Ron Peled
Co-Founder and COO of Sola Security, a former Global CISO at LivePerson who previously founded the security consultancy ProtectOps.
Ron Peled is Co-Founder and COO of Sola Security, an Israeli cybersecurity startup building a self-serve platform to make enterprise-grade security accessible to businesses of any size. He brings over two decades of cybersecurity experience, most notably as Global CISO at LivePerson, where he led security for the AI commerce company through hyper-growth. He later founded ProtectOps, a strategic security and business-enablement consultancy for startups and hyper-growth companies. In 2024, Peled co-founded Sola Security together with Guy Flechter, former CEO of Cider Security (acquired by Palo Alto Networks for a reported ~$300M, closed December 2022). Sola emerged from stealth in March 2025 with a $30 million seed round led by S Capital and Michael Moritz, followed by a $35 million Series A in September 2025.
Overview
- Role
- Co-Founder & COO, Sola Security
- Based in
- Israel
- Prior experience
- LivePerson (Global CISO), ProtectOps (Founder)
- www.linkedin.com/in/ronpel/
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Frequently asked
- Who is Ron Peled?
- Ron Peled is Co-Founder and COO of Sola Security, an Israeli cybersecurity startup building a self-serve platform to make enterprise-grade security accessible to businesses of any size. He brings over two decades of cybersecurity experience, most notably as Global CISO at LivePerson, where he led security for the AI commerce company through hyper-growth. He later founded ProtectOps, a strategic security and business-enablement consultancy for startups and hyper-growth companies. In 2024, Peled co-founded Sola Security together with Guy Flechter, former CEO of Cider Security (acquired by Palo Alto Networks for a reported ~$300M, closed December 2022). Sola emerged from stealth in March 2025 with a $30 million seed round led by S Capital and Michael Moritz, followed by a $35 million Series A in September 2025.
- What is Ron Peled's role?
- Ron Peled is Co-Founder & COO, Sola Security, based in Israel.
- Where did Ron Peled work before?
- Ron Peled's prior roles include LivePerson (Global CISO), ProtectOps (Founder).
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Ron Peled, former Global CISO at LivePerson, founded the security consultancy ProtectOps, and co-founded Sola Security.
Sola Security: Our Series A and the future of securityVerified2025-09-04 - 2
Sola Security co-founded by Ron Peled (ex-LivePerson Global CISO) and Guy Flechter (ex-Cider Security co-founder/CEO); $30M seed round.
TechCrunch: Sola emerges from stealth with $30M to build the 'Stripe for security'Verified2025-03-11 - 3
Sola Security co-founded by Ron Peled and Guy Flechter; $30 million seed round for self-serve cyber platform.
The Times of Israel: Israeli startup comes out of stealth with $30 million for self-serve cyber platformVerified2025-03-11 - 4
Ron Peled founded ProtectOps, served as Global CISO at LivePerson.
Authority Magazine (Medium): Ron Peled Of Sola Security On What It Takes To Become A Cyber ExecutiveReported2025-01-16