05.06.2012 - 08:51 [ Bloomberg ]

Israel Army’s Cyber-Knowhow Aids Companies Hiring Hackers

Billionaire Gil Shwed, who served in an elite intelligence unit, says he has recruited from the military for his Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (CHKP) (CHKP), the world’s second-largest maker of security networks. Cyber-Ark Software Ltd., another specialist in cyber-defense that sold a stake to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. in December, finds top programmers in units that include the army’s nine-year program for exceptional math and science students, Chief Executive Officer Udi Mokady said.