Aryon Security, a Tel Aviv, Israel-based provider of a cloud security enforcement platform, has just exits from stealth with $9m in seed funding. In conjunction with the announcement, CEO Ron Arbel replied to our questions about the company, the product, the funding, and future plans.
FinSMEs: Hi Ron, can you tell us a bit more about yourself? What’s your background?
Hi, I’m Ron Arbel, CEO of Aryon Security. I met my fellow co-founders Ariel Litmanovich (CTO), Yair Ladizhensky (VP R&D) through our service in the elite IDF cyber defense unit, Matzov, where together, we led various domains and worked to solve the most complex security challenges for the IDF. In Matzov, we worked on securing some of the most sensitive national cybersecurity projects, including Project Nimbus, Israel’s $7.2 billion cloud infrastructure initiative. Through these experiences, we gained firsthand insight into the biggest security challenges enterprises face as they scale their cloud environments.
We saw a major bottleneck in enterprise security—organizations invest heavily in security tools, yet still struggle with endless alerts, operational friction, and a reactive security posture. It was then that the idea for Aryon was born, to create a fundamental change in this approach by making cloud security preventive and effortless.
FinSMEs: Let’s speak about Aryon. What is the market problem you want to solve? What is the real opportunity?
The biggest problem in cloud security today is that most solutions focus on detecting risks only after they’ve already been deployed in production. This means organizations are constantly playing catch-up, rushing to fix misconfigurations and human errors after they’ve already introduced risk into their environments.
The real opportunity lies in shifting cloud security to a prevention-first approach. Aryon does just that, ensuring that risks never make it to production in the first place. By enforcing security policies proactively, before infrastructure or code is deployed, we eliminate human errors and misconfigurations at their root.
The global cloud security market is valued at $44 billion, yet according to Gartner, the world’s leading research firm, 99% of cloud security incidents stem from human errors and
misconfigurations. CISOs consistently rank preventing these mistakes as a top priority, but they lack the tools to do so effectively. Aryon is uniquely positioned to fill this gap with a solution that is technology-agnostic, seamless to implement, and reduces operational burden.
FinSMEs: What are the features differentiating the product from competitors?
Unlike traditional cloud security tools that focus on scanning and remediation after the fact, our cloud security enforcement platform provides posture enforcement that prevents security risks before they reach production. We see from our customers just how complex cloud environments are. First, they involve many organizational functions like IT, DevOps, external management providers, and more. Second, there are countless ways to deploy resources into the cloud—through IaC, scripts, and manual operations. That’s why, with Aryon, we chose to build a solution that works the same way regardless of how the cloud is defined, managed, or operated. In addition to this unique technology, our product is backed by a complete methodology, helping organizations define and apply tailor-made policies providing context for making decisions with confidence.
FinSMEs: You just raised a new funding round. Please, tell us more about it.
Yes, we recently raised a $9 million seed round, led by Viola Ventures and Blumberg Capital. We’re also backed by some of the most influential figures in cybersecurity, including Shlomo Kramer (Check Point, Imperva, Cato Networks), Maty Siman (Checkmarx), and Rubi Aronashvili (CYE). It’s an honor to have earned the confidence of so many cybersecurity heavyweights and have them on our side.
This investment validates the urgent need for a shift to prevention-first in cloud security. It also gives us the resources to recruit the strongest talent in Israel from the top elite units and ensure we build a company that drives real change.
FinSMEs: What are your medium-term plans?
Our goal is to enable organizations to enforce their cloud strategy in a simple way. This will allow traditional industries to accelerate their cloud transition safely, with full control and no disruption to business operations, while enabling security teams in organizations with large-scale cloud environments to focus on real security resilience instead of putting out fires. We are proud of the trust placed in us by so many experienced and pioneering investors in the cybersecurity and cloud sectors and are confident in our ability to deliver a truly revolutionary product in cloud security.
FinSMEs
04/03/2025