Mitiga upgrades the capabilities of organizations’ Cyber Command (SOC) in the era of the cloud through advanced capabilities in the fields of visibility, threat detection, investigation and response to attacks in cloud environments and SaaS applications. Mitiga’s mission is to strengthen the capabilities of organizations facing threats to the cloud, reduce The time required to identify, investigate and respond to them – and this within a few hours compared to over 200 days today.
Tal Mozes, co-founder and CEO of Mitiga: “Our inclusion in the final list of companies nominated for the RSA Sandbox Innovation Award is not only a great honor but also proof of our vital role in today’s cyber security landscape. As representatives of the Israeli cyber security industry, we are excited to present the way in which Israeli technology provides an answer to the need of organizations around the world for comprehensive management of threats against the cloud.”
Mitiga was founded in 2019 by Tal Mozes, who serves as the company’s CEO, Ofer Maor the CTO, and Ariel Farnes the COO. Mozes and Maor are serial entrepreneurs in the cyber field who were co-founders of the companies: Seeker Security which was purchased by the software giant Synopsis, and Hacktics acquired by Ernst & Young. After the sale of Hacktics, Tal Mozes served as Ernst & Young’s cyber operations manager. After the sale of Seeker Security, Ofer Maor took part in the acquisitions of 8 other companies in the field. Ariel Farnes served for over 20 years in 8200 in a variety of intelligence, IT, offensive and defensive cyber roles, and network warfare.
Since its inception, Mitiga has raised $45 million, of which $38 million in round A completed in early 2023 led by ClearSky and with the participation of Glilot Capital Partners, Samsung Next, Blackstone, Atlantic Bridge and DNX. Following the growing demand for the company’s solutions, Mitiga raised a significant investment from Cisco’s investment arm. The capital raisings helped promote product innovation, expand the customer base, as well as expand the platform and the status of employees.
The company employs 60 people, 40 of them in Israel and it is recruiting additional workers for its offices in Israel, New York and London. Among the clients of the company’s managed service are 500 leading organizations in the world, among them companies from Fortune magazine’s list of the 500 largest organizations that base their cloud protection on the company’s solutions.