In the past few years, alumni of the Israeli Defense Forces’ Unit 8200, which conducts intelligence, have become known for founding cybersecurity startups. Cybereason, my employer, falls into this camp: two of the company’s co-founders (and many of our employees) served in Unit 8200. But Unit 8200 is also known for launching the security and technology careers of many women, including mine. At 18, I was picked to serve in Unit 8200, an experience that sparked my interest in both those fields.
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