A Passion for Cybersecurity
An Unconventional Cybersecurity Background
When Carmit Yadin began her military service in the Israel Defense Force’s Mamram computer sciences division, she never imagined she would one day be tasked with protecting corporate networks. Working with government agencies, her job involved attacking connected devices. That background, she says, allowed her and her partners to understand the attacker before creating a security solution, and laid the groundwork for her current role as co-founder and entrepreneur.
Today, she is the CEO at ArcusTeam, a steadily growing Israel startup that protects financial institution networks and other corporations from cyberattacks through connected devices. “Humanity is getting more connected,” she said, “ and if we can help build a better protected world, that’s magical.”
Over the last fifteen years Carmit has broadened her experience, holding roles in executive strategy, sales, and marketing. Together with her cybersecurity background, it’s made her uniquely qualified to lead ArcusTeam. She was recently featured in Carmit Oron’s Inspirational Women Tech Entrepreneur series, and speaks at international conferences, like the Charted Israel High Tech Conference in Japan.
Turning Passion into a Product
Her company’s signature product is EDGE, a cybersecurity platform capable of predicting future attacks and protecting network vulnerabilities. For the first time, corporations can work proactively to prevent attacks. While most cybersecurity solutions search for anomalies that are in progress, EDGE predicts the attack, and blocks it before it ever breaches the network.
EDGE recognizes that connected devices, such as printers, tablets, phones or access points, present a wide, under-protected attack surface. Carmit’s goal is to protect this vulnerability without exposing the network to additional risks.
The risk is real. According to Symantec Research Labs, IoT devices experience an average of 5,200 attacks per month. Security Intelligence’s Cost of a Data Breach Report found that the global average data breach cost $3.92M. By turning her attention to protect the network’s weakest points, Carmit helps her clients ensure their data isn’t exposed to outside forces.
The current global pandemic has increased the pressure on corporate networks, and is pushing CISOs to focus more attention on connected devices. Up until a few months ago, employees who handled sensitive data worked from offices, where network protections were strongest. However, the virus has pushed workers from all sectors into home offices.
This changing workplace means more unprotected connected devices, such as printers or scanners, potentially exposing sensitive information to hackers. Fortunately, says Carmit, “We have a great solution for that.”