# Or Eshed

> Or Eshed is the co-founder of LayerX Security and, following its July 2026 acquisition by Akamai, vice president of enterprise security product and engineering at Akamai. His background spans Israeli military intelligence, threat research at Check Point and other organizations, and building browser-based security controls with co-founder David Vaisbrud.

- **Role:** Vice President, Enterprise Security Product and Engineering at Akamai; Co-Founder of LayerX Security
- **Organizations:** Akamai, LayerX Security, Check Point Software Technologies, Otorio, ABN AMRO Bank, Israel Defense Forces
- **Education:** MSc in Applied Economics
- **Known for:** Co-founded LayerX Security with David Vaisbrud., Helped expose a major browser-hijacking operation in 2017., Built LayerX through its acquisition by Akamai in July 2026.

## Career timeline

- **—** — Served in Israeli military intelligence; subsequently held security and intelligence research roles, including at Check Point, Otorio and ABN AMRO.
- **2017** — Worked on exposing a major browser-hijacking campaign; lists the June 2017 Fireball research among his publications.
- **2022** — LayerX, co-founded with David Vaisbrud, emerged from stealth in October with $7.5 million in seed funding.
- **2024** — LayerX announced a $26 million Series A in May.
- **2025** — An $11 million Series A extension in April brought LayerX’s reported total funding to $45 million.
- **2026** — Akamai announced an approximately $205 million acquisition agreement on May 14 and completed the acquisition on July 2; by August Eshed was identified as an Akamai vice president.

## Achievements

- Co-founded LayerX Security with David Vaisbrud.
- Helped expose a major browser-hijacking operation in 2017.
- Built LayerX through its acquisition by Akamai in July 2026.
- Speaker at cybersecurity conferences including DEF CON and BSides Las Vegas.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Akamai identified Eshed as Vice President, Enterprise Security Product and Engineering in its enterprise AI usage risk research announcement.
- **2026-07** — Akamai completed its acquisition of LayerX on July 2.
- **2026-06** — Discussed the acquisition and enterprise AI usage on Techstrong TV with Alan Shimel.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/or-eshed/

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Last updated: 2026-10-21