Israel will launch a national shield of protection against cyber crime
Netanyahu explains the importance of cyber for Israel (Cyber Week 2018)The Israeli cybersecurity industry recorded exports of 3.8 billion dollars in 2017 and investments of 815 million dollars, according to figures cited by Netanyahu. The country has 420 native cyber companies and 50 international research and development centers. This is what Israel focuses on as part of a state policy that has been in effect for 8 years and that has already begun to bear fruit.
For the next stage of his project, Netanhyahu has already chosen his men. One of them is Yigal Unna, who "has extensive experience in all areas of cyberspace and the various cybernetic units in the defense establishment," as he said in a statement he released late last year when he put him in charge of the brand new National Directorate of Cyber Security. The new unit is responsible for all aspects of cyber defense in the civil sphere - from the formulation of policies, to the construction of technological power for the cybernetic defense of cyber security. -
Yigal Unna, the man chosen to head Israel's National Cyber Security DirectorateThe origins
"The cyber ecosystem is very important for us and our mission is to continue being one of the world leaders in this field, since the government tries to facilitate everything, to ensure that there are no restrictions so that a rapid innovation can occur, without hindrance. no type "Unna explains. "That's why we bet so much on education, cyber security is taught from high school and then at universities there are open programs that students from all races can attend."
And he adds: "For the last 4 years we have had 6 centers of research excellence in cyber.It is also interesting to see that each of these centers specialized in a sub-area.In the beginning we had 30 researchers, now there are 180, each with its students, assistants and a good production of pappers and field work, so we have a lot of knowledge generation and human capital, that, plus investment, companies and infrastructure, paid for what we have today. "
The Cyber Week is held at the University of Tel Aviv. There, the Blavatnik center works, of excellence in cybernetic security
Goals for the future
In a press conference with international journalists, Yigal Unna, said that "one of the objectives we have for the coming months and years is to make a cyber shield, it seems very distant but it is possible, we have a doctrine of cyber security, the shield would mitigate threats, both from private teams and those from government organizations. "
It is a complex multi-year plan that will begin to be launched in a couple of weeks. "We already have the architecture and we are moving to implement it," he said.
