After more than 25 years in the military and the Israeli defense special forces, Col. Shmulik Yehezkel (IDF Res.) joined the CYE team as Chief Critical Cyber Operations Officer & CISO. Shmulik leads the Critical Cyber Operation division (C2OPS). The C2OPS division is responsible for CYE’s operative operations and is composed of four main centers: data forensics and incident response (DFIR), threat hunting and cyber threat intelligence (CTI), advanced cyber architecture and engineering, and the VIP security center. Shmulik is a software engineer and cyber security professional with extensive strategic and hands-on experience. Shmulik brings years’ worth of experience leading cyber operations, cyber R&D, information security, and risk management in the Israel Defense Forces, the Ministry of Defense, and the Office of the Prime Minister of Israel.