Team8
Team8 is a company-building venture group based out of Tel Aviv, Israel. It describes itself as a think tank and company creation platform. It has been in news for its partnership with Intel via a spin off company Illusive Networks,[1] Citigroup, Microsoft and Qualcomm amongst others.[2] It has also been in news for receiving funding from Bessemer Venture Partners.[3]
The company was founded in 2014 by Ronni Zehavi, Liran Grinberg, Israel Grimberg and Nadav Zafrir, three former leaders of Israel's military intelligence Unit 8200.[4] It is understood that Illusive Networks built a solution for Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) by building false “virtual networks”, designed to lure in, trick and trap malicious hackers.[1] The partnership with Microsoft is believed to be for researching cybersecurity challenges.[5]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lunden, Ingrid (2017-08-13). "Intel steps up security efforts in Israel with Team8, Illusive and a new cyber center". techcrunch.
- ↑ Cohen, Tova (2017-08-13). "Microsoft, Qualcomm back Israel's Team8 cybersecurity firm". reuters.com.
- ↑ Kepes, Ben (2017-08-13). "Team8 Brings Together Some Of The Sharpest Cyber-Security Minds... The "What For?" Is TBD". forbes.com.
- ↑ Solomon, Shoshanna. "Israeli cybersecurity firm Team8 gets Walmart, Airbus backing for $85m fund". www.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
- ↑ Ackerman, Gwen (2017-08-13). "Microsoft, Qualcomm, Citi Join Israeli Cyber Syndicate". bloomberg.
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