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Israel wants something like its Iron Dome defence system to ward off cyber attacks – Copyright AFP\/File Menahem KAHANA<\/small><\/em><\/p>\nAlexandra VARDI<\/em><\/p>\nIsrael\u2019s Iron Dome defence system has long shielded it from incoming rockets. Now it is building a \u201ccyber dome\u201d to defend against online attacks, especially from arch foe Iran.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is a silent war, one which is not visible,\u201d said Aviram Atzaba, the Israeli National Cyber Directorate\u2019s head of international cooperation.<\/p>\n
While Israel has fought Hamas in Gaza since the October 7 attack, it has also faced a significant increase in cyberattacks from Iran and its allies, Atzaba said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey are trying to hack everything they can,\u201d he told AFP, pointing to Hamas and Lebanon\u2019s Hezbollah movement but adding that so far \u201cthey have not succeeded in causing any real damage\u201d.<\/p>\n
He said around 800 significant attacks had been thwarted since the war erupted. Among the targets were government organisations, the military and civil infrastructure.<\/p>\n
Some attacks could not be foiled, including against hospitals in the cities of Haifa and Safed in which patient data was stolen.<\/p>\n
While Israel already has cyber defences, they long consisted of \u201clocal efforts that were not connected\u201d,\u00a0Atzaba said.<\/p>\n
So, for the past two years, the directorate has been working to build a centralised, real-time system that works proactively to protect all of Israeli cyberspace.<\/p>\n
Based in Tel Aviv, the directorate works under the authority of the prime minister. It does not reveal figures on its staff, budget or computing resources.<\/p>\n
Israel collaborates closely with multiple allies, including the United States, said Atzaba, because \u201call states face cyber terrorism\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt takes a network to fight a network,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u2013 \u2018An impressive enemy\u2019 \u2013<\/p>\n
Israel\u2019s arch foe Iran is \u201can impressive enemy\u201d in the online wars, said Chuck Freilich, a researcher at the Institute for National Security Studies, which is affiliated with Tel Aviv University.<\/p>\n
\u201cIts attacks aim to sabotage and destroy infrastructure, but also to collect data for intelligence and spread false information for propaganda purposes\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n
Iran has welcomed Hamas\u2019s October 7 attack on Israel, which resulted in the deaths of 1,170 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally based on Israeli official figures.<\/p>\n
Israel\u2019s retaliatory offensive against Hamas has killed at least 34,596 people in Gaza, mostly women and children, according to the Hamas-run territory\u2019s health ministry.<\/p>\n
Regional tensions have soared, particularly after Iran for the first time fired hundreds of missiles directly at Israel last month in retaliation for a deadly Israeli air strike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus.<\/p>\n
It was the most dramatic escalation yet after a years-long shadow war of killings and sabotage attacks between Israel and Iran.<\/p>\n
Freilich argued in a study published in February that Iran was relatively slow to invest in cyberwarfare, until two key events triggered a change.<\/p>\n
First, its leaders took note of how anti-government protesters used the internet as a tool to mobilise support for a 2009 post-election uprising.<\/p>\n
In the bloody crackdown that crushed the movement, Iran\u2019s authorities cut access to social media and websites covering the protests.<\/p>\n
Then, in September 2010, a sophisticated cyberattack using the Stuxnet virus, blamed by Iran on Israel and the United States, caused physical damage to Tehran\u2019s nuclear programme.<\/p>\n
Freilich said the attack \u201cdemonstrated Iran\u2019s extreme vulnerability and led to a severe national shock\u201d.<\/p>\n
Since then, Iran has gained substantial expertise to become \u201cone of the most active countries in cyberspace\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n
\u2013 \u2018Concern for future\u2019 \u2013<\/p>\n
While Israel is considered a major cyber power, Iran was only likely to improve, said Freilich.<\/p>\n
He pointed to assistance from Russia and China, as well as its much larger population and an emphasis on cyber training for students and soldiers alike, adding that the trend was \u201cconcerning for the future\u201d.<\/p>\n
Atzaba insisted that the quantity of hackers is secondary to the quality of technology and the use it is put to.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor the past two years, we have been developing a cyber dome against cyberattacks, which functions like the Iron Dome against rockets,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith cyber dome, all sources are fed into a large data pool that enables a view of the big picture and to invoke a national response in a comprehensive and coordinated manner.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Israeli system has various scanners that continuously \u201cmonitor Israeli cyberspace for vulnerabilities and informs the stakeholders of the means to mitigate them\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n
Israel\u2019s cyber strength relied on close cooperation between the public, private and academic sectors, as well as Israel\u2019s \u201cwhite hat\u201d hackers who help identify weaknesses.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe work hand in hand\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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