Israel ready to assist India with a comprehensive and effective cyber security plan

NEW DELHI: Israel is ready to assist India with a comprehensive and effective cyber security plan to counter threats from industrial hackers as well as extremist groups, according to Col Ram Dor, noted cyber security expert from the West Asian nation.

During a recent visit to India ahead of Israel's Homeland Security and Cyber conference Dor said that the Cyber Security Plan should encompass three layers to prevent and counter the cyber attack. The first layer should involve strategising Indian cyberspace, second, establishing a bureau to lead the team and third, a cyber authority with Computers Emergency and Response Team (CERT).

The cyberspace is like a war where attackers and defenders constantly fight each other to safeguard their interests, he said, adding the nature of war has changed with new threats with advent of latest technologies.

The countries that are under constant threat should have international relationship to watch these cyber terrorists and share the information on regular attackers, the expert noted.

On Israel’s support to India in cyber security, he said that his company, RD eye, Integrated Security Solution and Israel government have two things to share -- the technical know how and rich experience.
"Israel's existence depends on its vigilance and its ability to provide an effective, measured response to evolving domestic and foreign threats," Dor explained.

Despite accounting for one-tenth of one per cent of the world's population, Israel has attracted some 20% of its global private investment in cyber security. While addressing the UN General Assembly, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, "So Israel is also a global cyber power. If hackers are targeting your banks, your planes, your power grids and just about everything else, Israel can offer indispensable help."