Former NSA chief joins Israel cybersecurity co Team8
Adm. (res.) Michael Rogers will work with Team8's portfolio companies and on developing new companies.
Israel cyber group Team8 today announced that it had recruited Adm. (res.) Michael Rogers as a senior advisor. Rogers headed the US National Security Agency (NSA), commanded the US Cyber Command and was chief of the Central Security Service of the US. He resigned the two latter positions last May.
Team8 cofounder and CEO Nadav Zafrir, former commander of IDF Unit 8200, said, "Mike will be an invaluable asset to Team8's company-building model, providing a fountain of knowledge for our existing portfolio companies, for the companies in development and to help identify technology gaps in the marketplace on which future companies could be built."
The announcement of Roger's appointment follows the announcement early this week that Team8 had sold Sygnia, a company that it founded three years ago to help large enterprises respond to cyber attacks, to Singaporean company Temasek for $250 million. The exit is the first for Team8, which was founded four years ago.
Team8 says that Rogers has a broad, strategic, and unique understanding of trends and developments in cyber warfare, a profound knowledge of the world's most advanced aggressive and criminal organizations, and expertise in the world's most advanced technologies and research in innovation for cyber defense. Rogers also has a special understanding of the cyber challenges currently facing private sector concerns and how these challenges will develop in the future.
Rogers will work with both Team8's existing portfolio companies and on the development of new companies. He will also help recruit senior employees for Team8 and the group's companies and formulate strategy for expanding Team8's business in the US. Team8 inaugurated its New York offices in October 2017 on the Nasdaq stage.
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