Ashdod Port is deepening its push into maritime cybersecurity with a new $1 million investment in Israeli start-up Salvador Technologies, a cyberattack recovery platform that supports critical infrastructures and industrial organizations.
The investment follows a successful pilot that demonstrated the company’s ability to restore compromised operational systems in under a minute.
Ashdod Port has been increasing its focus on strengthening cyber resilience across critical operational technology (OT) and industrial control system (ICS) environments, and this investment is part of a broader funding round that includes additional partners.
A growing threat to global logistics
With critical infrastructure and large organizations increasingly targeted by sophisticated cyberattacks, Salvador Technologies explained that its platform enables instant backup and rapid restoration, returning infected or damaged systems to a clean operational state in less than 60 seconds. Such technology, it said, is a last line of defense, regardless of the cause of failure.
Traditional recovery processes often take days or weeks, leaving operators exposed. Even a brief shutdown can halt cargo movement, disrupt supply chains, and trigger financial losses that ripple across global trade.
Though ports and other OT‑driven infrastructure face unique vulnerabilities, Salvador Technologies’ capability fundamentally changes expectations for recovery in critical infrastructure, the company said.
Pilot success leads to deployment
Salvador Technologies was founded in 2020 by Alex Yevtushenko and CTO Oleg Vusiker. Their customers include critical infrastructure organizations such as national maritime ports, healthcare centers, energy providers, and more in several countries.
Amit Hammer, CEO of Salvador Technologies, said the partnership with Ashdod Port has helped the company refine its platform for some of the most complex OT environments. He described the collaboration as a step toward establishing a new global standard for operational continuity amid rising cyber threats.
“Ashdod Port recognized early on that instant recovery of critical systems is essential for safe and uninterrupted operations. The pilot and operational deployment we carried out together in the port environment accelerated our ability to deliver instant recovery even in the most complex OT environments and strengthened our readiness for global expansion across ports and industrial sites,” he said.
The collaboration began through Ashdod Port’s Maritime Technology Hub, Blue Ocean CVC, which ran a full‑scale pilot in a live port environment. Multiple divisions, including cybersecurity teams, operational staff, and industrial systems, tested the technology under real‑world conditions.
Ashdo Port confirmed that the pilot validated the platform’s maturity and suitability for complex, high‑density operational settings. The results led to a commercial agreement and the deployment of the system across the port’s infrastructure.
Supporting global expansion
Salvador Technologies is already active in several international ports and continues to scale into additional OT‑heavy environments. In October, Salvador Technologies and Bastazo, a US-based cybersecurity company that specializes in OT, launched a joint solution to protect industrial control systems (ICS).
As part of the investment, Ashdod Port will also help Salvador Technologies expand internationally through its network of “Innovation Embassies,” which connect Israeli maritime technologies with ports around the world.
A statement released by Ashdod Port said that the partnership and investment represent a “unique” model in which infrastructure operators actively accelerate the adoption of next-generation technologies.
Ashdod Port CEO Nissan Levy emphasized the operational impact of the technology, saying the ability to restore systems within seconds “changes the way ports think about operational continuity.”
Shaul Schneider, chairman of Ashdod Port, explained that the investment reflects the company’s long‑term view of maritime innovation. “Ashdod Port’s innovation strategy is built on a simple principle: shaping the future of maritime technology, in a safer and more effective way,” he said.
“Expanding our investment in Salvador Technologies reflects a strategic view that cyber resilience is a critical component of the future of maritime logistics. The company delivers measurable operational value, and we are proud to stand behind it,” Schneider concluded.