Arik Day
Security Research Team Lead at Palo Alto Networks
Tel-Aviv District, Israel
Summary
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RockstarArik Day is a security research team lead based in Tel Aviv with 3 years of formal industry experience and a decade-plus background in cyber operations, DFIR, and threat hunting across government, defense, and commercial sectors. He progressed from satellite communications and NOC roles in the IDF and government into malware research and EDR/MDR leadership before joining Palo Alto Networks to shape Cortex security strategies. Known for translating hands‑on incident response and threat analysis into operational teams and product features, he bridges deep technical forensics with enterprise security architecture. His career path shows a pragmatic operator’s sensibility—comfortable in both blue team operations and product-driven research—bringing context-rich threat insight to strategic decisions.
3 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (4)
security10
sdk5
cms4
content-repository3
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
demisto/content
Oct 2022 - Jan 2023
Demisto is now Cortex XSOAR. Automate and orchestrate your Security Operations with Cortex XSOAR's ever-growing Content Repository. Pull Requests are always welcome and highly appreciated!
Contributions:106 reviews, 20 commits, 177 PRs in 2 months
securityxsoar-contentactive-repository
VirusTotal/content
Feb 2023 - Mar 2023
Demisto is now Cortex XSOAR. Automate and orchestrate your Security Operations with Cortex XSOAR's ever-growing Content Repository. Pull Requests are always welcome and highly appreciated!
Contributions:8 commits in 1 month
security
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