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Does CyberArk Software Ltd. support Israel?

Support documentedupdated 2026-07-30

Yes — CyberArk Software Ltd. has documented support for Israel on record. Every claim below links to its source.

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Background

CyberArk is an Israeli company by origin, incorporation and workforce rather than a foreign company that chose to support Israel. It was founded in Petah Tikva in 1999 by Udi Mokady and Alon N. Cohen, listed on NASDAQ as CYBR in 2014, built its research and development almost entirely in Israel — a headquarters campus in Petah Tikva and a second centre in Be'er Sheva, with 1,062 of 3,793 employees in Israel at the end of 2024 — and was bought by the American firm Palo Alto Networks for about $25 billion in a deal completed on February 11, 2026, the largest acquisition in cybersecurity history and one of the biggest exits Israel has ever seen. Its documented giving inside Israel is modest and civilian: an equity donation at the 2014 IPO to Tmura, the Israeli Public Service Venture Fund, which raised more than $700,000 for educational initiatives, and ongoing donations and employee volunteering for ELIA, an association for blind and visually impaired children. After the October 7, 2023 attack, CEO Matt Cohen published a solidarity statement on the company blog, the company told Israeli media it was assisting 'at the national level' through donations and employee volunteering without naming a recipient or a sum, and it funded reintegration workshops for staff returning from reserve duty. No donation by CyberArk to the Israeli military, to any Israeli government body or to a defence-linked charity is documented, and the company appears on no boycott movement's priority target list; in its own SEC filings the traffic runs the other way, with CyberArk Labs receiving research funding from the Israeli Innovation Authority. Since February 2026 the company has had an American owner, and nothing on this page should be read as an act of Palo Alto Networks.

SEC — CyberArk Software Ltd. Form 20-F for 2024 CyberArk — Community Social Responsibility The Times of Israel — In second-biggest exit in Israeli history, Palo Alto buys CyberArk for $25 billion

Timeline of documented support

199820022006201020142018202220261999 — Operations in Israel: State of Israel (headquarters, R&D base, employment, tax base)Operations in Israel19992014 — Donation: Tmura — The Israeli Public Service Venture FundDonation20142023-10 — Public statement: Not applicable — public statement by CEO Matt CohenPublic statement2023-102024-02 — Donation: Not disclosed — Israeli wartime causes (recipients unnamed by the company)Donation2024-022024-10 — Employee support: CyberArk employees in Israel called up for military reserve duty, and their familiesEmployee support2024-102026-02 — Acquisition: Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (buyer) — CyberArk Software Ltd. shareholders (sellers)Acquisition2026-022026 — Donation: ELIA — Israeli association for children who are blind or visually impairedDonation2026

Documented support

TypeDateAmountRecipientSources
Operations in Israel1999—State of Israel (headquarters, R&D base, employment, tax base)
CyberArk was founded in Israel in 1999 by Udi Mokady and Alon N. Cohen and has remained an Israeli company throughout: it is incorporated under the laws of the State of Israel, registered with the Israeli Registrar of Companies under number 51-229164-2, and its principal executive offices are at 9 Hapsagot St., Park Ofer B, Petach-Tikva, with a US office in Newton, Massachusetts. In the annual report for 2024 (Form 20-F filed with the SEC in March 2025) the company disclosed 3,793 employees and subcontractors worldwide, of whom 1,062 were located in Israel — the second-largest concentration after the United States — and stated that it conducts its research and development "primarily in Israel," spending $243.1 million on R&D in 2024. It operates a second Israeli R&D centre in Be'er Sheva alongside the Petah Tikva headquarters. The same filing notes that its CyberArk Labs research team takes part in AI-related research "supported and funded by the Israeli Innovation Authority" — that is, a case of the company receiving Israeli state funding, not giving it. Attribution note: this is the company's own operational footprint in Israel, not a donation to any Israeli body.
Donation2014—Tmura — The Israeli Public Service Venture Fund
At the time of its NASDAQ initial public offering in 2014, CyberArk donated shares of its stock to Tmura, the Israeli Public Service Venture Fund, an organisation founded in 2002 to channel equity and option donations from Israeli high-tech companies into Israeli nonprofits. On the company's own account, those donated shares raised more than $700,000, which Tmura used to fund educational initiatives for young people in Israel. Attribution note: this was a corporate donation of equity by CyberArk itself; the money was disbursed by Tmura, not by CyberArk, and no amount is claimed here beyond the company's own 'more than $700,000' figure.
Donation2026—ELIA — Israeli association for children who are blind or visually impaired
CyberArk's own community page states that the company supports ELIA, an Israeli organisation for children who are blind or visually impaired, both with financial donations and with employee volunteering that has run for three years, and that its wider community programme provides paid time off for volunteering and financial support to local community organisations. Attribution note: the company does not date this programme, state amounts, or name a foundation; the date given here is the date of the company page on which the description was verified, not the start of the programme.
Public statement2023-10-13—Not applicable — public statement by CEO Matt Cohen
Six days after the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack, CyberArk CEO Matt Cohen published a company blog post titled "Our Hearts Are Broken, but We Will Prevail," writing: "We are horrified by the barbaric attack on Israel and the Israeli people." He said a small percentage of the company's team had been called to military reserve duty and that "some employees have bravely volunteered," that the company's priority was the safety of its employees while it remained committed to customers, and closed: "These atrocities are horrific, but the people of Israel are strong and resilient, and they will prevail. We will prevail." Attribution note: this is a statement of solidarity by the CEO on behalf of the company; the post announced no donation, relief fund or matching programme.
Donation2024-02—Not disclosed — Israeli wartime causes (recipients unnamed by the company)
In a February 12, 2024 report in the Israeli business outlet ICE, CyberArk said that since the start of the war it had been concentrating substantial effort on assistance at the national level, "both through donations and through significant volunteering by its employees" (מתחילת המלחמה, סייברארק מרכזת מאמצים רבים בסיוע במישור הלאומי, הן באמצעות תרומות והן באמצעות התנדבות משמעותית של עובדיה). The same report notes that the company flew both the Israeli and American flags at its US offices as a gesture of solidarity. Attribution note: this is the company's own general characterisation of its wartime giving. No recipient organisation, no amount and no date of any individual donation was disclosed, and no independent record of a specific CyberArk wartime donation was found; the employee volunteering described is the act of employees, not of the corporation.
Employee support2024-10-30—CyberArk employees in Israel called up for military reserve duty, and their families
While recruiting about 100 new staff for its Petah Tikva and Be'er Sheva centres in October 2024, CyberArk described a company-funded programme for employees returning from reserve duty: workshops for the returning employees and their families, and training sessions for managers on reintegrating and supporting them. In the earlier ICE report the head of HR, Gili Shiloni, said the recruitment team kept lists of reservists whose hiring processes had been interrupted and was re-contacting them. Attribution note: this is internal corporate support for the company's own Israeli employees and their families, not a payment or donation to the Israeli military or to any Israeli state body.
Acquisition2026-02-11$25,000,000,000Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (buyer) — CyberArk Software Ltd. shareholders (sellers)
Palo Alto Networks completed its acquisition of CyberArk on February 11, 2026, in a deal announced on July 30, 2025 and valued at about $25 billion — the largest transaction in cybersecurity history and, at the time of announcement, the second-biggest exit ever for an Israeli company after Google's purchase of Wiz. CyberArk shareholders received $45.00 in cash plus 2.2005 Palo Alto Networks shares for each ordinary share. Palo Alto Networks said it would pursue a secondary listing on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange under the ticker CYBR and would consolidate its Israeli R&D centre — already its largest outside Silicon Valley — as a primary global innovation hub, building on "CyberArk's heritage and Israel's position as a global cybersecurity powerhouse." CyberArk deregistered from the SEC in February 2026. Attribution note: CyberArk is now a wholly owned subsidiary of the American company Palo Alto Networks; every decision recorded on this page before February 11, 2026 was that of an independent Israeli company and is not attributable to Palo Alto Networks, and Palo Alto Networks' own record is documented separately.

Frequently asked questions

Did CyberArk Software Ltd. donate money to Israel or Israeli causes?

We have no records of cash donations, but CyberArk Software Ltd. has documented support of other kinds (Operations in Israel, Donation, Public statement, Employee support, Acquisition). See the records on this page.

Where does this information come from?

Every record on this page links to its source — news reports, official company statements, tax filings, or government records. 11 distinct sources are cited for CyberArk Software Ltd.. Our methodology page explains the full verification process.

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Record last updated: 2026-07-30

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