It was Shlomo Kramer (Checkpoint, Imperva, Cato Networks) and Nir Zuk (Palo Alto Networks) that started the 8200-to-entrepreneurship pipeline in the 1990s-2000s.
Shlomo was basically the primary reason Israel does so well in cybersecurity entrepreneurship.
There was some overlap with the IIT alumni network as well due to Rajiv Batra (cofounder with Nir at PANW) that caused the entire Enterprise SaaS space to be lead by Israeli-American and Indian-American founders.
It was Shlomo Kramer (Checkpoint, Imperva, Cato Networks) and Nir Zuk (Palo Alto Networks) that started the 8200-to-entrepreneurship pipeline in the 1990s-2000s.
Shlomo was basically the primary reason Israel does so well in cybersecurity entrepreneurship.
There was some overlap with the IIT alumni network as well due to Rajiv Batra (cofounder with Nir at PANW) that caused the entire Enterprise SaaS space to be lead by Israeli-American and Indian-American founders.