# Oren Harel

> Oren Ohayon Harel is the CEO and co-founder of PlainID, the Tel Aviv- and New York-based authorization company that turned policy-based access control (PBAC) from an XACML white paper into a category. He founded PlainID in 2014 with Gal Helemski and Dmitry Tuchinsky after a decade spent inside Israeli banking security, most recently as Deputy CISO at Bank Hapoalim. He raised a $75M Series C led by Insight Partners in December 2021, bringing PlainID's total funding to roughly $100M.

- **Role:** CEO & Co-Founder at PlainID
- **Organizations:** PlainID, Bank Hapoalim (former), Taldor (former), Bezeq (former)
- **From:** Israel
- **Nationality:** Israeli
- **Education:** Ariel University
- **Known for:** Co-founded PlainID (2014), an early commercial implementation of PBAC, Raised ~$100M in total funding across three rounds, Led $75M Series C from Insight Partners in December 2021

## Career timeline

- **earlier** — Mainframe Security Expert at Bezeq
- **earlier** — Security Consultant at Taldor
- **pre-2014** — Deputy CISO at Bank Hapoalim
- **2014** — Co-founded PlainID with Gal Helemski and Dmitry Tuchinsky
- **2021-12** — Closed $75M Series C led by Insight Partners; total funding reaches ~$100M
- **2022+** — Expanded PlainID beyond 100 employees; OEM partnership with SAP; NY + Tel Aviv operations

## Achievements

- Co-founded PlainID (2014), an early commercial implementation of PBAC
- Raised ~$100M in total funding across three rounds
- Led $75M Series C from Insight Partners in December 2021
- Grew PlainID past 95 employees and multi-million monthly authorization decisions
- Established OEM partnership with SAP
- Delivered 100%+ ARR growth and 80% customer growth in 2021

## Latest updates

- **2021-12** — PlainID closes $75M Series C led by Insight Partners.
- **2024** — PlainID expands positioning to cover authorization for AI agents and LLM data access.

## Links

- Website: https://www.plainid.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oren-ohayon-harel-2037276a/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/plainID_authZ
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/PlainID/

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