ESTI PESHIN

Esti Peshin is a global cybersecurity, AI, and aviation executive with extensive experience in defense and advanced technologies. From 2017 to 2025, she served as vice president and general manager of the cyber division at Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), where she built and led the company’s corporate cyber division and developed national-grade cyber capabilities. She previously served as director-general (pro bono) of the Israeli Hi-Tech Caucus at the Knesset and held senior leadership roles at Waterfall Security Solutions and Verint Systems. Esti also served 11 years in an elite IDF technology unit and today serves on executive boards and advises governments, global organizations and tier one investors on cybersecurity strategy, aerospace & defense technology, national resilience, and responsible AI. She is a licensed general aviation and ULM/LSA pilot and flight instructor and a member of Forum Dvora.
SpaceX’s acquisition of xAI aims to consolidate AI and space technologies and strengthen its position ahead of a potential IPO.

AI is learning without us, and we are sleepwalking into a control crisis - opinion

AlphaGo and new multi-agent AI systems are generating strategies and norms beyond human design, forcing urgent decisions on control, accountability, and deployment in defense and airspace management.

FEBRUARY 24, 2026
AI in the workplace

From innovation to oversight: Why AI demands board attention - opinion

AI is transforming enterprise risk faster than boards can adapt. Productivity gains may follow, but only after substantial structural change.

FEBRUARY 11, 2026
Artificial intelligence is transforming defense

AI, defense tech, and cyber: How safe is the future of dual-use defense? - opinion

Artificial intelligence is transforming defense - AI expands the attack surface in unprecedented ways. Models can be manipulated through poisoned training data or adversarial inputs

FEBRUARY 4, 2026

Firewalls against terrorists?

Unidirectional connectivity offers complete security against threats of IP-based surveillance.

JUNE 24, 2008
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