Ori Russ is Co-Founder and CEO of Orca Security, a leading cloud-native security platform that delivers agentless, comprehensive risk detection across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud environments.

Ori brings over 30 years of experience in security roles within the Israeli government sector, including hands-on leadership planning and executing protection for heads of state and world leaders, and holds a degree from the University of Haifa.

Ori co-founded Orca Security alongside a team of former Check Point Software executives, leveraging deep cybersecurity expertise to pioneer a fundamentally new approach to cloud security without agents or complex deployments.

Orca Security raised $640M across multiple funding rounds, including a $340M Series C in 2021, reaching a $1.8B valuation and achieving unicorn status, with investors including Redpoint Ventures, GGV Capital, and Temasek.

Orca Security now serves hundreds of enterprise clients across retail, healthcare, finance, and government sectors, with nearly 500 employees and patented SideScanning technology that detects vulnerabilities, malware, and misconfigurations at scale.