Asaf Kochan
Sentra Inc.
Think Tank Speaker
Think Tank - 2023 Sept 19 CISO CIO TT Chicago
President & Co-Founder of Sentra
Former Commander of Unit 8200 (2017-2021)
In 2021, I completed 31 years of service in the Israeli Defence Forces, reaching the rank of Brigadier General. My last assignment was commander of Unit 8200, widely considered one of the leading intelligence agencies in the world.
While serving as the commander of Unit 8200, I applied a data-driven approach focused on applying insights across all levels of the organization. Leading the unit through uncertain times, I discovered that being resilient is more important than being smart and that teams which prioritize execution outperform those that just have a lot of ideas. I also found that diversity and a sense of meaning are elements shared by all high-performing teams.
Today I'm the co-founder and President of Sentra, a data lifecycle security platform that protects data as it moves through cloud environments. Sentra provides automatic data discovery, classification, monitoring, and protection for cloud-first organizations - finding all sensitive data and understanding who has access to it, how it is being used, and the data’s security posture. This reduces the attack surface of critical data, helping enterprises leverage the scalability and speed of the cloud to drive business growth - while keeping their most sensitive data secure.