Roy Zur

2023 Gold Award in the category:

Cybersecurity Educator of the Year

Additional Info

Company / OrganizationThriveDX
Company size1,000 - 4,999 employees
CountryUnited States
World RegionNorth America
Websitehttps://thrivedx.com/for-enterprise

NOMINATION HIGHLIGHTS

Roy Zur, a serial entrepreneur, is Founder & CEO of ThriveDX’s Enterprise Division, the global education company committed to transforming lives through digital skills training and solutions. In August of 2021, ThriveDX acquired Cybint Solutions where he also served as CEO since founding the company in 2014. Roy is a 15-year veteran of the vaunted Unit 8200 of the Israeli Defense Force, where he served as a Major, which instilled in him early a passion for addressing the “human factor” of cybersecurity training – currently the #1 vulnerability across the threat landscape. His goal and passion is to to close the global cybersecurity skills and talent gap while increasing diversity and inclusion across the industry.

In addition to steering the vision of ThriveDX’s Enterprise Division, Roy serves as adjunct professor of risk management in cybersecurity at IDC Herzliya in Israel. He is also Founder and Chairman of the non-profit Israeli Institute for Policy and Legislation. Zur is also an industry thought leader regularly appearing in publications including Forbes, Fortune, CPO Magazine and TechCrunch.

 

Accomplishments

* Under Roy's leadership, ThriveDX is pioneering human factor security with a solution that covers 360 degrees of security inside an organization, providing protection where technology alone cannot.


* ThriveDX is also closing the global cyber skills and talent gap by partnering with top-tier academic institutions and corporations worldwide to assist in offering cutting-edge, skills based cybersecurity training and advanced professional development programs in digital technology.


* More than 50,000 learners have graduated from the company’s unique cyber bootcamps, and with its 50+ higher education partners.


Roy Zur, 2023 Gold Award winner, Cybersecurity Educator of the Year — Cybersecurity Excellence Awards

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