The Abraham Accords is a treaty signed by the above countries in 2020. We are currently working on a shared platform with the Abraham Accords countries – Bahrain, Morocco and the UAE,” he explains. “We have to improve our trust with everybody, to share a lot more. It is only possible to achieve this vision with the cooperation of neighbouring countries, against Iran, he continues. This is the vision.” Israel calls for cooperation with neighbouring countries, but at what cost? “It’s not about technology because technology and techniques often change, it’s about the data collection, fusing that data and analysing it. The cyber dome is key to warding off such a threat, and the key to a successful cyber dome is data collection, he says. “They are investing in cyber because they understand the space and how we act within it.” “The groups involved also grew, from six to 14,” he says. “Last year there were 88 attacks per month on average.” This reflects an increasing number of adversaries, he continues. “There are 200 attacks a month on Israel by Iran,” Portnoy claims. Israel incurred 16% of all the cyberattacks in the region over this timeframe. Indeed, Iranian APT group Moses Staff is the second-most prolific cybercrime group in the Middle East and Africa, behind only LockBit, according to Group IB’s research. Microsoft has notified more than 40 IT companies about hacking attempts, states a report by security company Group IB. Specialists at Microsoft have warned about the growing number of supply chain attacks conducted by hacker groups believed to receive support from the Iranian government. Iran’s aggressive cyber stance has increased unremittingly over the past decade, since the early recordings of the Madi malware in the summer of 2012. “It’s all about data,” says Portnoy, but alliances like these also have their risks. There is one solution to this, he says: to unite and share information. Other countries in the region have felt the same pressure, from cyber espionage to ransomware and attacks on critical national infrastructure (CNI). Iran’s cyberattacks against Israel doubled in the past year, explains Portnoy. One of these neighbours is, in fact, a big part of the problem, he says. Speaking to Tech Monitor at the Cybertech Conference in Tel Aviv, Portnoy said his organisation has thwarted 1,000 potential cyberattacks over the past year, far outstripping its neighbours. Gaby Portnoy, director general of the Israeli Nation Cyber Directorate, speaks at the Cybertech 2023 conference. Gaby Portnoy says other countries in the region have also been feeling the effects of attacks from Iranian cybercriminals and called for greater data sharing between governments. The number of cyberattacks by Iran on targets in Israel has doubled in the past year, the director general of the Israeli Nation Cyber Directorate (INCD) has told Tech Monitor.
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