Israel seeks global help for cyber shields

TEL AVIV: Israel is looking to collaborate with several countries including India to develop statelevel cyber shields through its nodal agency Israel National Cyber Directorate (INCD).

The country, which attracts 20% of the total global private investment in cyber security, looks to strengthen its ties with global nations to make its cyber world safer, according to Yigal Unna, director general, INCD. Unna said securing cyber space of the country is one of the main objectives of the directorate, which is now a consolidated body after the merger of the National Cyber Bureau and the National Cyber Authority.

The country believes that partnership with other nations and sharing information would result in a stronger defence against cyber attacks.


Israel’s PM Benjamin Netanyahu invited further global investments in cyber security.

Unna said that cyber threats are becoming “bigger in quality and volume”.

(This correspondent was in Tel Aviv by the invitation of the Israel government.)