Industry | Computer Software |
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Founded | 2009 |
Founders | Oren Eytan, David Geva |
Headquarters | HaMelacha St 19, Rosh Haayin, 4809151, Israel |
Website | https://www.odi-x.com/ |
odix is an Israeli-based company specializing in cybersecurity that was founded in 2009 in Israel by Dr. Oren Eytan and David Geva, former Israel Defence Forces officers. [1] It develops anti-malware tools. [2] [3]
odix is best known for its FileWall, a SaaS that provides file sanitization and deep file analysis capabilities to Microsoft 365, complementing its Exchange online protection against file-based attacks, that also integrates with SharePoint, OneDrive, and Teams as a native application. [1] [4] [5] It was founded in 2009 as a service company and was split into two nine years later, in 2018. [6] [7] In September 2019, the European Commission awarded odix €2M under the EU's Horizon 2020 SME research and innovation program. [3] [7] In September 2020, odix launched its FileWall for file sanitization and file analysis to Microsoft products. [1] [4] [8] In the same month the company joined the Microsoft Intelligent Security Association (MISA). [9] [7] [10]
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