Amit Yoran

Amit Yoran (December 1, 1970 – January 3, 2025) was an American businessman, most notable as the chief executive officer of Tenable, Inc. from January 2017 to December 2024. He was also a member of the board of directors of the Center for Internet Security. to Israeli emigrants who arrived in the 1960s. He obtained a B.S. in computer science from the United States Military Academy and served as one of the founding members of the US Department of Defense's Computer Emergency Response Team. He received a M.S. in computer security from George Washington University.

Career In April 1998, during the dot-com bubble, along with his two brothers and Tim Belcher, founded RipTech. It began operations in December 1999 and raised $45 million in venture capital from Columbia Capital, Providence Equity, and Broadview Capital. It was sold to Symantec (now Gen Digital) in August 2002 for $145 million in cash.

In January 2006, he was named CEO of In-Q-Tel. He resigned in April 2006 after less than four months in the position. At that time, he was also a member of the board of directors of Trust Digital, Guidance Software, and Guardium.

In November 2006, he was named CEO of Netwitness.

In October 2014, Yoran was named president of RSA.

Effective January 2017, he was named CEO of Tenable, Inc.

In August 2023, he accused Microsoft of putting its customers at risk after he revealed the existence of a zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Azure.

Personal life and death Yoran was married to Catherine Lotrionte and had three children,