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I was a preteen hacker. Now I protect companies from cybersecurity threats.

  • [email protected] (Sarah E. Needleman)--Business Insider
  • published date: 2026-03-07 10:14:01 UTC

Cybersecurity executive Chaim Mazal says joining a hacker community as a kid helped jump-start his career.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with 41-year-old Chaim Mazal, chief security officer of Gigamon, a cloud security company based in Santa Clara, California. This story has been edited… [+3356 chars]