About Terrogence

Two Decades of Counter-Terrorism Excellence

Founded by CEO Shai Arbel and a team of intelligence veterans in 2004, Terrogence has spent two decades building the world's most advanced weapons technical intelligence and Virtual HUMINT™ capability -- serving 60+ government and enterprise clients across 30+ countries.

Our Story

From Military Intelligence to Global CT Platform

Founded in 2004 by intelligence veterans who recognized that counter-terrorism required a dedicated, specialized intelligence capability, Terrogence has spent over two decades building the infrastructure, relationships, and expertise to monitor the full spectrum of extremist activity.

Our evolution has mirrored the evolution of the threat landscape itself. As terrorist organizations, criminal networks, and hostile actors moved their operations into encrypted messaging platforms, dark web forums, and concealed online communities, we built the technology to follow them there.

This is not a story of rapid growth or venture capital. It is a story of steady, disciplined capability building in one of the most demanding intelligence domains. Today, our platforms and services are deployed by 60+ government and enterprise clients across 30+ countries.

2004

Founded

Established by defense and intelligence veterans with a mission to deliver dedicated counter-terrorism and weapons technical intelligence.

~2010

CODEX Platform

Launched the Terrorist Weapons Technical Intelligence (TWTI) knowledge center, indexing millions of items related to IED, CBRN, and extremist operations.

~2013

Virtual HUMINT™ Operations

Pioneered the Virtual HUMINT methodology -- operating covert online personas within extremist networks. Active for 13+ years.

~2018

IRIS Platform

Launched the Instant-Messaging Reconnaissance and Intelligence System (IRIS) for encrypted IM collection across WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, and Discord.

2021

Global Entity Established

Terrogence Global (2021) Ltd. formed alongside Terrogence Inc. (US subsidiary). Revenue growth accelerates to 33% YoY.

2024

20-Year Anniversary

Two decades of continuous counter-terrorism intelligence operations. 60+ clients across 30+ countries with less than 3% annual churn.

2026

U.S. Expansion

U.S. subsidiary launched with early traction. Raising $9M at $36M pre-money valuation to accelerate growth.

“Not a technology company that discovered intelligence as a market opportunity. An intelligence company that builds technology because the mission demands it.”

What Guides Us

Our Mission: Make the World Safer Through Superior Intelligence

We apply the same operational discipline to our own work that we expect from the intelligence we deliver: sourced, verified, contextualized, and mission-ready.

Mission Focus

Everything we build serves the counter-terrorism intelligence mission. Features ship because analysts need them, integrations exist because workflows demand them.

Analytical Rigor

Intelligence is assessed, validated, and contextualized before delivery. Every data point is sourced and verified before reaching an analyst.

Operational Security

We protect our sources, our clients, and our methods. Confidentiality is a professional obligation enforced through access controls, audit trails, and strict data handling standards.

Continuous Presence

We have monitored the threat landscape continuously for 20+ years. The intelligence mission does not take breaks, and neither do we.

Our Team

Intelligence Professionals. Not Tech Entrepreneurs.

Our team includes former military intelligence officers, CT analysts, linguists, regional experts, and technologists -- many with backgrounds in national intelligence agencies, defense organizations, and law enforcement.

Terrogence's founders came from military intelligence units where they developed the tradecraft, discipline, and operational mindset that defines the company to this day. That DNA runs through every team we have built since.

Our analysts hold security clearances and operate under strict professional protocols. They do not just process data -- they understand the threat landscape with the depth that only comes from years of dedicated counter-terrorism work.

Shai Arbel

Founder & CEO

3x Founder (3 acquisitions), Former VP Cyber Solutions at Cognyte

Yaniv Feldman

Chief Product & Technology Officer

3x Founder (2 acquisitions), Former Regional Director of Security at Microsoft

John Greaves

VP Business Development

Retired US Army Colonel, 30 years experience in CWMD and C-IED operations

Michael Cardash

Chief Superintendent (Ret.), Senior C-IED Analyst

30-year veteran bomb technician, former Deputy Head of National Police Bomb Disposal Division

Kobi Preger

Chief Superintendent (Ret.), Senior C-IED & Post-Blast Analyst

Extensive experience in counter-IED and post-blast analysis

Rotem Ziv

VP Product

Military intelligence veteran, engineering lead, 20+ years in data collection and analysis

Military Intelligence Veterans

Founders and senior analysts from military intelligence units and allied services, bringing operational field experience to every product decision.

Native-Language Analysts

Native-speaking analysts in Arabic, Hebrew, Farsi, Russian, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and additional languages -- providing cultural context, dialect awareness, and nuance that machine translation cannot deliver.

CT Domain Specialists

Counter-terrorism analysts with deep expertise across extremist ideologies, terrorist organizations, and threat networks worldwide.

OSINT & Deep Web Investigators

Specialists in open-source, deep web, and dark web investigation techniques, maintaining persistent access to concealed communities.

Data Scientists & ML Engineers

NLP, entity resolution, and AI enrichment specialists who build the technology layer that scales human analytical capability.

Regional Experts

Dedicated coverage teams across the Middle East, South Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas with deep regional knowledge.

Deployed Across 30+ Countries

With intelligence operations spanning five continents and serving clients from the Middle East to the Americas.

Global Presence

Trusted Across Borders, Deployed Across Continents

Serving clients across more than thirty countries spanning five continents.

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Continents With Active Deployments

Middle East & North Africa

Israel, Gulf States, Levant, Maghreb

Europe

Western Europe, Balkans, Eastern Europe, Nordics

North America

United States, Canada

South & Central Asia

Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Central Asian Republics

Sub-Saharan Africa

East Africa, West Africa, Sahel

Asia-Pacific

Southeast Asia, East Asia, Oceania

Language Coverage

Native-Language Intelligence in 10+ Languages

Our analysts are native speakers in Arabic, Hebrew, Farsi, French, Spanish, Russian, Portuguese, and additional languages. They understand cultural context, regional dialects, coded language, and the nuance that automated translation cannot capture.

Core Languages

Arabic
Hebrew
Farsi
French
Spanish
Russian
Portuguese

AI-Assisted Translation Coverage

Pashto
Kurdish
Dari
Turkish
German
Indonesian
Somali
Urdu
Chinese (AI-Assisted)

Built by Intelligence Professionals, for Intelligence Professionals

Every capability we deliver was shaped by people who have done the work themselves.

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