Itay Keren
Co-Founder & CEO at Stealth
Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv District, Israel
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Itay Keren is a software leader and founder with eight years of experience building and scaling security automation and backend systems from Tel Aviv. As Co-Founder & CEO of a stealth startup and former Senior Software Engineering Manager at Palo Alto Networks, he blends hands-on engineering with product and team leadership across acquisitions and rapid growth environments. He cut his teeth at Demisto/Cortex XSOAR contributing backend integrations, test frameworks, and automation scripts to a widely-used security orchestration repository. A Naval Officer background and dual studies in computer science and business give him a rare mix of operational discipline and commercial savvy. He is passionate about innovative technologies and driving change, often bridging deep technical detail with practical, auditable solutions. Notably, his open-source contributions reflect a focus on reliability and automation in security tooling rather than flashy front-end work.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science at Tel Aviv UniversityBachelor's degree Business/Commerce General, Bachelor's degree Business/Commerce General at University of HaifaIsraeli Naval Academy
English, Hebrew
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Github contributions (5)
demisto/content
Oct 2017 - Mar 2022
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!
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & Automation EngineerContributions:34 releases, 1769 reviews, 1672 commits in 4 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Itay focused on enhancing the functionality of the Demisto/Cortex XSOAR content repository by merging and modifying branches for Iceberg integration, HTTP script updates, and VXStream integration. They improved the test framework by modifying test integration files, scripts and test configurations. Furthermore, the user contributed to the development process by adding and validating scripts to enhance structure, validating file structures, and creating configurations for the build system, demonstrating expertise in both backend development and automation.
containerscortexsecurity-toolsorchestrationsecurity-operations
cloudshark/content
May 2019 - Nov 2019
This repository contains all Demisto content and from here we share content updates
Contributions:32 commits in 5 months
pythonshareupdates
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