Founder Profile
Ami Luttwak
Last reviewed: September 2026 · By Swet Parvadiya
Background
Ami Luttwak served as Head of Information Security in the IDF and graduated from the top Talpiot military technology academy. He holds a Bachelor of Science in computer science and mathematics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He co-founded Adallom, serving as its CTO, and later served as Chief Technology Officer of Microsoft's Cloud Security Group.
Founding Story
Ami Luttwak is the co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Wiz. A world-renowned cybersecurity and systems architect, Luttwak authored the mathematical foundations of the toxic combination attack path correlation engine. At Wiz, Luttwak leads threat research and technical architecture, directing the Wiz Research Team that has discovered dozens of critical zero-day vulnerabilities across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, establishing Wiz as the premier cybersecurity intelligence authority in the cloud.\n\nAt Wiz, Luttwak's profound cybersecurity intellect established the Wiz Research Team as the premier cloud threat research group in the world. Leading the discovery of historic cloud zero-days across Azure, AWS, and GCP, Luttwak authored the architectural foundations of the Security Graph and directs research across frontier AI-SPM and cloud threat defense.