# Gil Geron

> Gil Geron is the New York-based CEO and co-founder of Orca Security, a cloud-security company founded in 2019 by eight former Check Point colleagues. A product builder with more than two decades in cybersecurity, Geron moved from Orca's chief product officer role into the chief executive seat in 2023. His operating philosophy centers on listening to customers, giving domain experts real authority, and using context to turn an overwhelming list of cloud risks into a short, useful story.

- **Role:** CEO and Co-Founder at Orca Security
- **Organizations:** Orca Security, Check Point Software Technologies
- **Education:** B.Sc. in Physics and Computer Science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- **Known for:** Co-founded Orca Security in 2019 as part of an eight-person founding team., Helped develop Orca's agentless cloud-security approach and patented SideScanning platform as its founding chief product officer., Became Orca Security's CEO in 2023 after serving as chief product officer.

## Career timeline

- **c. 2008-2019** — Worked at Check Point Software Technologies for nearly eleven years in several cybersecurity product roles, ending as Director of Cyber Security Gateway and Cloud Products.
- **2019** — Co-founded Orca Security with seven former Check Point colleagues and became chief product officer.
- **2023** — Appointed CEO of Orca Security as co-founder Avi Shua moved into the chief innovation officer role.
- **2024** — Spoke publicly about securing AI adoption and the company's pod-inspired approach to cloud security.
- **2025** — Led Orca's acquisition of Opus Security to extend AI-assisted cloud-risk prioritization and remediation.
- **2026** — Published and spoke about securing AI-generated applications, software supply chains and autonomous agents.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Orca Security in 2019 as part of an eight-person founding team.
- Helped develop Orca's agentless cloud-security approach and patented SideScanning platform as its founding chief product officer.
- Became Orca Security's CEO in 2023 after serving as chief product officer.
- Helped scale Orca from its founding into a company serving hundreds of enterprises.
- Led Orca Security through the 2025 acquisition of Opus Security.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — At Black Hat 2026, discussed how AI-assisted application building is widening the population of software creators and increasing the need for contextual security and agent governance.
- **2026-07** — Published an Orca article arguing that enterprise-built AI applications require security to follow software wherever it is created.
- **2026-04** — Published commentary on AI-driven security testing in the software development lifecycle.
- **2026-02** — Published a CISO guide to AI security strategy focused on the scale of AI adoption.
- **2025-05** — Announced Orca Security's acquisition of Opus Security to add agentic AI-based risk prioritization and remediation capabilities.

## Links

- Website: https://orca.security
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gilgeron

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