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...
The Use of Code Mutation to Produce Multi-use Cyber Weapons
By Cohen, Daniel and Rotbart, Aviv
INSS – CYBER Warfare Program
The increasing use of cyber weapons is creating the inevitable situation in which sophisticated versions of cyber...
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...
INSS Global Cyber Review – August 2013
USA
U.S: Cooperation with India on cyber security issues
The United States started to build a strong partnership with India on cyber security issues....
Who Will Stop the Robots?
By Liran Antebi
A new INSS article presents the challenges posed by unmanned tools and systems, which play an increasingly large role in the modern...
Executive Cyber Intelligence Bi-Weekly Report by INSS-CSFI
February 15th, 2014
Israel
Israel - A growing cyber nation
In the last few years, the number of Israeli companies involved in the industry has ballooned from...
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....
Iran: The Growing Cyber Threat
There are some big names in the cyber-warfare world: the United States, obviously, as well as Israel, Russia, China, and a few others. In...
On the Brink of Nuclear Terror?
By Emily B. Landau, Shimon Stein*
When Shultz, Perry, Kissinger, and Nunn published their op-eds on a world free of nuclear weapons in 2007 and 2008,...
Tripoli: A Syrian Heart in a Lebanese Body
If we think of sensitive, complex cities in the modern Middle East that are highly volatile, reflect sectorial tensions, and are home to serious...
The Islamic State: Another Angle of the Threat
Reuven Paz
The struggle against the Islamic State (IS) organization led by the United States and its allies appears thus far to be something of...
Dilemmas of Warfare in Densely Populated Civilian Areas
By Brig. Gen. (ret.) Moshe (“Chico”) Tamir
INSS - Military and Strategic Affairs Program
This essay attempts to present operational perspectives on conducting warfare in densely...
Islam and Terrorism: A Futile Debate
Like the leaders of other Western countries targeted by Islamist terrorists, French President François Hollande has insisted that the recent attacks in Paris are...
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...
Egypt’s Reported Acquisition of the S-300VM Air Defense System
Zvi Magen, Yiftah Shapir
Even if no contract has yet been signed, Egypt and Russia are holding talks on the purchase of the S-300VM air defense...
INSS Global Cyber Review – October 2013
U.S.A
Hacking U.S Secrets, China Pushes for Drones plan
The NY Times published on September 20, 2013 that for approximately two years, hackers based in Shanghai...
The Attack in the Golan Heights: Is an Israel-“Axis” Conflict Expected?
The attack in the Golan Heights near Quneitra on January 18, 2015, which killed Hizbollah operatives and Iranian Revolutionary Guards al-Quds Force commanders, was...
IRAN ON THE CYBER OFFENSIVE
by Dana Schwarz
INSS – Cyber Warfare Program
Iran has put a great deal of effort into constructing a domestic and external cyber strategy. Domestically, the...
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...
“MADE IN CHINA” CYBER
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By Dr. Gabi Siboni and Y. R.
Introduction
Over the past several years China has been developing operational capabilities in the...
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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...
