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How Israel Became a Leader in Cybersecurity and Surveillance

(McClatchy) Tim Johnson - Israel, with a population of just eight million people, has become a powerhouse in cybersecurity. Only the U.S. has greater strength in the field. A good number of the 420 companies in the field of cybersecurity that get funded by venture capital were founded by veterans of the Israel Defense Forces' legendary high-tech spy branch. Unit 8200, which comprises several thousand cyber warriors, is the Israeli equivalent of the U.S. National Security Agency. "You literally grow up with the unit's motto of everything is possible. There is no such thing as impossible. This is impressed into you since day one," said Yonatan Striem-Amit, a Unit 8200 veteran. Motivated by patriotism, aware of the proximity of mortal enemies with increasing cyber skills, and without superiors insisting on traditional ways of doing things, the unit's members dive headlong into task-oriented challenges.
2017-02-24 00:00:00
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