As a result of the investment and sale of equity holdings, Elbit Systems has become a minority shareholder in the cybersecurity 
training company.

Israeli defense electronics company Elbit Systems Ltd. announced today that Charlesbank Technology Opportunities Fund, a 
fund managed by Charlesbank Capital Partners has invested $70 million in Elbit Systems’ Israeli subsidiary Cyberbit Ltd.


Charlesbank has invested $22 million in Cyberbit and paid $48 million for some of Elbit Systems’ shares in Cyberbit. As a 
result of the investment and sale of equity holdings, Elbit Systems has become a minority shareholder in Cyberbit. Claridge Israel 
L.P., an existing shareholder of Cyberbit, which invested $30 million in Cyberbit in June 2018, also participated in this round of 
investment.

Cyberbit is engaged in commercial training systems for cybersecurity teams.

Elbit Systems president and CEO Bezhalel Machlis said, "Preparing the human element for cyber-attacks is one of the most 
acute cybersecurity challenges. The investment of Charlesbank in Cyberbit is a recognition of Cyberbit’s market-leading 
position and the growth potential of Cyberbit’s training platform -the Cyber Range. I am confident that this investment will 
allow Cyberbit to realize its full growth potential."

Cyberbit plans to use the funding to accelerate the development of its cyber range product and to grow global sales and 
marketing to meet the increasing demand for its product. With this funding, more cybersecurity teams will benefit from hyper-
realistic training through Cyberbit Range, ensuring their organizations are fully prepared for cyberattacks and addressing the 
global cybersecurity skill shortage.

Cyberbit was founded in 2015 to solve a critical industry challenge: Cybersecurity teams are not prepared to respond effectively 
to various attacks, as they have never experienced the attacks before, and are therefore forced to learn "on the job."

The Cyberbit Range platform addresses this challenge by introducing a new approach that immerses security teams in a virtual 
security operations center (SOC), where they practice responding to live cyberattacks. Trainees use commercial security tools 
identical to the tools used at their workplace to detect, investigate and respond to simulated attacks. The product provides 
comprehensive performance assessment, feedback and ranking. This breakthrough combination of real-world attacks, real-
world networks, real-world security tools and accurate performance assessment allows security teams to train for and 
experience attacks before the fact. Organizations can quickly identify gaps in their security team's performance, fix them and 
ensure their teams are fully prepared when the real attack occurs.