Zafran

Zafran has set a new operating model for vulnerability management, helping organizations pinpoint the most critical issues within their environments. We have partnered with Zafran to launch the company, further supporting it along the way to spotlight its founders and unique offering.

90% Reduction

Zafran’s solution has helped its customers reach a 90% reduction in critical vulnerabilities, making sure they fix only the exploitable ones – using their existing defenses.

$70 Million Raised

Over the course of one year, Zafran emerged out of stealth and raised additional funds from investors like Sequoia, Cyberstarts, and 01 Advisors.

Reinventing vulnerability management

Zafran is on a mission to give power back to security teams by proactively defusing risk ahead of patch cycles.

Forbes

She Fled Iran And Became An Israeli Cyber Spy. Now She’s Raised $30 Million For A Security Startup.

Sanaz Yashar’s journey began in Tehran, where she and her family fled to Israel during her teenage years. While studying biology at Tel Aviv University, she was recruited into Unit 8200, Israel’s elite cyber intelligence division, serving for 15 years and attaining the rank of major. Her unique background, including fluency in Farsi and understanding of Iranian culture, proved invaluable in intelligence operations . After transitioning to the private sector, Yashar co-founded Zafran in 2022, inspired by a ransomware attack she investigated at Mandiant. Zafran focuses on helping organizations mitigate cyber risks using their existing technologies.

WSJ

Silicon Valley’s Hot Talent Pipeline Is an Israeli Army Unit

Where you come from matters in the quest for Silicon Valley investment money, be it the sandstone arcades of the Stanford University campus or the graffitied offices of early Facebook. Venture capitalists are now coveting a new class of founders—those who served in a specialized unit of the Israeli army.

CNN

Nearly all AT&T cell customers’ call and text records exposed in a massive breach

AT&T revealed that hackers accessed metadata from calls and texts of 109 million U.S. customers in a breach spanning May to October 2022. While no content or personal identifiers were stolen, the breach exposed phone numbers and location-linked cell site data. Cybersecurity expert Sanaz Yashar called it a wake-up call: “We often focus on the contents of messages, but metadata alone can paint an alarmingly detailed picture of someone’s life. This incident underscores the urgent need for tighter security controls across all layers of telecom infrastructure.”

CNBC

The main target of Iran is regime stability, says Zafran Security CEO Sanaz Yashar

Amidst the ongoing Iran-Israel-US war, Sanaz Yashar, Zafran Security CEO, joined ‘Money Movers’ to discuss the conflict in the Middle East and the likelihood of cybersecurity attacks on the U.S.