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How should the CISO be regulated? What considerations should the government look at when regulating the CISO? Can regulation become an agile process? These and other questions are addressed in our new Team8 CISO Village report: Regulation and the CISO – A Suggested Approach From the CISO Community, written by Chris Inglis, Amit Ashkenazi, and…

Earlier this year, we used this space to announce Gem Security’s emergence from stealth. At the time, the company had raised an $11M Seed, led by Team8 Enterprise, to pioneer the emerging category of  Cloud Detection and Response (CDR). Today, it’s been announced that Gem has reached another major milestone by securing a $23M Series A led by GGV Capital and joined by IBM Ventures, Silicon Valley CISO Investments (SVCI), and us at Team8.

Today we are pleased to welcome Port to the Team8 family. Port has raised $18M in Series A funding for a total of $23M raised, with Team8 leading the round. Seed investor TLV Partners participated alongside angel investors Shlomo Kramer (founder of CheckPoint, Imperva, Cato), Yoav Landman (founder of JFrog), Aner Mazur (former CPO, Snyk) and Eyal Manor (former Google Cloud executive and Twilio Chief Product and Engineering).

A few months ago we had the privilege of welcoming 130 esteemed CISOs from prominent enterprises worldwide to the vibrant city of Tel Aviv for Team8’s CISO Village Summit. It was an incredible gathering of top cybersecurity leaders, fostering collaboration and knowledge sharing, and thought-provoking discussions on the ever-evolving challenges in the cybersecurity landscape and…

There is an arms race happening right now in data and AI; data infrastructure and pioneering technologies will play a major role in determining the winner. But much of the focus in these areas has been on digital-native industries such as SaaS and adtech; while multi-trillion dollar industries such as consumer goods have been woefully…

In today’s fast-paced digital environment, the relentless battle against ever-evolving cyber threats poses an immense challenge for enterprises worldwide. The sheer variety of attacks coupled with a constantly expanding array of security solutions can overwhelm even the most experienced CISOs and security leaders. Faced with this dynamic landscape, anticipating and preparing for what lies ahead becomes imperative.

Data lies at the heart of modern business operations, with organizations increasingly seeking to leverage data and analytics to drive revenue growth and cost reduction. However, many companies face challenges in extracting value from data at scale and speed.

What a CISO Summit it was! We recently hosted the Team8 CISO Village for our largest CISO Summit to date, where we welcomed 130 global CISOs from leading enterprises for a week in Tel Aviv. To top it off, we held our annual Rethink event to launch Cyber Week, bringing together 500+ industry leaders, leading…

With each individual coming through our door at Team8, there is a world of lessons to learn from each one. I had the pleasure of sitting down with our past year’s interns and associates, to discuss insights and ideas from their time at Team8 and their ambitions moving forward.

Be it ChatGPT, Midjourney, Copilot, or others, Generative AI has and is about to have a profound effect across all industries and enterprises. With this context, Team8, in partnership with our CISO Village community has prepared a guide for CISOs on evaluating the enterprise risks and opportunities of Generative AI and ChatGPT, now available for…

The Israeli data ecosystem is alive and well, even with cross-sector slowdowns in the Israeli and international tech industry. Israel’s world-renowned data companies still managed to raise impressive capital in 2022 and are set up to thrive in the years to come. Below, we have identified several key trends pushing the data ecosystem forward in…

In March 2022, U.S. President Joe Biden signed the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act of 2022 (CIRCIA).  Among the changes introduced, the law enacts a requirement for data breach reporting within 72 hours of the event. This, of course, has a major impact on the role of CISOs, and how they should handle…