From Iron Dome to Cyber Dome: Defending Israel’s Cyberspace
With cyberattacks on the rise in the wake of the Israel–Hamas conflict, Israel’s ‘cyber-dome’ initiative aims to fortify its digital defences.
- Rohit Kumar Sharma
- July 03, 2024
With cyberattacks on the rise in the wake of the Israel–Hamas conflict, Israel’s ‘cyber-dome’ initiative aims to fortify its digital defences.
This report argues that Government and the private sector give cyber security some priority in their security and risk management plans, and do this jointly. Being a report that is addressed to the security community in the widest sense and intended to stimulate public discussion, it relies on publicly available information.
Military capabilities matter. Countries and regions where wars have taken place have one important attribute- battle and operational experience. The monograph examines 21st century wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, Georgia and Libya. New trend of cyber war is also included. Key highlights have been extracted and distilled into lessons to be learnt.
The Israel Defence Force (IDF) follows a whole-of-nation approach to build effective cyber capabilities, which can be studied to draw lessons for the Indian armed forces.
The Russia–Ukraine cyberwar has upended a number of existing preconceptions about cyber conflict in an active war.
Taiwan has a robust defensive strategy to counter malicious Chinese cyber activities, including its disinformation campaigns.
With the proliferation of Artificial Intelligence, the weapons of war are becoming more technologically equipped, which is changing the battlefield scenarios, as seen in Russia’s current incursion in Ukraine.
Cyberconflict in Ukraine has become normalised in that it is focused, there is no lasting damage, and it effectively conveys a sense of helplessness to the affected government and population. At the same time, it signals to other governments that they are not impervious to such attacks.
The dark web has turned into a hot bed of illegal transactions, posing a threat to the cyberspace across multiple dimensions.
With the adoption of varied digital means in times of pandemic, the states are likely to witness increased cyberattacks. Absence of an effective response would only mean an open playground for perpetrators.