Forging Your
Cyber Resilience
With Continuous Penetration Testing
Our Story
We believe that Penetration Testing (PT), as it stands today, is obsolete. Software and algorithms can do a better job at penetration testing and help businesses continually assess and improve their cyber risks using the threat-oriented approach.
Pcysys (an acronym for “Proactive Cyber Systems”) was founded by Arik Liberzon who understood that enterprises do not have an effective means of knowing the true cyber risk that they carry, and have no way of understanding which vulnerabilities have the highest negative business impact potential.
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Arik modeled his mastership of ethical hacking techniques into software and together with the serial IT entrepreneur, Arik Faingold, founded Pcysys. Soon thereafter, Mr. Liberzon was joined by a group of Israel’s elite cyber researchers and cyber warfare experts, who share the passion of giving organizations the upper hand in their struggle to fence off cyber attacks.
Our mission is to develop an automated cyber risk validation platform that would enable them to defend against the best of the worst-intended hackers.
“If you have the ability to do it with a simple click of a button, why would you use a human to do it? The tool can ensure consistency, provide better reporting and do it faster. Not to mention requiring less skills.”
Augusto Barros, Feb 2018
Research Director in the Gartner for Technical Professionals (GTP) Security and Risk Management group.
Arik Liberzon |
Co-founder & CTO
Arik Liberzon
Co-founder & CTO
Pcysys was founded by Arik Liberzon, who led an Elite Cyber Warfare group in the Israeli Defence Force’s computer service directorate. His group was responsible for penetration testing strategic asset networks and national mission-critical systems. Following a decade of mastering the Penetration Testing profession, Mr. Liberzon modeled his mastership of ethical hacking into software and together with the serial IT entrepreneur, Arik Faingold, founded Pcysys in 2015.
Amitai Ratzon |
CEO
Amitai Ratzon
CEO
Amitai Ratzon brings over 15 years of Enterprise Sales Leadership to Pcysys, having scaled global sales teams at leading companies such as SuperDerivatives, a market leader in Derivatives Pricing and Risk Management (NASDAQ:ICE)) and Earnix, a market leader in the field of Consumer Predictive Analytics for Financial Services companies. Prior to Pcysys, Amitai was the VP of Global Sales at CallVU, an emerging player in the Mobile Digital Engagement Space.
Amitai holds a B.A in Business Administration and an LL.B, both from the Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya and an International Executive MBA from Kellogg-Recanati, granted jointly by Tel Aviv University, Israel and Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
Ran Tamir |
CPO
Ran Tamir
CPO
Ran Tamir is a Cyber Security Product Management veteran with over 15 years of experience working for companies such as Palo Alto Networks, Checkpoint, RSA and BMC software. During his tenure, Ran worked for 10 years in Silicon Valley, where he grew security products from inception to mass market adoption in areas of end-point protection, mobile security, identity management & authentication.
Ran holds a B.Sc. in Computer Science and and an MBA , both from Tel-Aviv University
Management Team
We take great pride in our experienced and mature management team, combining technology and domain expertise, with strong product, sales and marketing execution capabilities. Our leadership team shares the passion of our vision and brings forward the experience of several successful startups and public companies which prepared us for the black-swan we call Pcysys. As a team, we share common values like customer centricity and simplicity, constantly striving for excellence in everything we do.
Aviv Cohen |
CMO
Aviv Cohen
CMO
Aviv Cohen has over 16 years of product and marketing leadership experience, building global brands and driving growth from the ground up in enterprise software businesses. Prior to joining Pcysys, Aviv served in marketing and product management roles with Earnix, Nexar, Mellanox (NASDAQ: MLNX) and Amdocs (NASDAQ: DOX).
Aviv holds a B.Sc in Electronics Engineering and Computer Science from Tel Aviv University and an MBA from Bar Ilan University.
Patrick Guay |
VP North America Sales
Patrick Guay
VP North America Sales
Patrick Guay brings an outstanding track record of growing go-to-market for technology companies. Patrick has held several senior leadership roles in Sales and Marketing over the past 20 years with successful high-growth companies such as Voltaire (acquired by Mellanox, today NVDA), Anbolt (acquired by AAPL), and Excelero.
Yael Dar |
Head of Human Resources
Yael Dar
Head of Human Resources
Yael brings Pcysys over 15 years of experience in the HR domain. Prior to joining Pcysys, Yael worked for companies such as Ernst and Young, Sears Israel (e-commerce) and the Israeli-German company Zeitgold (automated accounting solutions for SMBs). Yael leads the People and Culture at Pcysys, responsible for implementing HR processes across the globe, to make sure we maintain our unique culture and team spirit as the company grows.
Yael holds a B.Sc in Behavioral Science and Economics from Ben Gurion University and an MBA from the College of Management.
Awards
Pcysys is recognized as a leader and an innovator in the space of pentesting automation. Pioneering algorithms which mimic hackers’ best practices and methods to penetrate through and around corporate defenses. As we are proud of the industry's recognition, our greater reward is being awarded recurring business by our clients.
2019 Red Herring
Top 100 Winner Award
Next Gen Network
Penetration Testing Tools
InfoSec Award for 2019
Frost & Sullivan 2019
Value Leadership Award
2019 Fortress
Cyber Security Award
2019 Enterprise Risk Management
Software of the Year
2020 Gartner Cool Vendor
Arik Faingold |
Co-founder & Chairman
Arik Faingold
Co-founder & Chairman
Arik Faingold is the President of Comm-IT, an International IT Services company, specializing in cutting-edge technology solutions. Arik brings 20 years of international business experience including successfully growing companies from inception to sustained profitability and acquisitions.
Arik holds a B.Sc in Computer Science from IDC Herzliya and an EMBA (Dean honor) from Tel Aviv University.
Yaron Ashkenazi |
Director
Yaron Ashkenazi
Director
Yaron Ashkenazi is the Founder & Managing Partner of Awz Ventures, a Canadian hub for venture capital investments in leading-edge Israeli cyber security, intelligence, and physical security AI-based technologies. Awz is a multi-stage venture group, managing a seed-stage Accelerator, two early-stage funds, and a growth fund. Mr. Ashkenazi serves as a director for 15 technology companies, is a lawyer by profession and a former officer in the Israel Security Agency.
Arik Liberzon |
Co-founder, CTO, & Director
Arik Liberzon
Co-founder, CTO, & Director
Pcysys was founded by Arik Liberzon, who led an Elite Cyber Warfare group in the Israeli Defence Force’s computer service directorate. His group was responsible for penetration testing strategic asset networks and national mission-critical systems. Following a decade of mastering the Penetration Testing profession, Mr. Liberzon modeled his mastership of ethical hacking into software and together with the serial IT entrepreneur, Arik Faingold, founded Pcysys in 2015.
Board Members
We are proud and humbled to be supported by this experienced and mature Board of Directors, combining technology and domain expertise, with strong product, sales, and marketing knowledge. Our shared values lead us in building the company's vision of becoming the world's security validation authority.
Amitai Ratzon |
CEO & Director
Amitai Ratzon
CEO & Director
Amitai Ratzon brings over 15 years of Enterprise Sales Leadership to Pcysys, having scaled global sales teams at leading companies such as SuperDerivatives, a market leader in Derivatives Pricing and Risk Management (NASDAQ:ICE)) and Earnix, a market leader in the field of Consumer Predictive Analytics for Financial Services companies. Prior to Pcysys, Amitai was the VP of Global Sales at CallVU, an emerging player in the Mobile Digital Engagement Space.
Amitai holds a B.A in Business Administration and an LL.B, both from the Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya and an International Executive MBA from Kellogg-Recanati, granted jointly by Tel Aviv University, Israel and Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
Thomas Krane |
Director
Philine Huizing |
Observer
Philine Huizing
Observer
Philine is a Vice President on the investment team at Insight Partners, focusing on cybersecurity and infrastructure software investments. She joined the firm in 2016, initially with Insight's Onsite team, working with scale-ups on GTM, product, and M&A strategy. Prior to Insight, Philine worked on growth strategy at McKinsey & Co.
Adam Fletcher |
Director
Adam Fletcher
Director
Adam Fletcher is a Managing Director in the Technology and Innovations group and Blackstone’s Chief Information Security Officer. He is responsible for all aspects of cybersecurity across Blackstone as well as managing a small portfolio of investments in leading early-stage cybersecurity companies. Mr. Fletcher currently serves as an Observer on the boards of Preempt, CyberGRX, and as a Director on the Pcysys board.
Adi Blum |
Director
Adi Blum
Director
Adi Blum is an entrepreneur and investor who brings over 20 years of experience in the defense and security industries and is the Owner and President of Fibrotex which develops and manufactures innovative Signature Management Systems for Armies and Special Forces around the world. Adi has a B.S in Industrial Engineering from the Technion Institute and is fluent in 4 languages.
Become a partner
Our distribution and service strategy is based on building a strong and skilled network of partners who resell our software. We provide a unique opportunity for national distributors and resellers to tap into the new and lucrative revenue stream of automated pen-testing software and accompanying services.
Work for us
We welcome talent to join our team and our journey of becoming the global authority of cyber risk validation. Our positive working environment provides an opportunity to work in the cutting edge field of cybersecurity technologies and hacking techniques. Contact us today if you feel you can fit in with the best.
Contact us
We welcome your input, inquiry, and business, so don’t be shy. Please drop us a note with your thoughts and ideas and we’ll get back to you promptly. We understand that our mission to make corporates more cyber resilient depends on many forms of ecosystem collaborations.