INSS Global Cyber Review – July 2013
Israel
Cisco to invest in Israeli cyber-security
Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, welcomes Cisco’s decision to establish an R&D lab in Israel and the cyber...
SOCOM Wants Iron-Man Suits for the A Teams
The US Special Operations Command is looking for revolutionary new gear assisting troops in exceeding human performance in combat. The idea sounds similar to...
New to the army: Hovermast
Hovermast is a new means for providing stabilized real-time aerial surveillance, to forces maneuvering along the battlefield. It is currently being tested and assessed...
Report: Secret Service Blunders Eased White House Intruder’s Way
A succession of “performance, organizational, technical” and other failures by the Secret Service enabled an intruder to climb a fence and enter the White...
Experts – police cars should be equipped with advanced cameras
While many drivers put dashboard cameras in their cars, the Israeli police is just in the basic phase of the process to equip its...
Hackers affiliated with ISIS attacked CENTCOM websites
On January 12, 2015, CENTCOM’s (US Central Command) official Twitter and Facebook pages were attacked by hackers affiliated with ISIS, as part of the...
טלפונים חכמים יכולים להסגיר מידע רב לרשויות החוק
רבים חושבים עדיין שהשימוש שהם עושים בטלפונים החכמים שלהם הוא עניינם הפרטי. הם יופתעו לגלות מה רשויות אכיפת החוק יכולות ללמד עליהם מהטלפונים.
האגודה האמריקאית...
Defense Ministry to Acquire Ammunition from IMI Systems
The Procurement Directorate for land purchasing in the Israeli Defense Ministry will acquire ammunition from IMI Systems. According to the agreement, supplied to IMI...
Rafi Maor on the challenges IAI faces
By ARIE EGOZI
Rafi Maor, chairman of Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), was in the company in several senior positions, went to the private market and...
Israel’s Fire fighting fleet is expanding
The fire and rescue department’s fire fighting fleet has grown and now has 14 planes, after completing the purchase of six new airplanes, which...
How the Internet of Things can save cities millions of dollars
The Internet of Things (IoT) is considered to be one of the biggest technological revolutions in recent times, and government officials in the United...
New Emotion Reading Tech to be Integrated into City Cameras?
An emotion reading technology might soon be used by police after a Russian firm recently created a tool that can identify people in a...
Airport Security Tactics Revealed for The First Time
The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) recently released a video claiming to provide an inside look at airport security tactics - how the agency...
Update: Recent Developments at AUS&R Unmanned Systems Conference
The leading conference and exhibition in the field of unmanned systems and robotics, AUS&R, has been gaining more momentum in the world and in...
New Compact Weapon for Elite Units
Shortly after its new contract with the U.S. Army, Sig Sauer has unveiled a new compact weapon, the MCX Rattler. According to taskandpurpose.com, the...
Israel and Singapore: New Partners in Cyber-Defense
Israel Aerospace Industries today announced a new Cyber EarlyWarning R&D Center in Singapore.
It will tap into the Singaporean talent for the development of...
IoT Cameras Risk to Cybersecurity Revealed
Cybersecurity professionals have warned for years that IoT presents potential safety and privacy concerns for consumers. Now there are widening concerns regarding the risk...
The Air Force Of The Future
The US Air Force is gearing up for large technology research, requesting some $2.5 billion for research in its budget for fiscal year 2017....
New Android-Based Sight To Send Image Directly to Command Center
After years of designing, checking and testing, Elbit’s subsidiary Elsec has completed the development of the Xact sight, a brand new weapon sight that...
Custom-Made Drones Within 24 Hours
The US Armed Forces have been using 3D printing technologies more and more often. They have been manufacturing 3D printed grenade launchers called RAMBO,...
Report: Hackers Target Israel
Around 400,000 malicious code attacks against Israel in the first quarter of 2014 * Israel ranked 38th in the list of countries responsible for...
Watch: Iron Man – Russia’s New Humanoid Military Robot
Technology, most would agree, is making life easier for all of us. Right? Well, yes and no. While it’s undoubtedly easier to create robots...












































