illusive networks

CEO: Ofer Israeli

Illusive Networks is one of the handful of startups looking to stake its claim in the emerging market for deception technology. The New York-based company's Deception Everywhere offering uses an agentless approach to "turn the tables on attackers" by installing decoy data onto laptops, desktops, servers, data centers and more to root out attackers already in the environment. This looks to solve a challenge in security around attack detection and attribution. The company has a 100 percent focus on the channel. Launched in 2014, the company has gained significant traction this year, including a strategic investment in January by Microsoft Ventures and the June addition of security executive Dave DeWalt as vice chairman of its board of directors.