Low Oil Prices – Strategic Significance
Global oil prices have fallen dramatically over the past six months, following an excess of supply over demand. The drop in prices is another...
Cyber-crime: A National Security Issue?
By Lior Tabansky
INSS – Cyber Warfare Program
Cyberspace, an offshoot of the development of computer and digital communications technologies, has in recent decades become part...
How Are Cyber Companies Really Doing In The Startup Nation?
Israel’s cyber sector is still dominated by startups, despite “growing at a breakneck pace,” according to the folks over at the Defensive Cyber Operations...
A Multidisciplinary Analysis of Cyber Information Sharing
The emergence of the cyber threat phenomenon is forcing organizations to change the way they think about security. One of these changes relates to...
INSS Global Cyber Review – June 2013
Global Cyber
Review
Israel
Israel taking cyber security more seriously
Hezi Kalo, CEO of the Bank of Israel, recently stated that: "We are at war, something that does not...
Executive Cyber Intelligence Bi-Weekly Report by INSS-CSFI
July 15th, 2014
ISRAEL
Operation Protective Edge hits cyber realm
As Operation Edge rages on, hackers have increased their attempts to breach Israel, and while most of...
Law Enforcement and National Security vs. Global Business Interests
Yoram Hacohen
Three interesting processes are underway as a direct result of Edward Snowden’s revelations about the extent of the access by US security services...
Critical Infrastructure Protection against Cyber Threats
By Lior Tabansky
INSS – Cyber Warfare Program
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Introduction
A functioning modern society depends on a complex tapestry of infrastructures: energy, communications, transportation, food, and many others....
The Classic Cyber Defense Methods Have Failed – What Comes Next?
By Amir Averbuch and Gabi Siboni
INSS – CYBER Warfare Program
The classic defense methods employed throughout the world in recent decades are proving unsuccessful in halting modern...
INSS Global Cyber Review: May 2013
Global Cyber
Review
USA
U.S. directly accuses China of cyber-attacks
The Obama administration explicitly accused China’s military of mounting attacks on American government computer systems and defense contractors, saying...
INSS Global Cyber Review: January 1st
Israel
Iranian hackers claim to have extracted personal details of top Israelis army officers
An Iranian linked hacker claimed to infiltrate the Israeli Defense Force (IDF)...
The Terror Attacks in Paris: Tip of the Iceberg or a...
The shock that gripped France following the terrorist attacks in Paris in early January 2015 will probably wane as time passes. Similarly, the urgency...
Unmanned Military Systems: Formulating Policy
How should the State of Israel ready itself ahead of the advent of unmanned systems and the expanding uses and applications thereof?
Though Israel constitutes...
Yemen: A Mirror to the Future of the Arab Spring
Ethnic, political, and religious rifts make Yemen one of the most complex arenas in the Middle East, even more so following the eruption of...
iHLS TV Weekly Video Report – March 31st 2015
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In this weekly Video report (March 31st 2015):
Missile Defense: US Unveils Innovative AEGIS System
ISIS Recruiting In New York
The Threat:...
Hezbollah Closes a Breach of its Outer Shield: The Threat to...
In light of the complex evolving predicament facing Hezbollah, the alleged discovery of yet another infiltration would probably be branded by the organization as...
Lessons from the Iron Dome
By Yiftah S. Shapir
INSS – Military and Strategic Affairs Program
Israel has been under rocket attack for many years. Particularly memorable are the shelling of Galilee panhandle...
Executive Cyber Intelligence Bi-Weekly Report by INSS-CSFI
March 15th, 2014
Israel
Two weeks of diverse cyber-attacks in Israeli cyberspace
Since the start of the month, Israeli companies are experiencing numerous cyber-attacks. One of the...
From Salafism to Jihadism
From all around the world, one can observe terrorist organizations and networks operating on behalf of various ideologies: beginning with the leftist, Marxist-Leninist terrorist...
Obligations of International Humanitarian Law
By Knut Doermann
INSS – Military and Strategic Affairs Program
It is an understatement to say that armed conflicts fought in densely populated areas can and...
In Defense of Stuxnet
By James A. Lewis
INSS – Cyber Warfare Program
Revelations about Stuxnet and Flame have provoked a chorus of dire warnings on the dangers of cyber...
Israel and Palestine’s status in the UN
The ICC’s Decision to Open a Preliminary Examination: Cause for Concern, not for Panic.
On January 16, 2015, Fatou Bensouda, prosecutor of the International Criminal...
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Bugs for Better Health: A Biological Route to Gout Prevention
For centuries, gout has been associated with painful joints. In reality, it’s the outcome of years of elevated uric acid levels—known as hyperuricaemia—that gradually...
