# Ofer Israeli

> Ofer Israeli is the founder and former CEO of Illusive, the cybersecurity company launched with Team8 in 2014 and acquired by Proofpoint in December 2022. Previously a development leader at Check Point and a quantum mechanics research assistant, he helped build deception technology and identity risk tools. Proofpoint identifies him as Group Vice President and General Manager of Identity Threat Defense.

- **Role:** Group Vice President & General Manager, Identity Threat Defense at Proofpoint
- **Organizations:** Illusive, Proofpoint, Check Point Software Technologies, Team8, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
- **Education:** B.Sc. degrees in Computer Science and Physics, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
- **Known for:** Founded Illusive, the first company launched by Team8., Helped develop enterprise deception technology and identity risk discovery tools., Led Illusive as CEO before its acquisition by Proofpoint.

## Career timeline

- **2004-2008** — Studied at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev; public biographies list B.Sc. degrees in Computer Science and Physics.
- **Before 2014** — Worked as a research assistant in the Atom Chip Lab on theoretical quantum mechanics and managed international development teams at Check Point.
- **2014** — Founded Illusive with Team8.
- **2015** — Named founder and VP of R&D in launch coverage; Shlomo Touboul was CEO.
- **2017** — Public interviews identify Israeli as founder and CEO of Illusive.
- **2022-12** — Illusive announced its acquisition agreement with Proofpoint; Proofpoint confirmed completion on December 28.
- **2023-2024** — Proofpoint speaker biographies identify him as Group Vice President and General Manager of Identity Threat Defense.

## Achievements

- Founded Illusive, the first company launched by Team8.
- Helped develop enterprise deception technology and identity risk discovery tools.
- Led Illusive as CEO before its acquisition by Proofpoint.

## Latest updates

- **2023-11** — Published “How to Find Your Risky Identities to Prevent Attacks” on the Proofpoint blog.
- **2023-03** — Participated in a Proofpoint identity security webinar with Yonesy Núñez and Tim Choi.
- **2022-12** — Illusive became part of Proofpoint; the acquisition completion announcement was dated December 28.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ofer-israeli/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/ofer_israeli

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Last updated: 2026-10-25