Alon Nisim Cohen ( he, אלון ניסים כהן; born 31 May 1968) is an Israeli inventor, entrepreneur, and novelist. He is the founder and the first CEO of the cyber security company CyberArk Software Ltd. He served as the company's CEO for 14 years (1999–2012) and as chairman for 6 years (1999–2004).

Biography

Cohen was born in Jerusalem. During his military service he was part of the

Israel Defense Forces The Israel Defense Forces (IDF; he, צְבָא הַהֲגָנָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל , ), alternatively referred to by the Hebrew-language acronym (), is the national military of the Israel, State of Israel. It consists of three servic ...

' central computing system unit,

Mamram Mamram ( he, ממר"ם), abbreviation for Center of Computing and Information Systems ( he, מרכז מחשבים ומערכות מידע ''Merkaz Mahshevim UMa'arahot Meida''), originally Center of Computing and Mechanized Registration ( he, מר ...

, where he served in various positions for six years. In 1999, a few years after his military service ended, Cohen founded

CyberArk CyberArk is a publicly traded information security company offering identity management. The company's technology is utilized primarily in the financial services, energy, retail, healthcare and government markets. CyberArk is headquartered in U.S ...

together with his high-school friend Udi Mokady. That year, Cohen invented and patented the Network Vaul
(US Patent 6,356,941)
, which serves as the basis for all of CyberArk’s products in the fields of cyber security, data security and digital warfare. Cohen was CyberArk’s chief executive officer and later its chairman of the board of directors for 14 years. In 2004 Cohen took control over FilesX Inc., a data storage company, and served as chairman of the board and acting CEO. The company was acquired by IBM in April 2008. In December 2011,

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and Jerusalem Venture Partners acquired a stake of CyberArk from Cohen and some other investors and took the company public in the

Nasdaq The Nasdaq Stock Market () (National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations Stock Market) is an American stock exchange based in New York City. It is the most active stock trading venue in the US by volume, and ranked second ...

stock market. Cohen founded a startup company Muvix Media Networks Ltd. around 2017.

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