Twine Security, a pioneer in AI Digital Employees for cybersecurity, has been selected as one of four finalists in the Black Hat USA 2025 Startup Spotlight Competition. The Tel Aviv-based company, led by CEO Benny Porat, will showcase its innovative platform at the event, held August 2-7, 2025, at Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, with the winner announced on August 7.
The cybersecurity industry faces mounting challenges, with a 2025 PwC survey revealing that only 2% of companies have implemented cyber resilience across their organizations, despite 77% anticipating increased cybersecurity budgets and 87% of executives admitting inadequate protection against cyber attacks. Twine Security addresses these issues with its AI Digital Employees, starting with “Alex,” which autonomously handles IAM tasks, reducing the burden on cybersecurity teams and closing the talent gap.
Twine’s platform leverages agentic AI to execute end-to-end cybersecurity tasks, enabling rapid threat response while maintaining human oversight. “We’re thrilled to showcase how Twine’s AI Digital Employees are transforming cybersecurity,” said Benny Porat, Co-Founder and CEO. “Starting with IAM, our AI Digital Employees don’t just create simple automations, they act against threats and security gaps autonomously, giving security teams the ability to respond at machine speed while maintaining human oversight.” The company, founded in 2024 by former Claroty executives Benny Porat, Omri Green, Justin Woody, and Nadav Erez, builds on their expertise to deliver practical, high-impact solutions.
Twine will present at the Innovators & Investors Summit on August 5, exhibit its solutions on August 6-7, and pitch in the final competition on August 7, alongside FireTail (AI security platform), Keep Aware (browser security), and Prime Security (AI-driven security design reviews). Each finalist receives a turnkey booth, a 20-minute speaking session, and a 30-minute call with an Omdia analyst. The competition, emceed by Caleb Sima of Whiterabbit, highlights cutting-edge cybersecurity innovation.
Twine’s selection as a finalist underscores its potential to redefine cybersecurity through intelligent automation. With its AI Digital Employees, the company is poised to address the industry’s critical challenges, from talent shortages to sophisticated AI-engineered threats, at a pivotal moment for global cyber resilience.
Twine builds AI digital cybersecurity employees who execute tasks from A to Z to help cyber teams close the talent gap. The company's first AI digital employee, Alex, learns, understands and takes away the burden of identity and access management (IAM) tasks - proactively completing organizations' cyber objectives. Twine was founded in 2024 by Benny Porat, Omri Green, Justin Woody and Nadav Erez, all former top managers at cyber unicorn Claroty, which was co-founded by Porat in 2015. Twine is backed by leading venture capital firms Dell Capital Technologies and Ten Eleven Ventures.
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