"When I am asked what the challenge is, I always imagine what will happen in the next northern war - that the IDF will want to act and on the day of an order it will not succeed because of a cyber hack.
A maneuvering brigade cannot operate without digital systems and the IDF will not be able to function.
Commander of the attached unit, Colonel R.,
The attached unit, which is part of the Defense Brigade's Defense Brigade of the IDF, serves as the national unit for encryption and information security and provides services to the entire Israeli security system. In the early 2000s, they also began working in the field of cyber defense, providing new solutions and methods for the world of encryption and protection in military networks. "The ability to deal with an Israeli code is almost impossible, New action to create protection in our networks. "
Naturally, Col. R. does not reveal how many attempts are being made to break into the military networks, but he does agree that hackers, whether civilians or on behalf of the enemy, are very interested in infiltrating the IDF network.
"If anyone could hold IDF information it would have value in front of the enemies or in the cyber market.
We face events every day.
"You can assume that there is a high level of interest in IDF networks from our enemies and people who want to obtain information. There is a high motivation to penetrate us."
For most of his years, a colonel has worked in the field of cyber-attack, and in his opinion it is necessary to know the world of attack in order to defend Israel on the Internet. "Just as we are not waiting to find the Iranians on the border,
We do not want to reach a state of conflict within the network, but to act to prevent it in the first place. "
On the cyber front, Photo: IDF Spokesman
In order to do this, they recruit the best people for the task.
"Our biggest challenge is the manpower issue, because in the end, when you shake off the kitbag of the attached, there are only people - not planes or tanks.
We need to rely on the ability of our soldiers.
It should be understood that an attack like the one that took place on Hillel Yaffe Hospital is just one of many, and we will encounter more such incidents as time progresses.
Injury to a hospital is a painful event, and it is also very disturbing as a citizen, whose parents live in Hadera.
"As far as the IDF is concerned, a scenario in which the IDF is required to act on the day of an order and is not very successful bothers me, so we are constantly operating within this space - carefully, and with information superiority."
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