Ben Kliger, cofounder and chief executive of Israeli cybersecurity company Zenity, is aiming to build a company that will stand alongside the country’s most prominent cyber firms. Raised in Ramat Gan in a family immersed in business, he excelled in science studies, served in an elite military intelligence technology unit, and later worked at the Prime Minister’s Office before moving into the private sector.

After roles at Deloitte and startup Fortscale, Kliger joined Microsoft, where he managed cloud security products and worked under future Wiz founders Assaf Rappaport and Yinon Costica. During more than five years there, he gained experience in scaling products within a global corporation while completing advanced business studies.

In 2021, he cofounded Zenity to secure low-code and no-code platforms, later pivoting to focus on protecting autonomous artificial intelligence agents used by large enterprises. The company now employs about 230 people in Israel and the United States, generates tens of millions of dollars in annual revenue, and serves major global corporations. Kliger, now based in New York, says his long-term goal is to take the company public and ensure it is mentioned alongside Israel’s leading cybersecurity success stories.