About Yigal Unna
Under Yigal's leadership, Israel became a global benchmark for national cyber strategy, readiness, and public-private collaboration.
For almost four decades, Yigal Unna has stood at the crossroads of technology, security, and national resilience helping countries, corporations, and founders turn cyber threats into strategic advantage.
As the former Director General of Israel’s National Cyber Directorate, reporting directly to the Prime Minister, Yigal led the defense of an entire nation’s digital space, from critical infrastructure to smart cities, and built one of the world’s most respected cyber-defense ecosystems.
Under his leadership, Israel became a global benchmark for national cyber strategy, readiness, and public-private collaboration.
But Yigal’s story didn’t start in a boardroom.
It began in Unit 8200, Israel’s elite signal-intelligence corps, and continued through 23 years in the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet), where he rose to head the Cyber & Signal Intelligence Division, equivalent in rank to Major General. There he led teams that protected the country from evolving digital and physical threats, long before “cybersecurity” became a household word.
He advises governments, global enterprises, boards, and early-stage founders on building lasting cyber resilience.
His work spans national projects in energy, transportation, health care and finance, alongside strategic mentorship for cyber startups and venture investors looking to scale innovation responsibly.
As President of the Israel Cyber Campus and Fellow at the Aspen Institute’s Global Cyber Group and the Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue, Yigal continues to bridge technology, policy, and human decision-making.
He also serves as chairman and advisor to leading cybersecurity ventures across the U.S., Europe, Asia, and Latin America from critical-infrastructure protection to AI-driven cyber defense.
Because in a world that never stops changing,
Digital Resilience isn’t
built by technology alone.
It’s built by leaders
who understand it.
