Iran: A Global Cyber Threat
Iran is investing huge sums of money in developing aggressive cyber war techniques
Both government and private cybersecurity experts are increasingly considering Iran as a...
DHS awards $6 billion cybersecurity contract
The Department of Homeland Security just awarded contracts to 17 vendors for tools and services to continuously monitor federal systems and networks for cyber...
New cyber test range trains soldiers for simultaneous cyber and combat...
American soldiers are being trained for Cyber wars.
A unique mix of training technologies sponsored by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) is preparing front-line...
U.S Senate: Sophisticated cyberattack tools available underground to anyone
Several federal law enforcement and computer security officials told a Senate panel that increasingly sophisticated malware and other tools designed to infiltrate information systems...
INSS Global Cyber Review – April 2013
Israel
Israeli Government invests in the next generation of cyber experts
The Israeli government has decided to invest approximately 300m ILS to improve research and development...
Justice Department creates cybersecurity prosecutor unit
The U.S. Justice Department is creating a unit within the criminal division to advise on electronic surveillance in cyber investigations and work with the...
Top IDF Unit to Develop Technologies for Children with Autism
A unique technological initiative has been taken by the soldiers and graduates of the Israeli Air Force’s Ofek unit on behalf of children with...
iHLS TV Homeland Security Weekly Reports
iHLS is proud to launch its new TV channel.
In today's first show we highlight some of our main stories from recent days, with comments...
Executive Cyber Intelligence Bi-Weekly Report by INSS-CSFI
March 1st, 2014
Israel
New opportunities and new challenges in cyber sector
Israel’s cyber industry is gaining another big boost from the People's Republic of China. WBP...
US Air Force Looking to Recruit Siri (Apple)
The US Air Force is looking for a personal voice assistant for its Air Operations and Combined Air Operations Centers. Would the Air Force...
Soldier Systems Should Get Simpler
The US Army has been pushing to make systems more user-friendly to the average soldier in the field. Soldiers will have to operate systems...
iHLS TV – Nuclear Turkey, Apache simulator hacked, drone strikes in...
iHLS Israel Homeland Security
In this weekly report (21 October 2014):
German intelligence: Turkey is working on its own nuclear program
Gamers hacked US Army Apache simulator
US...
Businesses brace for more sophisticated, cyberattacks in 2015
The recent Sony Pictures hack is one more reason for industries to prepare for a series of cyberattacks which will likely occur in 2015. From massive...
U.S DHS Awards New Security Contracts
The Homeland Security Department awarded a pair of multi-million dollar contracts aimed at security, one in biometric identification and one in network security.
After months...
Cyber security task force takes ‘whole government’ approach
In today’s virtual world, it is well-known that cybercrime can jeopardize our privacy, our economy, and even our national security. Less well-known is an...
NSA’s ‘MonsterMind’ could automate cyber war
The National Security Agency is developing a cybersecurity machine that could detect and automatically counter attacks against U.S. computers by blocking access to American networks, according...
Destructive Cyber Attacks on the Rise
By Rachel Ehrenfeld
Rising geopolitical tensions have led to a constant barrage of cyber hacking into the U.S. government, industries and businesses. The recent attack...
What’s really plaguing cyber security?
It’s exactly the same as with car accidents. The problem with cyber security is enforcement. There are many law, lots of regulation, plenty of...
Cyber security: complete reliance on wireless technologies is becoming a reality
By Rachel Ehrenfeld
Countermeasures against hackers require transparency and full disclosure. But as long as board of directors are reluctant to acknowledge cyberattacks and refrain...
Warning – Medical devices may be subject to Cyber attacks
The US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday urged medical device makers and medical facilities to upgrade security protections to protect against potential cyber...
IT security: does more money mean better results?
So far, the rising budgets on Data Security do not seem to inspire greater confidence in the results.
A new report looking at how organizations...
INSS Global Cyber Review
Israel
Israel: IBM Bought the Israeli cyber security company Trusteer
IBM signed an agreement to acquire cyber security company Trusteer, and plans to set up a...
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First-person-view (FPV) drones have become increasingly important for reconnaissance and strike missions, but controlling them often requires bulky ground equipment. Traditional ground control stations...
