Team

Cyber Security Group (CSG) is led by several of the top experts in cyber security in Israel, who personally led the creation and development of the world leading Cybersecurity eco-system in Israel. In addition, CSG employs highly experienced experts in the different disciplines of cybersecurity, including strategic cyber defense, cyber warfare, cyber intelligence, research and development, and cyber strategy, policymaking, and cyber training. Below are short bios of the leadership team of the company.

Doron Tamir, B. General (Ret.)

Chairman & Managing Director, Co-Founder

General Doron Tamir is a seasoned security and intelligence professional with vast experience in leading government and technology organizations. Doron was a founding member of the Israeli National Cyber Directorate in the Prime Minister Office, steering the nation's cyber security efforts. Doron served as the Senior Director of the Security Sector in the INCD, and also led the formation of the national cyber security command and control center, as well as the national cyber laboratory. Concurrently, Doron served as Director of International Cooperation, and laid the foundation for cooperation with the US Department of Homeland Security, as well as with similar organizations in Europe and Asia. Prior to the INCD, Doron held several senior roles in technology oriented organizations, among them are VP Marketing & Strategic Accounts at Ness Technologies, Founder and Managing Director at Corner Shot, and Strategic Consultant to the Israeli Aerospace Industries. Doron had a distinguished military career spanning over 2 decades in the Intelligence Corps and Special forces - as the Chief Intelligence Officer in the Israeli military, where he commanded numerous military units in all aspects of the intelligence field, from signal, visual, and human intelligence, through technology and cyber, to combat and special operations.

Professor Isaac Ben-Israel, M. General (Ret.)

Director, Co-Founder

Major General Professor Isaac Ben-Israel was appointed in 2011 by the Prime Minister to lead a task force that formulated Israel National Cyber Policy. Following that he founded the INCD – Israel National Cyber Directorate in the PM Office. In 2014 he was appointed by the PM to lead another task force which resulted in a government decision (February 2015) to set up the National Cyber Authority. Prof. Ben-Israel currently serves as Head of the Blavatnik Interdisciplinary Cyber Studies Centre (ICRC) in Tel-Aviv University. In addition, he serves as Head of the Yuval Neeman Workshop for Science, Technology and Security in Tel-Aviv University, as Chairman of the Israeli Space Agency and as Chairman of the National Council for Research and Development. Formerly, General Ben-Israel served for 35 years in the Israeli Air Force and MOD, he headed the IAF Operations Research Branch, Analysis and Assessment Division of IAF Intelligence, and was the Head of Military R&D in Israel Military and MOD. Later he became the Director of Defence R&D Directorate in the MOD. Prof. Ben-Israel is a Member of Singapore RIEC - Research, Innovation and Enterprise Council, Member of the Board of Singapore A*STAR - Agency for Science, Technology & Research, and is also a Member of IAA - International Academy of Astronautics. He wrote numerous papers and published several books and also won the Israel Defence Award and Singapore Defence Technology Distinguished Award for his "outstanding contribution to bilateral defence relations between Israel and Singapore".

Asaf Tamir

Managing Director, Co-Founder

Asaf leads the company's daily activities and its strategic initiatives. Asaf is a technology entrepreneur with vast experience in risk management and technology oriented businesses. In 2004 Asaf founded Sensomatix, a Big Data analytics company in the field of risk management and actuarial research, which provided services to some of the leading financial institutions in the US, and was acquired in 2013 by Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ:VRSK). Until 2014, Asaf served as Innovation Leader at Verisk. Prior to that, Asaf was Director of Product Management for ComSense, a security technology company in the field of authentication and secure payments, and was also a Technology Analyst for Pitango (f.k.a. Polaris), one of Israel's largest venture capital funds. Asaf has a B.A in computer science and also served as an officer in the Israeli Intelligence Corps.

Amir Hirsh

Managing Director, Co-Founder

Amir is a technology entrepreneur with over 2 decades of experience in technology and business in the cyber security arena. Amir was VP R&D of Riptech, a US pioneer in the field of advanced security management platforms, before it got acquired by Symantec, one of the leading IT security companies in the world. Amir then became Director of Services Development at Symantec (NASDAQ:SYMC). Later Amir founded Blue Security that was backed by Benchmark Capital, and also Collactive that was backed by Sequoia Capital. Collactive was later acquired by the Israeli Aerospace Industries. Amir also co-founded AudioBurst and Sendoo. Amir has a background in computer engineering and served as an officer in the Israeli Intelligence Corps.

Oren Bratt, CISSP

VP Strategic Projects

Oren is a world-renowned expert in critical infrastructure protection, critical system defense and operational technology security. Oren has over 20 years of experience with complex national, governmental and international information & operation systems. His extensive experience in the business environment, both in the industrial and operational worlds and in the systems of government and homeland defense, gives him the ability to examine complex systems and build the best defense concepts for each scenario, event and target system. In the past, Oren served as Head of the Cyber Directorate of the Israel Military Industries (IMI), the cyber CISO of the largest cable television company in Israel, and as a consultant to governments, security organizations and armies in several countries around the world. Oren is also a successful entrepreneur and has established several start-up companies for successful ventures in the information, cyber and media worlds. Oren is serving as a senior advisor to Israel National Cyber Directorate (INCD) in all that is relating to the protection of the critical national infrastructure.

Ventures

OTIQA

OTIQA is our subsidiary developing technologies for protecting OT and critical systems in environments such as ICS, SCADA, IIoT, IoT, PLC, etc.

For more information, please visit OTIQA.com

Mirato

MIRATO

Mirato (formerly known as The Floor Cyber) is our Joint Venture with The Floor. The Floor is a leading FinTech hub working with several of the world's tier-1 banks. Mirato develops cyber and risk management products for banks and financial institutions. Mirato TPRM is the company's flagship product, a platform providing comprehensive Third Party Risk Management (TPRM) solution to large banks.

For more information, please visit Mirato web site

Become Our Partner

We seek partnerships with the following entities:

Territory partners - entities with access to government and entrprise customers in specific territories around the world, which seek to extend our offering to the local market

Sector partners - entities seeking to develop strategic cyber capabilities in specific sectors or industries

Technology partners - start-up companies or other technology providers seeking synergy with our offering and international reach

Please contact us here (all inquiries are reviewed by an executive)