Israel's Cyber Security Policy: Local Response to the Global Cybersecurity Risk

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Author(s): Lior Tabansky (The Blavatnik Interdisciplinary Cyber Research Center (ICRC), Tel Aviv University, Israel)
Copyright: 2016
Pages: 20
Source title: Handbook of Research on Civil Society and National Security in the Era of Cyber Warfare
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Metodi Hadji-Janev (Military Academy "General Mihailo Apostolski", Macedonia)and Mitko Bogdanoski (Military Academy "General Mihailo Apostolski", Macedonia)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8793-6.ch021

Keywords: Cyber and Network Security / Cyber Warfare & Terrorism / Information Science Reference / Security & Forensics

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Cyberspace opened a Pandora's Box: it enabled a direct strike on national infrastructure while circumventing traditional defence systems. Analysing the national responses to Cybersecurity challenges reveals the power of “Cyber War” metaphor and the resulting militarization of cyberspace. But these are unsuitable against cyber disruption of civilian national infrastructure. Further, the persistent trend towards militarization of cybersecurity has negative outcomes. How then should democratic societies provide Cybersecurity? One way of addressing the challenge is presented in the second part of the chapter. Israeli Cyber Defence stresses three lessons. 1. Despite the global risks, a national response is feasible. 2. Israel did not to task the IDF with cyber defence in civilian realm. 3. Technical prowess is not enough for national Cybersecurity, without political measures to settle conflicts and overcome barriers.

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