Sunday, June 25, 2017

In An Interview Filled With Revelations A Top Israeli Cyber Expert Discusses How To Stop Russia And Other Hackers And Why The Internet Needs To Be Overhauled

Professor Isaac Ben-Israel during a 2011 press conference with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announcing the establishment of a national bureau to focus on Israel's information protection capabilities and supervise development of the cyber sector (Kobi Gideon / Flash90.)

David Horowitz, Times Of Israel: To stop Russia and other hackers, we need to overhaul the internet, says top Israeli cyber expert

Internet pioneers didn’t need to prioritize defending against cyber warfare, but we must, says Prof. Isaac Ben-Israel, who developed Israel’s cybersecurity agencies and hosts next week’s prestigious Tel Aviv Cyber Week 2017

The professor and ex-general who runs Israel’s prestigious annual cybersecurity conference, and who was central to the establishment of Israel’s pioneering cyber protection agencies, is calling for a radical overhaul of the internet in order to counter cyber warfare.

In the course of a wide-ranging interview with The Times of Israel ahead of next week’s Tel Aviv University “Cyber Week 2017,” which will include presentations by serving and former US administration cyber officials, Prof. Isaac Ben-Israel said he had absolutely no doubt that the Russian government meddled successfully in the US presidential elections, and that Moscow sought in vain to influence the recent French presidential elections.

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WNU Editor: This interview from one of Israel's top cyber experts is a gold mine of revelations and information on cyber attacks, hacking, the internet, etc.. A must read.

Hat tip to Fred for this link.

1 comment:

James said...

WNU,
One needs to consider for a long time the how and why of this guy's interview. A consideration of Israel's past behavior in these matters would be very useful also.