(Media Line-Jerusalem Post) Joshua Shuman - The Israel National Cyber Directorate (INCD) was created to become involved in the aftermath of cyberattacks. Maj.-Gen. (ret.) Prof. Isaac Ben-Israel, chairman of Israel's National Council for Research and Development, said, "Israel was the first country to understand and come to the conclusion that cyber...required a national program....Israel has many more advanced systems that can be impaired than our neighbors. We created a national program for critical infrastructure like electricity and water, as well as for safeguarding hospitals and transportation." Inside the directorate in Beersheba, which employs 350 people, the Cyber Emergency Response Team (CERT) handles hundreds of reports about cyberattack attempts daily. From September 2019 through September 2020, CERT dealt with 10,200 incidents.
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