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Israel Makes Headway in Cyber Security

(Financial Times-UK) Matthew Kalman - In a quiet corner of an Israeli farming village, Tanya sits at her computer and chats online with some of the most skilled hackers in cyber space. None of them knows who they are talking to, or indeed that they are all interacting with the same person - Tanya juggles more than 20 different identities and screen names, each with its own avatar, full background history and social media accounts. Welcome to the world of the modern-day corporate cyber spy. Tanya works for SenseCy, an Israeli cyber intelligence service that aims to unearth - and warn clients about - cyber attacks before they happen. By engaging with the hackers on their own turf Tanya learns who will be targeted next, and how. Instead of using firewalls or other automated cyber defenses, SenseCy and its rivals run private intelligence services that serve as a proactive form of cyber security. SenseCy was established in February by parent company Terrogence, which has used such techniques for the past decade to expose potential real-world terror and criminal plots. "We are teaching governments how to do this," said Assaf Keren, vice-president of Cyber Solutions at SenseCy and the former head of the Israeli government's cyber security unit.
2014-05-22 00:00:00
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