Karamba Security appoints executives and expands advisory board

Israel-based cybersecurity provider Karamba Security has appointed two executives to its management team and two automotive industry experts to its advisory board to help meet the market demand for its autonomous and connected car solutions. Guy Sagy, a decorated officer and cyber security architect with Unit 8200, has been appointed security chief technology officer while one of the company’s co-founders, Assaf Harel, is now chief scientist. In addition, Amir Einav has been named vice president of market
March 29, 2018 Read time: 2 mins

Israel-based cybersecurity provider 8519 Karamba Security has appointed two executives to its management team and two automotive industry experts to its advisory board to help meet the market demand for its autonomous and connected car solutions.

Guy Sagy, a decorated officer and cyber security architect with Unit 8200, has been appointed security chief technology officer while one of the company’s co-founders, Assaf Harel, is now chief scientist. In addition, Amir Einav has been named vice president of marketing. He previously managed HP’s ArcSight cybersecurity products.

Paul Mascarenas and Bruce Coventry have both joined Karamba’s advisory board as industry experts. Mascarenas is the former chief technical officer at Ford Motor while Coventry is Chrysler and Daimler’s previous powertrain business unit leader.

Mascarenas said: “Connected cars are transforming the automotive industry. Cybersecurity researchers demonstrated how vulnerable cars are to remote hacks, putting customers at risk and cannot be ignored; these are imperatives for our industry. Cybersecurity is hugely important to automotive manufacturers who are in need of a preventive solution with zero false positives for modern car cybersecurity threats. I’m excited to be part of the solution to a problem uniquely addressed by Karamba’s autonomous end-to-end prevention software, as evidenced by the interest from several major customers.”

Coventry said: “I am pleased to be joining the Karamba CTO Advisory Board. The quality and experience of the team, the elegance of Karamba’s electronic control unit cybersecurity solution, with its zero-false positive approach is the right answer for automotive cybersecurity and other IoT applications. Furthermore, the industry needs a pragmatic implementation option, enabling car manufacturers to have full control of their cybersecurity health status and complete forensics, while minimizing the cumbersome task of security updates and risks involved with potential recalls.”

Urban Traffic Control

For more information on companies in this article

Related Content

  • Here announces connected vehicle breakthrough
    October 10, 2016
    Here, the global location technology company, is at the ITS World Congress with a major breakthrough in connected cars. At this year's Paris Motor Show, the company announced that Audi, BMW and Mercedes- Benz will supply Here, which they jointly own, with real-time sensor data collected by their cars to enable systems to better understand their surroundings. The deal marks the first time a trio of leading brands have agreed to share data, and could indicate the beginning of a proper connected car industry.
    Read More
  • Mobinet counters weighty cross border concerns
    November 9, 2017
    A Mobinet pilot is combining onboard weighing with V2X comms to streamline vehicle weight enforcement. David Crawford reports. Pan-European, cross-border weigh-in-motion (WIM) for trucks is now a practical possibility, following successful Scandinavian trials within the EU-co-funded Mobinet (Internet of Mobility) programme. New technology is using strain sensors, located on load-bearing components and routinely installed in truck fleet management systems.
    Read More
  • Autonomous driving – what can we really expect?
    June 6, 2016
    Dave Marples of Technolution BV looks beyond the hype to the practical implementation of autonomous vehicles. Having looked at the development of this sector for some time, I am concerned about the current state of autonomous driving development as engineering (and marketing) have run way ahead of the wider systemic, and legislative, requirements to support an autonomous future.
    Read More
  • UK smart mobility living lab launched in London
    February 19, 2016
    UK transport consultancy, the Transport Research Laboratory (TRL), has launched the UK Smart Mobility Living Lab @ Greenwich; a real-life environment where connected and automated vehicles (CAVs), services and processes can be safely developed, evaluated and integrated within the local community. Based in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, London and supported by UK government, the UK Smart Mobility Living Lab @ Greenwich helps organisations bring solutions to market faster by enabling them to be trialled a
    Read More

Highlighted Content