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July 6, 2018       Share:    

Source: https://www.jns.org/idfs-cyber-defenders-prepare-their-responses-for-the-unknown-threat/

The IDF's Cyber Defenders

(JNS) Yaakov Lappin - A cyber arms race rages between Israel and its foes, parallel to the conventional arms race that is underway. Sgt. 1st Class M, the head of the Cyber Department in the IDF's Hoshen Unit, leads personnel that defend the military's sensitive communications networks. "The IDF has been marked as a priority [target]," M said. "We are the focus of enemies. So we must act all day and night proactively, to defend and track, and be able to intervene in case of an incident." As part of that effort, the unit invests a great deal of thought into meeting threats that do not currently exist. "We are, all of the time, thinking about what will arrive tomorrow morning, about the non-trivial things. We use red teams [personnel that simulate the enemy] to attack ourselves, and we conduct surprise exercises on ourselves, at 2 a.m. on a summer night, when incidents come as a surprise."

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