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About
Gadi Evron is the CEO and Founder of Knostic, an AI security company, and serves as CISO-in-Residence for AI at the Cloud Security Alliance. He previously founded the cyber deception company Cymmetria, which was later acquired, and built PwC's Cyber Security Center of Excellence and its threat intelligence methodology, and has chaired industry groups including the World Economic Forum's RISCC, the ACoD conference, and the Israeli CERT. Evron has authored two books on cyber security, co-authored the post-mortem analysis of the 2007 cyberattacks in Estonia, and published research on nation-state attacks such as Rocket Kitten and Patchwork and on DDoS amplification attacks.
Founder/CEO at CymmetriaYC S15
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YC
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Co-founders at Cymmetria
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Experience
- KnosticCEO and Foundercurrent2023 — present
- Cloud Security AllianceCISO-in-Residence for AIcurrent2025 — present
- Professional Association of CISOs (PAC)CISO-in-Residence and Head of Member Services2024 — 2025
- ILC4 - Israeli Cyber Coordination CenterFounder and CEO (Volunteer)2023Tel Aviv District, Israel
- Israeli CERT (IL-CERT / מתאמ)Chairman of the Board2013 — 2023Israel
- Team8CISO-in-Residence2022 — 2023
- A Conference for Defence (ACoD, a.k.a. Art into Science)Founder and director2016 — 2023
- CitiDomain Lead, Cyber Security Innovation Center2020 — 2022Tel Aviv, Israel
- World Economic ForumChair, RISCC Cyber Risk Council2018 — 2022
- CymmetriaFounder and CEO [Acquired]2014 — 2019
- Cyber Threat Intelligence Alliance (CTIA)Founding Chairman2014 — 2018
- Tel Aviv UniversityResearch Fellow, Cyber Security and Information Warfare Research Coordinator2009 — 2016
- Cyber Security Center of Excellence, PwCLead2011 — 2013Israel
- Self employedSelf-employed, working with AVG, Afilias2007 — 2012
- Zeroday Emergency Response TeamOperations Manager and Founder2005 — 2012
- ISOI security conferenceOrganizer2004 — 2011
- Beyond SecuritySecurity Evangelist2006 — 2008
- Tehila, the Israeli Government ISP and eGovernment project, Ministry of Finance, Israel.Head of Israeli Government CERT2005 — 2006
- Tehila, the Israeli Government ISP and eGovernment project, Ministry of Finance, Israel.Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)2004 — 2006
- Israeli Defence Forces, Unit 8200Information Security Officer, Lead Analyst2000 — 2003
Skills & more
Security99Network Security99Information Security99Penetration Testing99Malware Analysis89Firewalls99Computer Forensics62Information Security Management92Security Architecture Design52GTD28Cybercrime43Networking85
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Cloud ComputingInternet SecurityIntrusion DetectionEntrepreneurshipInformation TechnologyVulnerability AssessmentSoftware DevelopmentIncident ResponseComputer SecurityStrategyAnalysisManagementLanguages English · Hebrew
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Gadi Evron?
- Gadi Evron is the CEO and Founder of Knostic, an AI security company, and serves as CISO-in-Residence for AI at the Cloud Security Alliance. He previously founded the cyber deception company Cymmetria, which was later acquired, and built PwC's Cyber Security Center of Excellence and its threat intelligence methodology, and has chaired industry groups including the World Economic Forum's RISCC, the ACoD conference, and the Israeli CERT. Evron has authored two books on cyber security, co-authored the post-mortem analysis of the 2007 cyberattacks in Estonia, and published research on nation-state attacks such as Rocket Kitten and Patchwork and on DDoS amplification attacks.
- Where does Gadi Evron work?
- Gadi Evron is Founder/CEO of Cymmetria.
- What companies did Gadi Evron found?
- Gadi Evron founded Cymmetria.
- Where did Gadi Evron go to school?
- Gadi Evron studied at Y Combinator (S15 Startup Batch (June - August 2015)); Military Criminal Investigations - IDF (Authorized Computer Crime Investigator and Forensics Specialist); PwC (Kesselman School) (Management course).
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Y Combinator mafia10,444
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Juriaan DuizendstraalInvestor at Index VenturesDean MeyerInvestor at Sequoia CapitalBoaz PeerManaging Director, Israel & Europe at Qualcomm VenturesLiran GrinbergCo-Founder & Managing Partner at Team8Yuval ShacharExecutive Chairman & Managing Partner at Team8Rakefet Russak AminoachManaging Partner at Team8
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