Ariel Parnes

Ariel Parnes is a co-founder and COO of Mitiga, a startup cloud incident readiness and response. He leads Mitiga’s cybersecurity research, readiness, and incident response teams. A retired Colonel in the Israeli Defense Forces’ 8200 Cyber Unit, Col. Parnes served for over 20 years in roles ranging from Intelligence and Information Technology to Offensive & Defensive Cyber Operations and Cyber Warfare. He was awarded the prestigious Israel Defense Prize for technological breakthroughs in the cyber field.

The cat and mouse ransomware game may threaten smaller organizations

Ariel Parnes

April 18, 2024

It is possible that cybercriminals will shift from a few large-scale, high-stake ransomware attacks to a broader array of smaller-scale attacks.

Proactive threat hunting is vital to zero-day vulnerability management

Ariel Parnes

April 27, 2022

A proactive approach to zero-day vulnerabilities is conducting threat hunting based on the assumption that the organization has been breached using one or more security vulnerabilities.

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Ariel Parnes

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The cat and mouse ransomware game may threaten smaller organizations

Proactive threat hunting is vital to zero-day vulnerability management

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