Israel invests hundreds of millions to prepare for the 'cyberwar'

Israel has focused on the defense of its borders in cyberspace with dual-use projects civil and military looking to make a link between academics, business and computer wizards. The latest draft of "cybersecurity" has just been announced this week by the National Cyber ​​Israel (INCB, for its acronym in English) and the Ministry of Defense, which have called on interested parties to offer their ideas. "The program aims to strengthen and build the capacities of Israel in cyberspace , to turn Israel into a leading country in the cyber-technology and, therefore, serve as a new engine of growth for the national economy, "a statement from the Israeli Prime Minister's Office. with initial funding of 10 million shekels (2.58 million or 2 million euros ), the program is open to Masad computer experts, industry, academics and everyone who has established an emerging relevant. "The plan Masad wants liaise between vectors of technological knowledge, companies and universities to encourage projects that address the needs of civil and national security," he said in the statement Ofir Shoham, head of the R & D of the Ministry of Defense. The project joins other official promotion already being implemented, including one exclusively for academics and has a round of NIS 50 million (12.88 million or 10.03 million euros ) over the next three years. Another aim is to encourage industry cybersecurity field where private companies for years Israelis or Comsign Check Point worldwide have highlighted. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last October revealed the existence of a new project to protect the country's "cyber-terrorism" , which in recent years has paralyzed the official servers on numerous occasions. The attacks, many from the Arab world, blocked for hours information ministries, the army and even the secret service, exposing the vulnerability of Israel against invisible enemies that act on the network. The "cyber borders" Israelis are in the custody of the prestigious Unit 8200 of Military Intelligence, which specialized media attributed the introduction in 2010 of the "worm" Stuxnet into computers of Iran's nuclear program. That body will receive in the coming years an additional budget of NIS 2,000 million ($ 515 million or € 401 million ) to strengthen its presence on the Internet, according to a decision of the General Staff. "The Army has long been understood that future wars will be fought not only on the battlefieldbut in the spaces of the Internet ", the newspaper Yediot Aharonot in accounting for the news.

In search of young talents outside Israel

The budget will significantly enhance human resources to monitor the (ever-expanding) cyberspace complex task for which the Army looking very closely at the computer talents of the future. Geniuses who are still in school, where Military Intelligence competes with other Army Forces for now captivate more prospective recruits, including elite and Air Force. "We are facing huge challenges in cyber warfare and fighting for every soldier who has the right qualities," said a senior Human Resources Department of the Army. Because of the expected shortage of young skilled enough Israel, the army has also begun to study the possibility of looking beyond their borders and offer young Jews living in the diaspora (mainly Europe and USA) who complete the migration process for serve on a "national Zionist project." Israeli law provides automatic nationalization anyone with at least one Jewish grandparent , a condition which is not yet severe enough to pass security clearance checks, as essential to the Military Intelligence. Another measure introduced in the military is creating this year by the Corps of Telecommunications, Processing and Systems (C4I) a specialized unit to protect the Army's communication systems and avoid any unwanted interference from the Web