The Good Tech Companies - Elite Cyber Veterans Launch Blast Security With $10M to Turn Cloud Detection Into Prevention

Episode Date: November 25, 2025

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/elite-cyber-veterans-launch-blast-security-with-$10m-to-turn-cloud-detection-into-prevention. Blast’s Preemptive Cloud Defense Platform marks an inflection point for organizations shifting from reactive alert-chasing to proactive, continuously enforced p Check more stories related to cybersecurity at: https://hackernoon.com/c/cybersecurity. You can also check exclusive content about #cybersecurity, #blast, #cybernewswire, #press-release, #cyber-threats, #cybercrime, #cybersecurity-tips, #good-company, and more. This story was written by: @cybernewswire. Learn more about this writer by checking @cybernewswire's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. Blast Security is a cybersecurity startup founded by industry veterans from Solebit (acquired by Mimecast) and elite IDF units. The company is already working with numerous global enterprises to secure their production environments, preventing cloud risk by over 90%. Blast’s Preemptive Cloud Defense Platform marks an inflection point for organizations shifting from reactive alert-chasing to proactive, continuously enforced prevention.

This audio is presented by Hacker Noon, where anyone can learn anything about any technology. Elite Cyber Veterans launch Blast Security with $10 million to turn cloud detection into prevention by Cyber Newswire. Tel Aviv, Israel, November 24, 2025, Cyber Newswire. Blast is introducing a new operating model for cloud security with a first of its kind preemptive cloud defense platform, replacing reactive response with continuous prevention. Blast security, a cyber security, a cyber security startup founded by industry veterans from Solbit, acquired by Mimecast, and elite IDF units. Today announced its launch from stealth and a $10 million seed round co-led by 10D and Ms. Ma Ventures. Blast is redefining how organizations eliminate cloud risks using preventive guardrails to ensure

environments remain secure by design. The company is already working with numerous global enterprises to secure their production environments, preventing cloud risk by over 90% and significantly shrinking the blast radius. Enterprises operating at multi-cloud scale face relentless change and compounding complexity accelerated by the growth of AI. Blast's preemptive cloud defense platform marks an inflection point for organizations shifting from reactive alert chasing to proactive, continuously enforced prevention. It turns native cloud control into a preventive defense fabric, where every change is modeled, tested, and enforced safely. This approach ensures prevention never breaks production or slows innovation. Greater than cloud adoption and AI have

multiplied complexity and risk faster than teams greater than can keep up. The market is full of tools for detection and remediation, but greater than the only reliable way to mitigate risk is to prevent it in the first place too and that's what Blast is built to do, said Boris Vainberg, co-founder and CEO greater than of blast security. Greater than when Henry Ford introduced his automobile, many believed horses were good greater than enough. It's hard to see how a new approach can redefine the standard until greater than it becomes the standard. Our mission is to make prevention the new standard in greater than cloud security and lead the market shift. The light bulb moment for Blast's founding team, Boris Vainberg, Ido Bukra, and Roy Panai came when they were called to reserve duty to lead

a national level cloud security project. During this critical time, the team realized that security must match the cloud speed, scale, and complexity with prevention measures built in. Blasty's founding team brings over a decade of collaborative experience, their first company, Solbit, was acquired by Mimecast in their largest acquisition. Blasts engineers are cloud security veterans committed to devloping game-changing, practical solutions that prevent risks before they arise and keep cloud environments inherently secure. Greater than at VIA, we see the shift from alert chasing to prevention as a strategic greater-than-per-

program to strengthen our overall defense. Blast enables us to enforce greater than preventive guardrails at scale, making our cloud environments more resilient greater than with the same resources, less manual effort, and the trust to ensure zero greater than disruption to the business, said Orrin Hoggery, CISO, via Greater Than Blast's founding team has a remarkable history of solving complex security greater than challenges, said I Tehran, general partner at 10D Capital. Their preemptive greater-than-approach to cloud security meets a growing critical need in the market, greater than enabling organizations to prevent threats rather than merely reacting to them,

greater than were thrilled to back blast as they set a new standard for truly proactive greater-than-cloud defense. To learn more about Blast's preemptive cloud defense platform and its capabilities, users can visit Blast. Security. About Blast Security, Blast Security marks the end of reactive cloud security, replacing after the fact response with continuous prevention. Instead of reacting to threats and chasing alerts, blast creates a living, preemptive defense fabric that continuously evolves with the enterprise cloud environment, eliminating alert fatigue, reducing operational friction, and shrinking the blast radius. The blast founding team has worked together for more than a decade and has oproven track record of building scalable prevention products, including at Solbit, acquired by

Mimecast. Headquartered Intel Aviv, Blast is backed by leading investors and trusted by global organizations. Users can visit Blast. Security to learn more. Contact VP Marketing Diana Nevo Blast Security Dian and at Blast. Securitethis story was published as a press release by Cybernewswire under Hackernoon Business Blogging Program. Do your own research before making any financial decision. Thank you for listening to this Hackernoon story, read by artificial intelligence. Visit hackernoon.com to read, write, learn and publish.