Nadir Izrael

Nadir Izrael is the Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Armis Security, an enterprise cybersecurity platform based in Palo Alto, California. Before establishing the company, he served in the elite Unit 8200 of the Israel Defense Forces and worked in software development at Check Point Software Technologies. He holds a degree in Computer Science from the Technion Israel Institute of Technology. Under his technical leadership, Armis secured over $500 million in funding from investors including Sequoia Capital, reached a $3.1 billion valuation in 2021, and expanded its client base to more than 7,000 customers, including over 50 Fortune 100 enterprises. In September 2024, the company entered into a pending $1 billion acquisition agreement with DISCO. Izrael currently focuses on advancing artificial intelligence-powered agentless security solutions to protect enterprise internet of things and operational technology assets.