Unit 8200

Ex-unit 8200 alumni sell Elementary Data for Some $45 million

The startup, founded in 2021 and having raised just $8.5m. until now, is joining American company Boomi. The product enables data teams to spot failures in real time and prevent business errors.

|ByTZALLY GREENBERG
Elementary Data employees.
Alumni from Unit 8200 attend annual conference in 2025.

IDF Unit 8200 Alumni Association uses network to drive Israeli innovation, start-ups

The event comes as artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies are reshaping the technology sector and forcing companies and professionals to adapt to new realities.

|ByANNA AHRONHEIM
A man holds a laptop computer as cyber code is projected on him in this illustration picture.

Mars Security attempts to close the growing gap between hackers and defenders

Born from offensive cyber units, Mars Security brings battlefield tactics to enterprise defense

|ByANNA AHRONHEIM
UNIT 8200 soldiers in action – working with data.

Tax Authority wants army tech veterans tied to Israel

Tax Authority wants that in return for the prestigious training that the state provides to these employees, they will undertake to keep their economic activity and tax base in Israel for a decade.

|ByELA LEVI-WEINRIB/GLOBES/TNS

Graduates from IDF 8200 unit visit New York, London

The meetings presented new startups, among them one that deals with preventing automatic face recognition.

NOVEMBER 28, 2019ByOMRI RON
New York Delegation

Ex-’Israeli NSA’ chief: Cyber doomsday scenario avoidable

Zafrir said he was concerned that technology and network administrators “will lose confidence in the network."

NOVEMBER 19, 2019ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Employees, mostly veterans of military computing units, use keyboards as they work at a cyber hotline facility at Israel's Computer Emergency Response Centre (CERT) in Beersheba, southern Israel

IDF cyber warriors thwart major ISIS aviation terror attack

Spread across the country, the online soldiers of Unit 8200 are on the front line of Israel’s cyber wars 24/7, 365 days a year to identify possible threats and effectively neutralize them.

FEBRUARY 21, 2018ByANNA AHRONHEIM
Female IDF soldier in the J6/C4I Cyber Defense Directorate.

Unit 8200 hits the road in America

A dozen women, along with seven start-up founders, to speed-date with US investors.

OCTOBER 25, 2017ByMAX SCHINDLER
Morning commuters are seen outside the New York Stock Exchange.