Benny Porat is the Co-Founder and CTO of Claroty. Prior to co-founding Claroty, Benny was a security researcher at NorthBit. Previously, Benny commanded a strategic research team within an elite cyber unit of the Israel Defense Force and led a project that won the prestigious Israeli Defense Award. He Holds a BSc and PhD in Computer Science, both from Bar-Ilan University in Ramat Gan, Israel and has published several works in online pattern matching.