# Guy Halfon

> Guy Halfon is the co-founder and CEO of Rescana, a Tel Aviv and New York based cybersecurity company building autonomous, agent-based third-party risk management. After years running security for global gaming operator Playtech and founding boutique security consultancies, he started Rescana in 2016 to connect cyber risk to business decisions. The company now uses teams of AI agents to discover, classify and assess vendors and continuously map external attack surfaces at enterprise scale, including its no-code Vega platform.

- **Role:** Co-Founder and CEO at Rescana
- **Organizations:** Rescana, NoX90, Playtech, Fortscale, KiwiNet
- **Nationality:** Israeli
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads Rescana, a cybersecurity company operating out of Tel Aviv and New York, Rescana named a 2023 CISO Choice Award winner for Best Use of AI, Launched the Vega AI no-code platform for cyber risk teams

## Career timeline

- **pre-2016** — Rose from Senior Cyber Security Analyst to Global Manager, Information Security at gaming and multimedia software firm Playtech
- **pre-2016** — Founded NoX90, a boutique consultancy delivering high-end security solutions to leading global companies
- **pre-2016** — Served as an advisor at Fortscale Security, later acquired by RSA Security
- **2016** — Co-founded Rescana in Tel Aviv and became CEO
- **2021** — Rescana raised a reported $250K round (categorized as Series A) in October
- **2023** — Launched Vega, an AI-driven no-code platform for cyber data teams, in closed beta
- **2023** — Rescana named a CISO Choice Award winner for Best Use of AI
- **2024** — Announced a partnership with Wiz and Aspiration Japan for cloud security in the Japanese market
- **2025** — Repositioned Rescana around autonomous, agent-based third-party risk management at scale

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads Rescana, a cybersecurity company operating out of Tel Aviv and New York
- Rescana named a 2023 CISO Choice Award winner for Best Use of AI
- Launched the Vega AI no-code platform for cyber risk teams
- Built and led information security functions at global gaming operator Playtech before founding companies
- Established a strategic partnership between Rescana, Wiz and Aspiration Japan for the Japanese market

## Latest updates

- **2025-01** — Rescana positioned publicly around autonomous AI agents executing third-party risk management at scale.
- **2024-08** — Announced partnership with Wiz and Aspiration Japan to deliver cloud security for the Japanese market.
- **2023-11** — Rescana named a 2023 CISO Choice Award winner for Best Use of AI.

## Links

- Website: https://rescana.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zecurity/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/RescanaSec

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Last updated: 2026-07-17