leumi from 2001 to 2007.

Boaz Zilber pursued their undergraduate degree in Software Engineering & Management from Tel-Aviv Academic College of Engineering. Boaz attended the college from 2001 to 2005 and successfully completed their Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degree.

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BUGSEC

BugSec is the strongest Israeli cyber consultancy and red-team services firm. Established in 2005 by noted Israeli ethical hacker Eyal Gruner, BugSec has assembled the best and brightest minds in Israeli cyberspace, including offensive and defensive cyber specialists. Nowadays, our group numbers over 70 experts, with hybrid capabilities in red teaming, hardware and application security, threat hunting and incident response. Our professionals have authored tools, challenges, testing methodologies and training programs. An important pillar of our activity is research and development – our talented security researchers are engaged in the most complex nation-level projects for leading defense agencies in Israel and abroad. They have developed in-house security tools, researched vulnerabilities and detected zero-day exploits. Our customers span across 4 continents, including the most significant bodies in modern industry – financial institutes, critical infrastructure, hi-tech, defense, retail & e-commerce, telecom, etc. Along the years, BugSec has developed some in-house initiatives which later grew to successful products on the market: Versafe - web anti-fraud, anti-phishing, and anti-malware solution, acquired by F5 Networks (NASDAQ: FFIV) in September 2013. Cynet 360 - Cynet was created in response to the growing prevalence of advanced persistent threats (APTs) and targeted attacks from unknown origins. Cynet 360, the flagship product, provides an agentless, comprehensive detection and remediation solution for mitigating advanced threats, including unsigned malware and zero-day attacks. BugSec’s Israeli out-of-the-box mentality helps us tackle any challenge in a unique way, and provide rapid, actionable and sustainable security solutions to our trusted customers.