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2020-05-28T17:30:09.055Z


| Privacy and Security"Seek to ensure adequate protection of the civilian economy and customers": Approximately 400,000 business owners contact web site hosting companies to demonstrate compliance with national cyber security guidelines Photo:  Photo by Getty Images Following the cyber attack on Israel last week, about 400,000 companies and businesses incorporated under the Manufacturers Association, the Israel Ind...


"Seek to ensure adequate protection of the civilian economy and customers": Approximately 400,000 business owners contact web site hosting companies to demonstrate compliance with national cyber security guidelines

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    Photo by Getty Images

Following the cyber attack on Israel last week, about 400,000 companies and businesses incorporated under the Manufacturers Association, the Israel Independent Organizations Bureau (LBI) and the Israel Bar Association, began yesterday (Tuesday) to contact the web hosting companies where their site is stored, to present their compliance National Cyber ​​Defense Cyber ​​Defense Guidelines. 

Last Thursday, thousands of sites in Israel stored by the "Upress" server company were hacked by hostile anti-Israel officials as part of a planned attack. Those who entered the attacked sites came across a darkened screen and a video showing Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and Haifa going up in flames, along with the Hebrew caption "The Count Reverse to Israel's Destruction Went From A Long Time ago" (spelling errors originally).

The companies and associations want to ensure that hacking attacks on such sites under which hackers hack into private entities and even local authorities will be avoided as much as possible through appropriate cyber protections. According to estimates in the National Cyber ​​Arrangement, this is an attack by Iranian or Hamas officials, as is done every year, to mark "Iranian Day of Jerusalem" and the end of Ramadan, and in close proximity to Jerusalem Day marked in Israel.

The LGBT business letter in Israel reads: "Protecting technologies, information systems and privacy protection of businesses in Israel is an integral part of our struggle for their business and economic success in general and ensuring their survival during times of crisis and return to routine in particular." In



Israel, some 40 hosting companies are stored in aggregate About half a million business websites Among the types of cyber attacks commonly found on websites: Website corruption, data overload, and theft The National Cyber ​​Network has published numerous guidelines for organizations and storage companies over the past two years detailing ways to protect against attacks on websites, as well as a document for website owners. Which lists the requirements list from the storage company.

A video that appeared on Israeli sites





The cyber defense guidelines document for cyber hosting companies states that "Web hosting services are a preferred target for cyber attacks, in part because of the desire of hostile entities to leak information about customers and sensitive data."



"It is well known that there is no hermit in the field of cyber protection and site corruption may occur, but through the joint appeal we seek to ensure adequate protection of the civilian economy and customers. The small and medium-sized companies are burdened and their site corruption may cause business harm," D. Roy Cohen.

"Storage companies must meet the standards of cyber protection set by the national cyber system. This is a common interest for storage companies, small businesses and the cyber system, which businesses will not particularly stop in the recovery process in the light of the corona crisis," adds Cohen's attorney



general . The Association of Manufacturers, Attorney Haggai Edri, who is in charge of the Association's cyber hotline, said: "The attacks last week have been targeted at companies' websites through storage servers. All parties must cooperate in this campaign throughout the cyber chain."

Source: israelhayom

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