Cyber Week: Israel’s cyber ecosystem

TEL Aviv: Now on its ninth year, the government of Israel recently hosted the National Cyber Week 2019, their country’s premier cybersecurity conference.

Leading experts from around the world in the fields of cybersecurity, government and intelligence were the major participants of the the weeklong conference, which featured panels, workshops and summits.

There were also seminars on topics such as artificial intelligence, blockchain, aviation,

cloud, GDPR, smart cities and cybercrime, among other.

According to Bloomberg’s 2019 index that includes 60 members, this according to a presentation to media from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The impact of these innovative high-tech companies on Israel’s economy includes an 8.3-percent increase in the number of employees, 12 percent of business sector GDP and a big piece on exports at 43 percent.

Israel invest about 4.3 percent of its GDP in research and devel

of the highest in the world. The government- lead Innovation threefolds to over $6.4B by 2018.

One of the major high tech exports of Israel is cybersecurity. From 2014 to 2018, cybersecurity companies raised $3.9 billion and in 2017 alone reached exports valued at around $6 billion.

Startup nation

At the exhibition, hundreds of Israel startups and high tech companies exhibited their offerings to showcase leading leading position worldwide, particularly in the tech sector.

Four hundred speakers were scheduled to speak at the exhibition.

No less than Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave a keynote on Wednesday, in a show of support to Israel’s leading cyber products currently boosting the country’s booming economy.

Mossad, national intelligence agency of Israel, and Gil Shwed,

Israel’s top cybersecurity company, were also onstage to grace the event.

Guest speakers from abroad also included Mike Rogers former director of the National Security Agency, and former head

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senator Joseph Lieberman.

Topics at the conference included discussions on cyberattacks against nations, cybersecurity for aviation and academic perspectives on cybersecurity challenges.

there were over 8,000 attendees from 80 countries. The conference was hosted by the Blavatnik

Workshop for Science, Technol

- versity, the Ministry of Foreign

Directorate at the Prime Minis

some of the top cyber companies in the world, including

- cout, GE Digital, Intuit, McAfee, Microsoft, Splunk, Symantec, TD Bank, Team 9 and ThetaRay.