Security built for the agentic era, by the people who built security for the cloud era.
We've spent a decade securing what came before AI. Now we're securing what comes next.
Agents are the new hire you forgot to onboard
Most security tools were built for a world where the attacker was human and the system was static. That world is gone.
Today's threats are AI-generated, agent-driven, and faster than any control built before can handle. CISOs and AI leaders need infrastructure that was designed, from the first line of code, for adversaries that learn and are behaving in an unexpected way.
Tego was founded to build this infrastructure. It's time we built security for how systems actually work now.
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We do the loudest work of identifying security threats in the quietest voice.
Technically uncompromising. Every claim reproducible; every control testable. If we can't defend it in front of a CISO, we don't ship it.
Security is a trade-off business. We hold the line on safety while taking the operator's side on velocity. We don't pretend the trade doesn't exist.
We've shipped, scaled, and exited security companies before. We bring that experience to every decision.
Confidence is the byproduct of preparation. We move with the certainty of a team that has done this before, together.
Our leadership
Repeat operator in deep-tech and enterprise software. Previously co- founded ProtectOnce, a data-first API security company acquired byVaronis in 2024. Earlier, technology leadership roles at BlazeMeter and Interwise across cybersecurity, DevOps, and developer tools.
Recognized AI and application security expert. Co-founded CloudEssence with Itay; previously Director, Head of Security Research at Protego Labs, the market leader in serverless protection, acquired by Check Point where he then led research and evangelism of serverlessand cloud security as part of CloudGuard. OWASP project leader; BlackHat EU speaker; founder of LessCon and BSides Trento. Cyber investor and insider at YL Ventures.
Co-founded CloudEssence with Tal; Tego is the second company Itay and Tal are building together, a partnership with a track record of shipping, scaling, and exiting cloud-native security companies.
