CyberBytes Interview with Twine’s CEO Benny Porat
Key takeaways
- Security teams face an execution problem, not a tool shortage, according to Benny Porat.
- Resource constraints leave critical tasks unfinished; AI Digital Employees handle cybersecurity workflows from beginning to end.
- Alex, Twine’s first AI Digital Employee, specializes in identity and access management: investigating, prioritizing and resolving IAM tasks.
- Twine was recognized as a 2025 Gartner Cool Vendor in Identity-First Security.
- Agentic AI gives digital employees continuous learning and adaptation.
Twine Security, co-founded and led by CEO Benny Porat, has developed AI-powered digital employees to address cybersecurity execution gaps. The company was recognized as a 2025 Gartner Cool Vendor in Identity-First Security.
According to Porat, security teams face an execution problem rather than a tool shortage. He noted that organizations struggle with resource constraints that leave critical tasks unfinished. Twine’s response is AI Digital Employees capable of handling cybersecurity workflows from beginning to end.
See it in action.
Twine’s inaugural product, Alex, specializes in Identity and Access Management (IAM). The system autonomously investigates, prioritizes, and resolves IAM tasks while allowing human experts to concentrate on strategic initiatives. Porat emphasized that the approach fully replicates and outperforms traditional cyber execution capabilities.
The platform leverages Agentic AI to deliver continuous learning and adaptation, positioning digital employees as expert-level resources that strengthen organizational resilience against evolving threats.
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