Amit Yoran (born December 1970)^[1] is chairman and chief executive officer of Tenable, Inc., a position held since January 3, 2017. He is also on the board of directors of the Center for Internet Security.^[2]

Early life

Yoran was born in the United States to Israeli emigrants who arrived in the 1960s.^[3] He obtained a B.S. in computer science from the United States Military Academy and served as one of the founding members of the US Department of Defense's Computer Emergency Response Team. He received a M.S. in computer security from George Washington University.^[2]

Career

In April 1998, during the dot-com bubble, along with his two brothers and Tim Belcher, Yoran co-founded Riptech. It began operations in December 1999 and raised $45 million in venture capital from Columbia Capital, Providence Equity, and Broadview Capital.^[4] It was sold to Symantec (now Gen Digital) in August 2002 for $145 million in cash.^[3][2]

In September 2003, he was named director of the newly-created National Cyber Security Division within the United States Department of Homeland Security. There, he oversaw the creation of a cyber alert system that sends out warnings about computer viruses and net attacks. He resigned from the position abruptly in October 2004.^[5][6]

In January 2006, he was named CEO of In-Q-Tel.^[7] He resigned in April 2006 after less than four months in the position.^[8] At that time, he was also a member of the board of directors of Trust Digital, Guidance Software, and Guardium.^[9]

In November 2006, he was named CEO of Netwitness.^[10]

In October 2014, Yoran was named president of RSA.^[11]

Effective January 2017, he was named CEO of Tenable, Inc.^[12]

In August 2023, he accused Microsoft of putting its customers at risk after he revealed the existence of a zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Azure.^[13]

Personal life

Yoran is married and has three children,^[8] including a set of twins.^[6]