Ran is a Brigadier General (Retired) who founded the world-renowned cybersecurity program of the Intelligence branch of the Israeli Defense Forces. After 27 years of service, Ran held multiple leadership roles in the private sector. Prior to co-founding HolistiCyber, Ran was the founder and the Co-CEO of Focal Energy – a clean energy power plant developer and owner. Prior to Focal Energy, Ran was Managing Partner of Star Ventures, a $1 billion global venture capital group. Ran started his career in the elite IDF special forces unit “Sayeret Matkal” and later became the Commander of that unit.
Diskin said, “The world of information security tends to forget cyberattacks did not happen by themselves or from computers."
The good guys are way behind and the gap is growing because too few cyber defenders are trained to think like hackers, and because of the multiplication of threats from nation states.