Executive record
Israel Barak
Career profile: Israel Barak on CISO Spotlights ↗
Israel Barak is Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at 7AI. The appointment was announced in the week of March 23, 2026, per SecurityWeek Industry Moves.
Before the appointment: CISO at Cybereason, per the same source.
1 tracked move on the Wire · Updated
Career timeline
Every move the record holds for Israel Barak, newest first, with the earlier roles the announcements name.
· Appointment
Named Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at 7AI
Source: SecurityWeek Industry Moves (week of 2026-03-23) ↗ · Move record
Before March 2026· Earlier role
CISO at Cybereason
Named in the announcement of the 7AI appointment · Source: SecurityWeek Industry Moves (week of 2026-03-23) ↗
The appointment
Announced week of March 23, 2026 · Source: SecurityWeek Industry Moves (week of 2026-03-23) ↗ · Move record
Israel Barak has been named the first CISO at agentic AI SOC provider 7AI. He most recently served as CISO at cybersecurity firm Cybereason and is described as an Israeli intelligence veteran who co-founded Q.rity.
According to the release, Barak will build and lead a security organization supporting customers that adopt the 7AI model. The company says the role includes expanding its team of AI security engineers and security experts working directly with enterprises. The release says the team helps organizations move from human-driven SOC workflows to agentic security operations.
The release says his more than two decades of cybersecurity leadership cover incident response, threat intelligence, cyber warfare infrastructure and enterprise security operations. Barak led global security strategy at Cybereason, 7AI says, and worked closely with organizations defending against nation-state activity and sophisticated cyber threats. The company says his background also includes training teams in defending against advanced threat actors and developing proprietary security technologies.
Based in Boston and founded in 2024, 7AI is growing its team in go-to-market and AI Security Engineering roles, the release says. According to the release, autonomous AI agents in the 7AI Agentic AI SOC Platform correlate signals across security tools and investigate security alerts. According to the release, more than 2.5 million alerts were processed by 7AI agents in production environments during the last year. According to the release, 7AI's PLAID operating model pairs its autonomous AI agents with dedicated AI security engineers who integrate the agents into customers' existing security environments.
The company: 7AI
- Sector
- Cybersecurity Vendors
- Region
- North America
- Company record
- Who runs security at 7AI: 1 confirmed move on the record
- Vendor directory
- 7AI sells security products, filed under AI SOC analysts. What it sells
In their own words
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Appointed in the same period
Other security chiefs in Cybersecurity Vendors whose appointment was announced within 90 days of Israel Barak's, nearest first (8 of 12). The Cybersecurity Vendors bench
Alfredo Hickman, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Kai
Dom Glavach, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Black Duck
John Podboy, Chief Information Security Officer at Semperis
Adam Dimopoulos, Chief Information Security Officer at Entrust
Paul Black, Chief Information Security Officer at Tanium
William Bengtson, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at ConductorOne
Drew McCombs, Chief Technology Officer and Chief Information Security Officer at Cylerity
Record facts
- Time in the seat
- About 7 months since the appointment was announced (week of March 23, 2026), as of November 2026
- Moves on the record
- 1 confirmed move, each with its source
- On the record since
- September 24, 2026
- Cybersecurity Vendors in 2026
- 25 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 Israel Barak
- Who is the CISO of 7AI?
- Israel Barak is Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at 7AI. The appointment was announced in the week of March 23, 2026, per SecurityWeek Industry Moves.
- When did Israel Barak become CISO of 7AI?
- The appointment was announced in the week of March 23, 2026, per SecurityWeek Industry Moves. The record holds the announcement, not a start date.
- Where did Israel Barak work before 7AI?
- Before the appointment, Israel Barak was CISO at Cybereason, according to the announcement (SecurityWeek Industry Moves).
Sources
- 1.SecurityWeek Industry Moves (week of 2026-03-23) ↗: the appointment at 7AI, week of March 23, 2026
- 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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