{"id":"tomer-bar","title":"Tomer Bar","content":"**Tomer Bar** is a software engineer and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) with an extensive background in security research. He is the CTO of Auditware and the co-founder of Hackstack. Bar's work is driven by a passion for developing, deconstructing, and integrating open-source security tools. [\\[1\\]](#cite-id-fsUBLhm71ViAQU7a) [\\[3\\]](#cite-id-lSnjvIya6OTdPugj)​\n\n## Career\n\nTomer Bar has a background in cybersecurity research, penetration testing, and technical leadership. He began his career in IT and systems implementation roles in Israel, including positions at John Bryce and Western Digital between 2016 and 2017. He later transitioned into offensive security, working as a penetration tester and security researcher at BugSec from 2017 to 2020, where he progressed to leading penetration testing teams.\n\nFrom 2020 to 2022, Bar served in senior technical roles at Cilinx, initially as a penetration testing team leader and later as chief technology officer, overseeing security operations and technical strategy. He joined CYE in 2022 as a cloud security researcher and was subsequently promoted to engineering management, contributing to research and development in cloud security until mid-2023. In 2023, Bar co-founded HackStack, focusing on security tooling and infrastructure, and in April 2024 he became chief technology officer at Auditware, where he works on security-focused product development and technical oversight.  [\\[1\\]](#cite-id-fsUBLhm71ViAQU7a)  [\\[2\\]](#cite-id-oQhOImG0RVHFUrQQ)  [\\[3\\]](#cite-id-lSnjvIya6OTdPugj) ","summary":"Tomer Bar is a software engineer with an extensive security research background. He is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Auditware and co-founder of Hackstack, driven by a passion for developing and integrating open-source security tools.","images":[{"id":"QmRXcZ41m9TWrui91v8hUvYvgyuUGev4jP4WyJAMXxfpPG","type":"image/jpeg, image/png"}],"categories":[{"id":"people","title":"people"}],"tags":[{"id":"PeopleInDeFi"},{"id":"Founders"},{"id":"Developers"}],"media":[],"metadata":[{"id":"references","value":"[\n  {\n    \"id\": \"fsUBLhm71ViAQU7a\",\n    \"url\": \"https://auditware.io/about\",\n    \"description\": \"Tomer Bar's role and background at Auditware\",\n    \"timestamp\": 1768219452045\n  },\n  {\n    \"id\": \"oQhOImG0RVHFUrQQ\",\n    \"url\": \"https://x.com/forefy\",\n    \"description\": \"Tomer Bar's X profile bio\",\n    \"timestamp\": 1768219452045\n  },\n  {\n    \"id\": \"lSnjvIya6OTdPugj\",\n    \"url\": \"https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomer-bar-9b15aa137/?originalSubdomain=il\",\n    \"description\": \"Tomer Bar professional summary\",\n    \"timestamp\": 1768219452045\n  }\n]"},{"id":"twitter_profile","value":"https://x.com/forefy"},{"id":"linkedin_profile","value":"https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomer-bar-9b15aa137/"},{"id":"website","value":"https://auditware.io/"},{"id":"commit-message","value":"\"Added wiki page for Tomer Bar\""}],"events":[{"id":"f9da7865-fa8c-49e2-b906-084bb0780578","date":null,"title":"CTO of Auditware","type":"DEFAULT","description":"Tomer Bar serves as the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Auditware, leading the company's technology development.","link":"https://auditware.io/about","multiDateStart":null,"multiDateEnd":null,"continent":null,"country":null},{"id":"ba82c1e5-2864-414e-9c46-72ab2e9986c1","date":null,"title":"Co-Founder of Hackstack","type":"DEFAULT","description":"Tomer Bar is the co-founder of Hackstack, an entity associated with his professional profile in the web3 security space.","link":"https://x.com/forefy","multiDateStart":null,"multiDateEnd":null,"continent":null,"country":null},{"id":"3269cfd0-c592-4748-9494-72a177b6f986","date":"2021-12","title":"Joined X (Twitter)","type":"DEFAULT","description":"Tomer Bar joined the social media platform X (formerly Twitter) under the handle @forefy.","link":"https://x.com/forefy","multiDateStart":null,"multiDateEnd":null,"continent":null,"country":null}],"user":{"id":"0x8af7a19a26d8fbc48defb35aefb15ec8c407f889"},"author":{"id":"0x8af7a19a26d8fbc48defb35aefb15ec8c407f889"},"operator":{"id":"0x4a2bC97afBF41a2Cbf4b4628F63420682Ff4CF2a"},"language":"en","version":1,"linkedWikis":{"blockchains":[],"founders":[],"speakers":[]}}