| Amit Yoran | |
| Birth Place: | United States |
| Alma Mater: | United States Military Academy George Washington University |
| Occupation: | CEO of Tenable, Inc. |
Amit Yoran (born December 1970)[1] is chairman and chief executive officer of Tenable, Inc., a position held since January 3, 2017. He is also on the board of directors of the Center for Internet Security.
Yoran was born in the United States to Israeli emigrants who arrived in the 1960s.[2] He obtained a B.S. in computer science from the United States Military Academy and served as one of the founding members of the US Department of Defense's Computer Emergency Response Team. He received a M.S. in computer security from George Washington University.[3]
In April 1998, during the dot-com bubble, along with his two brothers and Tim Belcher, Yoran co-founded Riptech. It began operations in December 1999 and raised $45 million in venture capital from Columbia Capital, Providence Equity, and Broadview Capital.[4] It was sold to Symantec (now Gen Digital) in August 2002 for $145 million in cash.[2] [3]
In September 2003, he was named director of the newly created National Cyber Security Division within the United States Department of Homeland Security. There, he oversaw the creation of a cyber alert system that sends out warnings about computer viruses and net attacks. He resigned from the position abruptly in October 2004.[5] [6]
In January 2006, he was named CEO of In-Q-Tel.[7] He resigned in April 2006 after less than four months in the position.[8] At that time, he was also a member of the board of directors of Trust Digital, Guidance Software, and Guardium.[9]
In November 2006, he was named CEO of Netwitness.[10]
In October 2014, Yoran was named president of RSA.[11]
Effective January 2017, he was named CEO of Tenable, Inc.[12]
In August 2023, he accused Microsoft of putting its customers at risk after he revealed the existence of a zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Azure.[13]
Yoran is married and has three children,[8] including a set of twins.[6]