Yotam Perkal

Yotam Perkal leads security research at Pluto Security, a next-generation AI security and governance platform designed to protect the rapidly emerging ecosystem of AI builders, low-code/no-code tools, and agentic applications. His work focuses on securing AI-native development environments and building scalable methods for detecting, validating, and mitigating risks in AI-driven software workflows.

Prior to Pluto, Yotam led the Threat Research team at Zscaler and headed the Vulnerability Research team at Rezilion. Before that, he held multiple roles within PayPal’s security organization across vulnerability management, threat intelligence, and insider threat. Yotam is an active participant in several cross-industry working groups dealing with vulnerability management, supply chain security, and AI security. His research centers on the intersection of cybersecurity and machine learning, both securing emerging AI systems and leveraging AI to advance offensive and defensive security capabilities.