Tag: Israel National Cyber Directorate
Facing Iranian cyber attacks, Albanian premier meets Israeli cyber chief
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama met on Monday in Jerusalem with the director general of Israel’s National Cyber Directorate, Gaby Portnoy. The two discussed Iranian cyberattacks against Albania, which have led it to sever...
Israel National Cyber Directorate announces national ‘cyber-dome’
Israel’s National Cyber Directorate is promoting the formation of a “cyber dome,” its director general said on Tuesday.
Speaking at Tel Aviv University’s annual Cyber Week conference, Gaby Portnoy outlined the make-up of the dome,...
Israel must study and learn from prospective Russian cyber breach of US networks
Israel’s National Cyber Directorate, which is in charge of defending critical infrastructure, needs to study every detail of the massive suspected Russian cyber breach of 250 government and private-sector networks recently uncovered in the...
Israel’s cyber czar warns of rise in attacks since onset of coronavirus pandemic
Israel National Cyber Directorate head Yigal Unna warned on Tuesday that his agency has noted a significant increase in cyber attacks against medical facilities since the global coronavirus pandemic hit the country in mid-March.
Speaking...
‘Israel has the makings of a cyber superpower’
Walking into the Tel Aviv office of Israel National Cyber Directorate head Yigal Unna, you immediately notice a very specific memento—a very weighty plaque he was awarded by his counterparts in the United Arab...
‘Failed cyber attack on Israel was designed to trigger a humanitarian disaster’
The suspected Iranian cyber attack on a minor water facility in central Israel earlier this month was “designed to trigger a humanitarian disaster,” according to Israel National Cyber Directorate head Yigal Unna.
“The word ‘fast’...