Operation Unified Protector: Targeting Densely Populated Areas in Libya
By Christian de Cock
INSS – Military and Strategic Affairs Program
A War is a War is a War?
Although at first sight many issues related to...
The Strategic Uses of Ambiguity in Cyberspace
By Martin C. Libicki
INSS – Cyber Warfare Program
לעברית לחץ כאן
Strategic ambiguity has an honored place in the mores of statecraft. The studied unwillingness of...
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...
Israel’s Defense Minister: “Iran – Nuclear Threshold State in 3 Years”
"The impending agreement with Iran is a historical fiasco. Iran will no longer feel any pressure – political, military or economic. It will spend...
Cyberspace and Terrorist Organizations
By Yoram Schweitzer, Gabi Siboni, and Einav Yogev
NSS – Cyber Warfare Program
In a scene in the 1990 movie Die Hard 2, terrorists take control...
The Gaza Wake-Up Call
Dr. Boaz Ganor
This article is as a wake-up call to my Western liberals friends who are shocked and full of criticism for Israel when...
Between Crises: If and When Russia Fights ISIS
Zvi Magen
Russia has not (yet) joined the US-led coalition against ISIS, and its official spokespersons have not spared their criticism of the coalition’s management...
Much Ado at the Qusayr Site? A Syrian Nuclear Snapshot
On January 9, 2015, the German weekly Der Spiegel published an article alleging that Syria did not give up its nuclear weapons development ambitions...
INSS Global Cyber Review – July 2013
Israel
Israel: An increase of cyber security to investigate incidents
94% of hackers attack discover too late after the damage was done. These things were said...
Holiday of Nowrūz, the Iranian nuclear and President Obama’s policy
Nowrūz, is one of the most important holidays in Iran dating back to the days of ancient Persia. The Holiday expresses the values of...
Confronting Spontaneous Terrorist Attacks
A prominent feature of many terrorist attacks in recent months by Islamic radicals is their independent, spontaneous, unplanned nature – sometimes called the work...
Executive Cyber Intelligence Bi-Weekly Report by INSS-CSFI
April 15th, 2014
ISRAEL
Israel well prepared against cyber-attacks
#OpIsraelBirthday occurred with no real damage, save for a few minor sites whose webpages were defaced, old credit...
A Blueprint for Cyber Deterrence: Building Stability through Strength
By Frank J. Cilluffo, Sharon L. Cardash, and George C. Salmoiraghi
INSS - Cyber Warfare Program
In many ways, deterrence in cyberspace is eminently more complicated...
Executive Cyber Intelligence Bi-Weekly Report by INSS-CSFI
June 1, 2014
ISRAEL
Physical cyber infrastructure failure
While the Israeli government heavily invests in cyber security, the physical side of Israel cyber systems have been neglected....
INSS Call for Papers
The Israel institute for national security studies (INSS) invites researches from all over the world to submit papers that will be published in its...
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...
Executive Cyber Intelligence Bi-Weekly Report by INSS-CSFI
July 1, 2014
ISRAEL
Israel in top countries for cyber defense exportations
Israel National Cyber Bureau (INCB) published an astonishing statistic asserting Israel export of cyber related...
INSS Cyber Review – March 2013
Israel - Planned cyber-attack against Israel uncovered
An anonymous organization planning to commit cyber-attacks against Israel in April 2013 has recently been uncovered. The attackers, codenamed...
The Changing of the Tide in the Syrian Civil War
By Itamar Rabinovich
The tide is changing in the Syrian civil war. Bashar al-Assad and his regime are gaining momentum, the opposition is weakening, and...
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...
Cyber Weapons and International Stability: New Destabilization Threats Require New Security...
By Guy-Philippe Goldstein
INSS – Military and Strategic Affairs Program
Though cyberspace is a domain of strategic importance, cyber weapons have not yet been associated with publicly well-enunciated...
INSS Global Cyber Review – June 2013
Global Cyber Review
Israel
Israel under constant threat of cyber-attack
Kaspersky Lab has revealed that in the first quarter of 2013, Israel identified almost a million network...
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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...
