Brig. Gen. (Res) Asaf Kochan is co-founder and president at Sentra, and the former commander of Unit 8200, widely considered one of the world’s leading intelligence agencies. Asaf is a leading practitioner of state-level cybersecurity and has actively engaged in planning, coordinating and implementing national policy in cyberspace. During his tenure at Unit 8200, he applied a data-driven approach across all levels of the organization, focusing on the creation and implementation of tools powered by artificial intelligence, machine learning and advanced computation.

After concluding his active duty, Asaf founded Sentra, a data lifecycle security platform that protects data as it moves through cloud environments. He is a respected and sought-after speaker on global cybersecurity issues, and he has presented at major technology and security events throughout the world.