Cyber Magazine May 2022 | Page 121

ARIEL LEMELSON
with threat intelligence sources , and with business and risk information . Ariel says that “ this allows you to keep your cyber defence teams within a manageable amount of information of high value , and high effectiveness of security operations ”.
IT technologies have grown exponentially more complex over the years . In order to stay up to speed , cyber defence teams have to be able to scale defence capabilities without requiring linear growth in resources .

EXECUTIVE BIO

TITLE : HEAD OF CYBER DETECTION & RESPONSE COMPANY : BOOKING . COM INDUSTRY : CYBERSECURITY LOCATION : AMSTERDAM , NETHERLANDS
Ariel is a cybersecurity professional and leader with over 17 years of experience .
Ariel has navigated cybersecurity from different angles and sides , including vendor product management , consulting , enterprise and government agency . He has worked for organisations like : Booking . com , EY , Dell Technologies ( EMC ), ObserveIT ( Proofpoint ), Radware , Forcepoint , and the elite Unit 8200 of the Israeli Intelligence Service .
Within Booking . com , Ariel leads the Cyber Detection & Response organisation , which consists of 45 + cybersecurity professionals and owns the company ’ s cyber defence .
Ariel is also an Advisory Board Member at security startups , a member of a CISOs investment syndicate and is heavily involved in supporting cyber security startups and promoting innovation .