> Lots of Israeli "Gartner-rated" "Enterprise Security" vendors like Checkpoint, Radware, Cato Networks, etc too. You wonder if they sell the sickness in one ha

> Lots of Israeli "Gartner-rated" "Enterprise Security" vendors like Checkpoint, Radware, Cato Networks, etc too. You wonder if they sell the sickness in one hand, and the cure in another Not exactly. The Offensive Security companies like NSO Group are viewed as fairly scummy as well in Israel, but damn if they don't pay good. The kind of person who would become leadership at a NSO type company wouldn't become leadership at a Cato. Lots of Israelis dislike the culture at the offensive security companies which tends to skew very Wild West and toxic (eg. Taking out new hires to strip clubs and lounges), and these companies in turn largely exist in a legal grey area. The moment the company becomes a liability (eg. NSO Group), it loses political aircover fairly quickly Heck, Netenyahu's Likud lead an inquiry against NSO Group and it's founders in 2022 (though this was also because Bibi's confidants were allegedly tapped by the intelligence community in Israel by leveraging NSO [0]), though all this fell to the wayside after the Judical Reforms as well as the Oct 7th attacks. Also, Israel is a very small country where everyone is 2nd or 3rd degree connects with each other, so professional reputations spread very quickly. [0] - https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/top-israeli-cop-requests-state-inquiry-over-reported-nso-spyware-abuse-2022-02-07/ https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/top-israeli-cop-re...