Yossi Sassi

Big milestone for CYMDALL We have officially been granted a US patent for our Cyber Core architecture, joining the Israeli patent granted earlier last year (2025). This is exciting not just because of the patent itself, but because it locks in a shift we are seeing worldwide: Cybersecurity is becoming a design-time decision with lifetime consequences. Regulations like EU CRA, NIS2, IEC 62443, FDA cybersecurity guidance, and NIST 800-193 are no longer abstract compliance topics. They are forcing manufacturers to rethink architecture, ownership, and accountability for devices long after shipment. The CYMDALL Cyber Core (we call it - CYCO) represents a different foundation: A permanent security layer, designed once, embedded below the OS, invisible to software, and enforceable throughout the entire device lifecycle. This patent defines what we believe is a critical architectural path for secure-by-design devices in a regulated world. It validates years of deep work by an exceptional team of Israeli cyber experts who know this problem from both offensive and defensive angles. Special thanks to Hayim Weller, who professionally lead the patent application worldwide.

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https://lnkd.in/d4q9WE7Y The headline says AI hacked real companies. The reality? A misconfiguration created a path to the internet that should never have existed in the first place. [calcalistech.com] This incident highlights a critical cybersecurity truth: AI is accelerating exploitation, not creating the underlying exposures. The attack surface is still being expanded by: Misconfigurations Permission drift Exposed credentials Forgotten assets The difference is that autonomous AI can now discover and leverage those weaknesses at unprecedented speed. That's why organizations must embrace Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) and proactively reduce their attack surface. At Reclaim Security our mission is simple: Find and eliminate exposure before attackers, humans, or AI agents do and remediate them for you at speed. Because in the age of autonomous AI, prevention scales and far more effective than response. #CTEM #CyberSecurity #AttackSurfaceManagement #AIAgents #SecurityLeadership #ExposureManagement #ReclaimSecurity [calcalistech.com]

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The New Era of Cyber Threats → Why Israel Leads the Way Featuring: → Dr. Nimrod Kozlovski, Founder & CEO, Cytactic Dr. Kozlovski is a leading expert in cybersecurity, with decades of experience in protecting organizations from advanced threats. He has worked with governments, defense units, and major corporations, building frameworks that anticipate and respond to modern cyber crises. Cytactic focuses on helping organizations manage complex cyber threats in real-world environments. → The New Arena: From Technical → Existential Israel shows the way in tackling modern threats: → Everything Attack Surface: Smart cities, energy grids, and critical systems are now targets. Israel’s approach integrates real-world defenses and rapid response simultaneously — a model others are just starting to follow. → Multi-Layered Extortion: Quadruple extortion is now the norm: data, leaks, stakeholders, supply chain. Israeli cyber teams have built resilience frameworks to respond faster and smarter. → Internal Threats Matter Most: Internal chaos causes more damage than external attackers. Israel standardizes coordination between technical, legal, and communications teams to prevent paralysis during crises. → How Organizations Must Respond → Shift from Reactive → Proactive: Continuous readiness is a must. Israel excels with live dashboards, rapid simulations, and cross-functional alignment. → Simulate the Worst Case: Boards are trained to make tough decisions under pressure — something Israel has operationalized across startups and national defense. → Cyber Is a Business Issue: Cyber isn’t just IT. Legal, HR, and communications share authority. Decision frameworks guide real-time choices during crises. → My Takeaways & Insights → Israel leads because it integrates military-grade expertise, business foresight, and cross-functional crisis management. → Cybersecurity is central to business resilience — not optional. → Startups and scale-ups can learn from Israel: embed readiness, simulate crises, and treat cyber as a strategic business function. → What We Need to Know → Threats are multi-dimensional: technical, physical, and operational. → Internal alignment is as important as external defense. → Cyber crisis readiness must be constant, integrated, and multidisciplinary. → How We Apply This in Practice → Build live readiness dashboards → Conduct high-pressure simulations with board/executive teams → Treat cyber as a strategic business function, not just IT → Question for You Given Israel’s lead in cyber, which sector is most exposed globally — critical infrastructure, enterprise operations, or manufacturing/logistics? #IsraelTech #CyberSecurity #StartupNation #InnovationLeadership #CrisisManagement #RiskManagement #BusinessResilience

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In this interaction Alex Spivakovsky, VP Research and Cybersecurity at Pentera reflected on the mindset that shaped how he approaches defense today. Spivakovsky began his career on the offensive side of cybersecurity while serving in the Israel Defense Forces.   The biggest lesson from years of leading pentesting and red-teaming assessments is that most breaches don’t hinge on zero-days; hackers rely on far more common techniques such as misconfigurations, over-permissioned identities, and process gaps. It is imperative to see both sides of the equation, Spivakovsky says, as defenders build controls to manage risk, while attackers look for the seams between them. Spivakovsky enumerated those vulnerabilities and the following: 🅿️Adversarial testing delivers proof, not assumptions, about your environment 🅿️We need to think like an attacker in a defensive role, not just anticipating threats 🅿️Evaluate tools not by how many vulnerabilities they find, but risks they help reduce 🅿️Exposure management goes further by validating exploitability, and mapping attack paths Read all the responses shared by Spivakovsky about adversarial testing, and what makes security a measurable enabler than a cost center here🔗: https://lnkd.in/gh-QdEQN #Pentera #Cybercriminals #Vulnerability #ExposureManagement #EDR #ThreatDetection #TTPs

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Really appreciate you sharing this Tamir Ronen. Three low-severity findings, one path to critical employee data. Your team’s reaction when they first saw it is something I won’t forget.

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Israel just posted $4.4B across 130 cyber rounds — its strongest year in a decade. And one company just set the record for the largest cybersecurity Series A in history. In his latest op-ed, Alan Shimel breaks down what’s happening, why it matters, and what comes next for one of the world’s most important cybersecurity ecosystems. Spoiler: the train isn’t slowing down. 👉 Read the full op-ed: https://buff.ly/NwKigBW #Cybersecurity #Israel #InfoSec #Techstrong #ShimmySays

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