The lifecycle of a eureka moment in cybersecurity
It takes more than a single eureka moment to attract investor backing, especially in a notoriously high-stakes and competitive industry like cybersecurity. While every …
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What do CISOs want from cybersecurity vendors right now?
As COVID-19 spreads across the globe, what challenges are CISOs and other cybersecurity executives dealing with and what things they don’t want to be dealing with at the …
What are CISOs’ most pressing cybersecurity challenges?
CISOs are increasingly preoccupied with digital transformation, migration to cloud environments, and data governance, a recent YL Ventures survey has shown. The Israeli …
Security trends to follow at Black Hat USA 2019
Black Hat USA 2019 is just around the corner! Selecting which sessions to attend from among the conference’s jam-packed catalog of training sessions, panels and briefings can …
YL Ventures closes fourth fund with $120M of committed capital
YL Ventures, the Silicon Valley venture capital firm specializing in seed-stage investing in Israeli cybersecurity startups, today announced it has closed its fourth fund with …
Orca Cloud Visibility Platform delivers full stack IaaS and PaaS cloud security visibility
Israeli startup Orca Security, founded by former Check Point executives Avi Shua and Gil Geron, announced $6.5 million in seed funding led by YL Ventures for its mission to …
Why hospitals are the next frontier of cybersecurity
Hospital cybersecurity is a pressing problem with unique challenges and incalculable stakes. The healthcare industry’s accelerating adoption of sophisticated networks, …
YL Ventures expands advisory board with 24 cybersecurity executives
YL Ventures, the Silicon Valley headquartered seed-stage venture capital firm focusing on Israeli cybersecurity innovation, announced a major expansion of its Venture Advisory …
Three security trends to watch for at Black Hat USA 2018
Thus far in 2018, organizations and individuals worldwide have experienced a large number of high profile cyber attacks, with criminals stealing billions of dollars as well as …
CyberMap: Live map of Israel’s cybersecurity ecosystem
During CyberWeek 2018, YL Ventures launched CyberMap, the first live map of Israel’s cybersecurity ecosystem. The live landscape enables interactive filtering based on: …
Vulcan Cyber announces continuous vulnerability remediation platform and $4M seed round
Israeli startup Vulcan Cyber today announced $4 million in seed funding for its mission to eliminate the vulnerability remediation gap that unnecessarily exposes enterprises …
Medigate announces $5.35M seed round to protect connected medical devices
Israeli startup Medigate today announced $5.35 million in seed funding for its mission to secure the use of the millions of connected medical devices on healthcare provider …
