Amit Spitzer
InvestorChief Technology Officer & Chief Information Security Officer at Glilot Capital Partners
Tel Aviv District, Israel
About
Amit Spitzer is CTO and CISO at Glilot Capital Partners, where he advises portfolio companies on cybersecurity strategy. With over 15 years of experience in CISO roles and cloud-native security, he has led security programs at ControlUp and Cato Networks across product design and post-funding growth phases. His expertise includes cloud platforms, regulatory compliance frameworks, and attack simulation, alongside advisory work with founders through Glilot Capital and Ibex Investors.
Experience
- Glilot Capital PartnersCTO & CISOcurrent2025 โ presentHerzliya, Tel Aviv District, Israel
- Glilot Capital PartnersSecurity Advisor2022 โ 2025
- 3rd Party PodcastCo Hostcurrent2025 โ presentIsrael
- Ibex InvestorsSecurity Advisor2024 โ 2025Israel
- Cato NetworksChief Security Officer & Data Protecting Officer2021 โ 2025Tel Aviv, Israel
- Hyperwise VenturesSecurity Advisor2023 โ 2024Israel
- ControlUpChief Security Officer & DPO2018 โ 2021Israel
- ControlUpHead of Security & Cloud Architects2017 โ 2018Israel
- The Shadowserver FoundationCyber Security Researcher2017 โ 2018the dark side of the internet
- Dome9 Security (acq. by Check Point)Team Lead - Cloud Security Architect2016 โ 2017Tel Aviv Area, Israel
- ClickSoftwareSenior Cloud Services Architect2014 โ 2016Petah Tikva , Israel
- ืืขืจื ืืืืืืื ืืืืืื - Israel National Digital AgencyWeb & Infra team leader (AKA DevOps TL)2013 โ 2014Jerusalem , Israel
- ืืขืจื ืืืืืืื ืืืืืื - Israel National Digital AgencyVirtualization & Cloud Specialist2012 โ 2014Jerusalem , Israel
- Israel ElwynNetwork and System Administrator2008 โ 2012Jerusalem , Israel
- Israel PoliceInformation Technology System Administrator2006 โ 2008Jerusalem , Israel
Education
- John BryceCertified Ethical Hacker - EC-Council, Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance2010 โ 2011
- John BryceMCITP: Enterprise Administrator, Information Technology2009 โ 2010
Skills & more
Executive & Board-Level Risk Communication7Cross-functional Team Leadership7Product Security & Secure SDLC7Security for Startups & VC PortfoliosCISO-Level Security Strategy1Security Orchestration Automation & Response (SOAR)Security Information & Event Management (SIEM)Infrastructure as code (IaC)CI/CD Pipeline SecurityDome9 Security, Prisma CloudTerraform, Ansible, HelmKubernetes, Docker, Serverless Architectures
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AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP)Incident Response & Crisis ManagementData Privacy & Protection (GDPR, CCPA)Regulatory Standards: SOC2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, NISTGovernance, Risk & Compliance (GRC)Penetration Testing & Red TeamingCloud Security ArchitectureVirtualizationCloud ComputingFirewallsNetwork SecurityIntegrationLanguages English ยท Hebrew
- AWSย Technicalย Professional โ Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- VMware vSphere: Optimize & Scale โ VMware
- Advanced Linux Tools & Shell Scripts โ John Bryce
- Certified Ethical Hacking (CEH) โ EC-Council
From Amit's professional profile.
Colleagues at Glilot Capital Partners
Aaron Shmidman
Investor at Glilot Capital Partners
Arik Kleinstein
Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Glilot Capital Partners
Avinoam Nowogrodski
Investor at Glilot Capital Partners
Chen Nevo
Investor at Glilot Capital Partners
Chen Yakar
Associate at Glilot Capital Partners
Daniel Stein
Investor at Glilot Capital Partners
Daniel Ziv
Investment Manager at Glilot Capital Partners
Elisha Levy
VP Value Creation at Glilot Capital Partners
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Amit Spitzer work?
- Amit Spitzer is Chief Technology Officer & Chief Information Security Officer at Glilot Capital Partners.
Same school
Also attended John Bryce2
Shared employers
Also worked at Glilot Capital Partners31
SianFounding Partner at Saas Ventures, L.L.C.Guy NizanVenture Partner at ClearSkyMoran ZilbershteinGeneral Partner at TAU VenturesRay RothrockFund II Chair, Former Partner & Internet and Energy Investment Program Lead, Venrock at Overture ClimateDavid FairmanVenture Partner and CISO-in-Residence at SixThirty VenturesMandy AndressSecurity Advisor at Modern Technical
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