Israel and Cyberspace: Unique Threat and Response

Cohen, Matthew S.; Freilich, Charles D.; Siboni, Gabi

doi:10.1093/isp/ekv023

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“…This topic is of particular concern for Israel, a country that has been involved in almost constant military conflict and today faces a new threatcyberwarfare (Cohen, Freilich, & Siboni, 2016). The issue of cybersecurity became salient in Israel during the early 1990s and was concerned initially with protecting computerized systems only (Baram, 2017).…”

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confidence: 99%

Inequality in digital skills and the adoption of online safety behaviors

Dodel

Mesch

2018

Information, Communication & Society

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Cyber-safety behaviors are important in preventing the loss of an individual's digital assets and ensuring the safety of important daily online activities. Individuals' cyber-safety is also critical for national cybersecurity. The issue is highly relevant for Israel, a country that relies on the digital capabilities of its workers for its major technology industries and is also often a target of cyberwarfare and cybercrime attacks. The purpose of this study is to identify the determinants of cyber-safety behavior. We investigate the role of age, gender and education in the use of safety-related digital skills and antivirus software. Using a 2014 survey of a national sample of Internet users in Israel (N = 1850), we found that age, gender, education and quality of access are associated with the level of users' digital security skills. In addition, these skills and the frequency of conducting financial activities online are the main determinants of antivirus behaviors. Our results expand the understanding of cyber-safety by showing that social and digital disparities are reproduced in the use of measures to prevent online threats, putting the digitally disadvantaged at greater risk of becoming victims of online threats.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Inequality in digital skills and the adoption of online safety behaviors

Dodel

Mesch

2018

Information, Communication & Society

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“…27 Other tasks include recommending policy changes to the government regarding cyberspace, promoting cyberspace industry, funding cyber research and development, advancing national cyber-educational programs, and articulating a cyberspace security doctrine. 28 Three years later, in February 2015, the National Cyber Security Authority (NCSA) was established, and in 2017, the Israeli National Cyber Directorate was created as the highest national authority for strategic cyber-policy planning. It consists of two arms: the INCB, which is responsible for overall strategic policy planning in the realm of capacity building, and second, the NCSA, which is responsible for nationallevel implementation and regulation of critical infrastructures.…”

Section: Israel's Cyber Programmentioning

confidence: 99%