Roy AkermanCo Founder

United States - Cambridge, Massachusetts,

Roy Akerman is the co-founder, and CEO of Rezonate - a revolutionized cloud identity and access protection platform, and the former chief of cyber defense operations for the Israeli Government and for Israel's critical infrastructure (2001-2017).
Prior to Rezonate, Roy served as VP of Product and Innovation at Cybereason, responsible for growing 3 new business lines on cloud security, mobile defense, and XDR. Roy is leading product incubations and new business initiatives, fusing the practices of advanced Technology, Psychology, and Business in forming new disruptive products and anti-disciplinary innovation teams. Akerman is blending business and innovation practices acquired in his MIT and business journey with problem-solving and tech approaches based on his Government and Military experience.

Roy has 20 years of experience in Cybersecurity, as one of the senior leaders and founders of NISA - the Israeli Equivalent to the NSA/Cyber Command, retired as the chief of global cyber operations. In this role, Roy and his teams ran global counter-cyber defense operations for Israel’s Cyber Defense, built cutting-edge cyber security tech, and established partnerships and alliances with numerous states and business partners.

In addition, Akerman also serves as an advisory board member in cybersecurity and medical analytics companies, Helping new companies in their early-mid stages and running MIT Alumni activities.