Bringing Clarity to the Complexity of Identity

Orchid Security provides unprecedented insight and action to your identity security with the help of advanced technologies like Large Language Models (LLM).

Our Vision

Orchid is on a mission to unify identity controls throughout each organization. Orchid’s vision is to automate the discovery, assessment, remediation and management of identity security posture across on-premise and cloud applications. All this while lowering the costs, maintaining compliance and reducing risk related to identity and access management.

Our Story

While entrepreneur-in-residence at Team8, one of Israel’s most successful VC funds, Roy Katmor was tasked with exploring emerging theses in the security space. One, in particular, stood out and sparked his quest - the challenge of onboarding applications and adopting the latest identity security controls.

Leveraging its extensive CISO network and over the course of three years, Team8 identified a top-three enterprise concern, a top-three budget investment, and most surprisingly, a top-three source of dissatisfaction all related to identity consumption. The issue appeared to stem from enterprises struggling to integrate and maintain applications within their identity stack, resulting in failure to meet regulatory and security policies within the fragmented identity space.

Yet, just one year later, after extensive research into emerging technologies — primarily LLMs that were not available a few years prior — the team, now joined by Robert Wiseman and Ido Kelson, discovered that utilizing LLMs to interpret application instructions can reveal identity-related context and reasoning in each application’s design, providing the missing piece needed to address the complexity of identity and access management.

With this breakthrough, and a lot of hard work, they succeeded in developing a ground-breaking Identity-first Security Orchestration solution that discovers all applications in use throughout an enterprise, assesses their identity flows to highlight exposure, and enables the remediation of that exposure to strengthen and maintain the organization’s identity security posture.

Who We Are

Orchid is led by a team of seasoned executives with a proven track record of successful entrepreneurship, deep AI and cybersecurity expertise, and demonstrated product-market-fit and go-to-market strategies within the security industry.

Roy Katmor

Co-Founder & CEO

Roy Katmor is an experienced executive with a strong entrepreneurial background, blending deep technical expertise with a proven track record in product-market fit and go-to-market strategies within the security industry. In his previous role, Roy was the GM and VP of Endpoint Security at Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT), following the successful acquisition of enSilo, a real-time automated endpoint security company backed by LightSpeed Ventures, which he founded and led as CEO for over five years. Before enSilo, Roy held various product strategy, management, and R&D leadership roles at both public and private companies, including Akamai, Imperva, Trustwave, and SAP.

Robert Wiseman

Co-Founder & VP Ops and GM of the Israeli Site

Robert leads both the technical and business operations, including all aspects of customer success. Previously, as VP at Team8 Enterprise Foundry, Robert led the incubation of cybersecurity startups, guiding them from ideation to growth. He played a key role in refining ideas, securing early customer engagements, and advising founders on strategy. Since 2021, Robert has also served as a Board Observer for Gem Security (acquired by Wiz) and OX.Security. Prior to Team8, Robert held leadership roles in research and presales at Claroty, an IoT security unicorn, and served as VP of Technical Operations at Bionic (acquired by Crowdstrike).

Ido Kelson

Co-Founder & VP of Engineering

Throughout his career, Ido has led engineering teams as well as spearheaded, designed and developed patented technology across different cybersecurity domains. Before co-founding Orchid, Ido was chief architect of endpoint solution at Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT), following the successful acquisition of enSilo, an award-winning real-time automated endpoint security company, which he co-founded and served as its VP of Engineering. Prior to enSilo, Ido led various R&D teams, designing and building Imperva's core platform, as a key member of the company from its initial startup stage and through to its positioning as a public global leading cybersecurity company.

Tal Herman

CPO

Tal Herman is a leader in Identity and Access Management (IAM) and is currently Chief Product Officer at Orchid. Previously VP of Product Management at Okta, Tal built Okta Identity Governance from the ground up into a thriving business, laid the foundation for Okta Privileged Access, and drove innovation across products like Universal Directory and Secure Partner Access. With over 20 years of experience, including leadership roles at CA Technologies, ForgeRock, and OneLogin, she focused on delivering transformative solutions, securing identity data for millions, and shaping the future of identity security.

Jeff Williams

Founding Shareholder and Business Strategy

Jeff Williams is an Operating Partner at Bain Capital’s Ventures team, focusing on infrastructure software and security. Jeff has more than 25 years of operating experience helping early-stage enterprise software companies to scale and grow into market leaders. Prior to joining Bain Capital, Jeff served as Senior Vice President of Sales at FireEye. Jeff has also led sales at organizations such as GlobalCenter (acquired by Exodus Communications in 2001), IntruVert Networks (acquired by McAfee in 2003), and IronPort Systems (acquired by Cisco in 2007).

Udi Yavo

Founding Shareholder and Advisor CTO

Udi is a Seed Investor and sits on the Advisory board at multiple cybersecurity and AI startups. Previously, Udi co-founded and served as the CTO of enSilo, successfully acquired by Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT), later holding the role of CTO of Endpoint Solutions at Fortinet. Before founding enSilo, Yavo spearheaded the direction of the cybersecurity unit at the National Electronic Warfare Research and Simulation Center of Rafael Advanced Defense System and served as its CTO. Udi has received numerous awards and recognitions for his achievements in cybersecurity, and holds numerous patents in the field.

Roy Katmor

Co-Founder & CEO

Roy Katmor is an experienced executive with a strong entrepreneurial background, blending deep technical expertise with a proven track record in product-market fit and go-to-market strategies within the security industry. In his previous role, Roy was the GM and VP of Endpoint Security at Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT), following the successful acquisition of enSilo, a real-time automated endpoint security company backed by LightSpeed Ventures, which he founded and led as CEO for over five years. Before enSilo, Roy held various product strategy, management, and R&D leadership roles at both public and private companies, including Akamai, Imperva, Trustwave, and SAP.

Robert Wiseman

Co-Founder & VP Ops and GM of the Israeli Site

Robert leads both the technical and business operations, including all aspects of customer success. Previously, as VP at Team8 Enterprise Foundry, Robert led the incubation of cybersecurity startups, guiding them from ideation to growth. He played a key role in refining ideas, securing early customer engagements, and advising founders on strategy. Since 2021, Robert has also served as a Board Observer for Gem Security (acquired by Wiz) and OX.Security. Prior to Team8, Robert held leadership roles in research and presales at Claroty, an IoT security unicorn, and served as VP of Technical Operations at Bionic (acquired by Crowdstrike).

Ido Kelson

Co-Founder & VP of Engineering

Throughout his career, Ido has led engineering teams as well as spearheaded, designed and developed patented technology across different cybersecurity domains. Before co-founding Orchid, Ido was chief architect of endpoint solution at Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT), following the successful acquisition of enSilo, an award-winning real-time automated endpoint security company, which he co-founded and served as its VP of Engineering. Prior to enSilo, Ido led various R&D teams, designing and building Imperva's core platform, as a key member of the company from its initial startup stage and through to its positioning as a public global leading cybersecurity company.

Tal Herman

CPO

Tal Herman is a leader in Identity and Access Management (IAM) and is currently Chief Product Officer at Orchid. Previously VP of Product Management at Okta, Tal built Okta Identity Governance from the ground up into a thriving business, laid the foundation for Okta Privileged Access, and drove innovation across products like Universal Directory and Secure Partner Access. With over 20 years of experience, including leadership roles at CA Technologies, ForgeRock, and OneLogin, she focused on delivering transformative solutions, securing identity data for millions, and shaping the future of identity security.

Jeff Williams

Founding Shareholder and Business Strategy

Jeff Williams is an Operating Partner at Bain Capital’s Ventures team, focusing on infrastructure software and security. Jeff has more than 25 years of operating experience helping early-stage enterprise software companies to scale and grow into market leaders. Prior to joining Bain Capital, Jeff served as Senior Vice President of Sales at FireEye. Jeff has also led sales at organizations such as GlobalCenter (acquired by Exodus Communications in 2001), IntruVert Networks (acquired by McAfee in 2003), and IronPort Systems (acquired by Cisco in 2007).

Udi Yavo

Founding Shareholder and Advisor CTO

Udi is a Seed Investor and sits on the Advisory board at multiple cybersecurity and AI startups. Previously, Udi co-founded and served as the CTO of enSilo, successfully acquired by Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT), later holding the role of CTO of Endpoint Solutions at Fortinet. Before founding enSilo, Yavo spearheaded the direction of the cybersecurity unit at the National Electronic Warfare Research and Simulation Center of Rafael Advanced Defense System and served as its CTO. Udi has received numerous awards and recognitions for his achievements in cybersecurity, and holds numerous patents in the field.