Executive record
Amit Spitzer
Career profile: Amit Spitzer on CISO Spotlights ↗
Amit Spitzer is CTO and CISO at Glilot Capital Partners. The appointment was announced in the week of August 4, 2025, per SecurityWeek Industry Moves.
Before the appointment: CISO and DPO at Cato Networks, per the same source.
1 tracked move on the Wire · Updated
Career timeline
Every move the record holds for Amit Spitzer, newest first, with the earlier roles the announcements name.
· Appointment
Named CTO and CISO at Glilot Capital Partners
Source: SecurityWeek Industry Moves (week of 2025-08-04) ↗ · Move record
Before August 2025· Earlier role
CISO and DPO at Cato Networks
Named in the announcement of the Glilot Capital Partners appointment · Source: SecurityWeek Industry Moves (week of 2025-08-04) ↗
The appointment
Announced week of August 4, 2025 · Source: SecurityWeek Industry Moves (week of 2025-08-04) ↗ · Move record
Amit Spitzer has been appointed CTO and CISO at Israeli venture capital fund Glilot Capital Partners. He previously served as CISO and DPO at Cato Networks and had served as a Security Advisor on Glilot's Advisory Board for three years.
Glilot Capital Partners lists Spitzer on its team as Chief Technology Officer and Chief Information Security Officer, and it listed Sarit Sharabi as Chief Financial Officer at the time of the report.
SecurityWeek reports that his earlier senior leadership roles included posts in Israel’s National Digital Agency and at ClickSoftware, which Salesforce acquired, as well as Dome9, acquired by Check Point, and ControlUp. At the time of the report, Cato Networks identified Spitzer as its Chief Security Officer, with 15 years of experience in networking and cyber security. According to Cato Networks, his earlier post at ControlUp was as that company's CSO.
According to Glilot Capital Partners, its first fund, Glilot I, was a $30M fund in 2011, followed by the $77M Glilot II fund in 2015. The company lists Glilot III at $110M in 2019, the Glilot+ early-growth fund at $180M in 2021 and Glilot IV at $220M in 2022. The company lists Glilot Seed V for 2025 along with 23 exits, a $500M fundraise and $1.3B total AUM.
The company: Glilot Capital Partners
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Region
- Middle East & Africa
- Company record
- Who runs security at Glilot Capital Partners: 1 confirmed move on the record
In their own words
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Elsewhere
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Appointed in the same period
Other security chiefs in Financial Services whose appointment was announced within 90 days of Amit Spitzer's, nearest first. The Financial Services bench
Clay Carter, Chief Information Security Officer at Ncontracts
Igor Zabara, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Northwestern Mutual
Todd Spight, Chief Information Security Officer at HDI Global Insurance Company (HGIC)
Azeem Bashir, Group Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Apex Group
Laura Deaner, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Depository Trust Clearing Corporation (DTCC)
Robert Thomas, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Relm Insurance
Jeremy Koppen, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Equifax
Curtis Rebelein, Chief Information Security Officer at DCM Services
Record facts
- Time in the seat
- About 1 year 3 months since the appointment was announced (week of August 4, 2025), as of November 2026
- Moves on the record
- 1 confirmed move, each with its source
- On the record since
- September 26, 2026
- Financial Services in 2026
- 42 security-leadership appointments announced in the sector on the record
How these are counted. Time in the seat: Counted in whole months from the announcement of the appointment, the date the record holds; announcements rarely give a start date.
Questions about Amit Spitzer
- Who is the CISO of Glilot Capital Partners?
- Amit Spitzer is CTO and CISO at Glilot Capital Partners. The appointment was announced in the week of August 4, 2025, per SecurityWeek Industry Moves.
- When did Amit Spitzer become CISO of Glilot Capital Partners?
- The appointment was announced in the week of August 4, 2025, per SecurityWeek Industry Moves. The record holds the announcement, not a start date.
- Where did Amit Spitzer work before Glilot Capital Partners?
- Before the appointment, Amit Spitzer was CISO and DPO at Cato Networks, according to the announcement (SecurityWeek Industry Moves).
Sources
- 1.SecurityWeek Industry Moves (week of 2025-08-04) ↗: the appointment at Glilot Capital Partners, week of August 4, 2025
- 2.CISO Spotlights career profile ↗: a fuller career profile on a sister site
This record begins with CISO Tribune's tracking in 2026.
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