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As cyberspace developed, so did the challenges. The discontent with the state of cybersecurity grew stronger in Israel. We discuss the effort to develop a more appropriate national policy, looking beyond IT-security in the critical infrastructure and defence sectors. The National Cyber Initiative was an expert multi-stakeholder external review taskforce; it pursued a comprehensive approach to cybersecurity, exploring potential macro-economic and strategic benefits for Israel on the international arena. The National Cyber Initiative taskforce’s report formed the foundation for Israeli cyber strategy.
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In 2008, an Israeli soldier Anat Kamm abused her privileged access to gather and leak thousands of classified IDF documents to Haaretz reporter Uri Blau. Kamm’s defense and the State Prosecution struck a plea agreement in which she confessed to the possession and transfer of classified documents. She received a four-and-a-half-year sentence and was released from prison after serving 2 years. Blau was later sentenced to 4 months of community service under a plea bargain in exchange for all classified documents in his possession.
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Isaac Ben-Israel co-authored this SpringerBrief.
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I-CORE is a tool developed as part of the Higher Education Multi-Year Reform Plan (2010) to strengthen scientific research in Israel in disciplines of national importance, provide conditions for the excellent Israeli researchers return to Israel, and accumulate a critical mass and relative advantages in select fields.
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See Chap. 3.
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“The National Cyber Initiative” – a special report for the Prime Minister (2011) Ministry of Science and Technology, National Council on Research and Development, Jerusalem
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Tabansky, L., Ben Israel, I. (2015). Seeking Cyberpower: The National Cyber Initiative, 2010. In: Cybersecurity in Israel. SpringerBriefs in Cybersecurity. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18986-4_6
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