April 20, 2014
1:07 pm

The CyberSpark pavilion at the CyberTech 2014 conference (Photo credit: Dani Machlis/BGU)

BGU, government sign CyberSpark security R&D deal

The National Cyber Bureau, Ben-Gurion University and the IDF are establishing a cyber-research center in Beersheba

By David Shamah

April 2, 2014
5:34 pm

Patrick Van Eecke speaking at the seminar in Tel Aviv (Photo credit: Courtesy)

How Edward Snowden is helping the Israeli tech business

The NSA leaks have spooked Europe, which is tightening its security standards — and Israel will benefit, says an expert

By David Shamah

March 27, 2014
7:25 pm

Accell's technology in action (Photo credit: Courtesy)

Ping Identity snaps up mobile security start-up Accells

Both buyer and seller are on the same page regarding the future of ID technology

By David Shamah

March 24, 2014
4:02 pm

Palo Alto Networks to acquire Cyvera for $200m

From the web Reuters: The deal will close in the second half of Palo Alto’s fiscal year 2014

March 20, 2014
12:29 pm

Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu (2R) at an inauguration ceremony for the Beersheba Advanced Technology Park on September 3, 2013 (Photo credit: Kobi Gideon / GPO/Flash90

ATP: An ecosystem of tech innovation in southern Israel

From the web TechRepublic: The new Advanced Technology Park in Beersheba lives up to its name

March 6, 2014
11:47 am

Cybersecurity a focus for Israel’s Yehuda Yaakov

From the web Boston Herald: The new General Consul of Israel in New England sees cyber as a growth area for Israeli and US firms

February 24, 2014
4:39 pm

Artist's rendition of the Israeli booth at Mobile World Congress (Photo credit: Courtesy)

Massive Israeli presence at world’s biggest mobile event

There is nary a smartphone in the world without at least some made-in-Israel tech, and that trend is likely to continue

By David Shamah

February 21, 2014
10:39 am

The infected Excel file that brought down RSA's servers (Photo credit: Courtesy Votiro)

Votiro keeps malware out of e-mail deliveries

Dozens of Israel’s largest companies agree: to prevent viruses outbreaks, make sure they never get to users in the first place

By David Shamah

February 5, 2014
2:19 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with President of Ben Gurion University Prof. Rivka Karmi (R), Vice President of IBM, Steve Mills (2-R), and Mayor of Beersheva, Rubik Danilovich (L), at Cybertech 2014. (Photo credit: Kobi Gideon/GPO/Flash 90)

Watch out for virtual cacti in Silicon Wadi

From our blogs Israel is at the cutting edge of cyber security and it should be, ’cause it gets lots of practice

By Jane Zweig

January 28, 2014
11:20 am

Israel diary: Among the cyberspooks

From the web BBC: A proper London reporter gets a chance to meet the Israeli minds who deal daily with cyber-attacks

January 27, 2014
4:05 pm

Edward Snowden, a former contract employee at the National Security Agency (photo credit: AP/The Guardian/File)

System security lessons from the ‘Snowden Affair’

From our blogs The US should model its information security policies after Israel so as to avoid future Snowden-esque debacles

By Eddy Resnick

January 26, 2014
1:31 pm

Time to get serious about cybersecurity

As extremist online attacks against the Jewish world increase, community leaders need to pay heed and beef up e-defenses

By Paul Goldenberg

January 21, 2014
3:45 pm

Visual description of how Adallom protects companies (Photo credit: Courtesy)

Israeli start-up helps companies ‘cover their (S)aaS’

Adallom, with $15 million in Series B funding, aims to expand its security system that keeps an eye on users, not servers

By David Shamah

November 11, 2013
4:21 pm

Eugene Kaspersky (Photo credit: Courtesy Tel Aviv University)

Stuxnet, gone rogue, hit Russian nuke plant, space station

A cyber-security expert says several ostensibly secure facilities became victims of the virus that struck Iran’s nuclear program

By David Shamah

November 2, 2013
4:04 am

(R. to L.) Chairman of the IEC’s Directorate, Ret. Major General Yiftah Ron-Tal, The Minister of National Infrastructures, Energy and Water Resources, Silvan Shalom, Eli Glickman, CEO of the Israel Electric Corporation, and IEC Deputy CEO and Customer Deputy Director-General, Yaakov (Yasha) Hain face the “red team” hackers at the IEC”s Cyber—Gym (Photo credit: Yossi weiss, IEC Spokesman unit)

IEC’s Cyber-Gym toughens up Israel’s infrastructure

Cyber-defenders at the Israel Electric Company have to mitigate up to 6,000 ‘fake’ hacker attacks per second, helping them practice for the real thing

By David Shamah

Topic: cybersecurity

BGU, government sign CyberSpark security R&D deal

The National Cyber Bureau, Ben-Gurion University and the IDF are establishing a cyber-research center in Beersheba

How Edward Snowden is helping the Israeli tech business

The NSA leaks have spooked Europe, which is tightening its security standards — and Israel will benefit, says an expert

Ping Identity snaps up mobile security start-up Accells

Both buyer and seller are on the same page regarding the future of ID technology

Palo Alto Networks to acquire Cyvera for $200m

From the web Reuters: The deal will close in the second half of Palo Alto’s fiscal year 2014

ATP: An ecosystem of tech innovation in southern Israel

From the web TechRepublic: The new Advanced Technology Park in Beersheba lives up to its name

Cybersecurity a focus for Israel’s Yehuda Yaakov

From the web Boston Herald: The new General Consul of Israel in New England sees cyber as a growth area for Israeli and US firms

Massive Israeli presence at world’s biggest mobile event

There is nary a smartphone in the world without at least some made-in-Israel tech, and that trend is likely to continue

Votiro keeps malware out of e-mail deliveries

Dozens of Israel’s largest companies agree: to prevent viruses outbreaks, make sure they never get to users in the first place

Watch out for virtual cacti in Silicon Wadi

From our blogs Israel is at the cutting edge of cyber security and it should be, ’cause it gets lots of practice

Israel diary: Among the cyberspooks

From the web BBC: A proper London reporter gets a chance to meet the Israeli minds who deal daily with cyber-attacks

System security lessons from the ‘Snowden Affair’

From our blogs The US should model its information security policies after Israel so as to avoid future Snowden-esque debacles

Time to get serious about cybersecurity

As extremist online attacks against the Jewish world increase, community leaders need to pay heed and beef up e-defenses

Israeli start-up helps companies ‘cover their (S)aaS’

Adallom, with $15 million in Series B funding, aims to expand its security system that keeps an eye on users, not servers

Stuxnet, gone rogue, hit Russian nuke plant, space station

A cyber-security expert says several ostensibly secure facilities became victims of the virus that struck Iran’s nuclear program

IEC’s Cyber-Gym toughens up Israel’s infrastructure

Cyber-defenders at the Israel Electric Company have to mitigate up to 6,000 ‘fake’ hacker attacks per second, helping them practice for the real thing

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