With cloud security a paramount and growing concern for organizations worldwide, a new player has emerged in the heart of Israel’s thriving cybersecurity ecosystem sporting a pedigree that commands attention. Sweet Security, a cloud-native security start-up founded by former senior officers from Israel’s elite cyber units, is rapidly gaining traction in the global infosec arena.
Sweet was founded in 2023 by CEO Brig.-Gen. (ret.) Dror Kashti, former Israel Defense Forces chief information security officer (CISO); Col. (ret.) Eyal Fisher, former head of the Cyber Department at Unit 8200; and Orel Ben-Ishay, former R&D Cybersecurity Group leader in the IDF’s Special Operations Division.
Together, they bring decades of operational experience and a deep understanding of adversarial tactics. Their mission is to revolutionize cloud security by enabling organizations to detect and respond to threats in real time, precisely where and when they occur, with minimal disruption to business operations.
Growing cloud complexity
Sweet Security is a response to the growing complexity of cloud environments and the limitations of traditional security tools.
At the core of Sweet’s offering is a runtime-powered Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP), designed to give security teams real-time visibility and control over their cloud workloads.
Unlike legacy CNAPPs, which rely heavily on static scanning and configuration checks, Sweet’s platform deploys lightweight runtime sensors that can be operational in minutes. These sensors provide insights, enabling rapid detection, investigation, and remediation of threats without disrupting operations.
The company’s technology is also AI-native, incorporating a purpose-built large language model (LLM) to enhance risk prioritization and reduce false positives. This fusion of runtime intelligent analysis allows defenders to focus on what matters most, actual threats, rather than chasing shadows in sprawling cloud environments.
The company’s Cloud Runtime Security Suite helps CISOs and security teams level up their cloud security with robust defenses across all stages of an attack.
All the responsibility, no authority
“In the arms race, it’s always fun when you are the attacker. You can hide in the cyber domain,” Kashti told The Jerusalem Post. “When you launch a cyber-missile, you can hide, unlike a ballistic missile, where you can’t hide.”
Kashti told the Post that nothing has been built to protect the cloud, which is a major problem for CISOs around the world.
“I was a miserable CISO; I was very in favor of the IDF moving to the cloud, but I got all the responsibility but no authority,” he said, adding that when he left the military, he “wanted to make the life of other CISOs sweeter – hence the company’s name, Sweet Security.”
Earlier in the month, Sweet was named a Cloud Security and CADR Leader in the 2025 Latio Tech Cloud Security Report – a recognition that underscores its growing influence in the industry. According to the report, the company received praise for its unique approach to discovering actionable findings in the cloud, as well as for pioneering the use of AI to transform early warning signals into full-attack stories.
The company, headquartered in Tel Aviv, operates with a team of approximately 50 employees. The recent capital funding is being used to expand operations in the United States and accelerate product development.
In March 2024, Sweet Security announced a $33 million Series A funding round led by Evolution Equity Partners, with participation from Munich Re Ventures and Glilot Capital Partners. This brought the company’s total funding to $45 million, following a $12 million seed round in August 2023.
As Israel continues to export cybersecurity innovation across the world, Sweet stands both for its technology and the strategic minds behind it. In a region known for turning military-grade expertise into commercial success, Sweet Security is poised to become one of the next great stories in cloud defense.