by Itsik Saban, News Agencies and Israel Hayom Staff
Using traditional and new cyber methods has allowed Shin Bet security agency to prevent major suicide bombings, abduction and shootings, Director Nadav Argaman says
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Shin Bet security
agency Director Nadav Argaman
Photo: Gideon Markowicz
Israeli
intelligence has have thwarted over 250 terrorist attacks since the
beginning of the year, Shin Bet security agency Director Nadav Argaman
told a group of visiting homeland and public security ministers
Wednesday.
Speaking at the first Global Forum on
Counterterrorism, Incitement and Cyber Threats in Jerusalem, Argaman
said that using traditional and new big data abilities, the agency had
succeeded in preventing major attacks, including suicide bombings,
abduction and shootings.
Argaman's presentation was closed to the public, but the Shin Bet provided a summary to the media.
The Shin Bet chief said that newly
implemented intelligence and big data abilities had helped the agency
hone in on terrorist cells, especially would-be lone-wolf assailants in
a way that was previously impossible.
He noted that the agency was striking the
right balance between effective human intelligence gathering and new
cyber intelligence gathering abilities.
Argaman said that since he took office in
early 2016, the Shin Bet's technological workforce has jumped from
single digits to representing around 25% of the agency's workforce.
He further stressed the importance of
"strategic cooperation with our international partners in Israel and
overseas as well as with the Israeli high-tech community and other
civilian bodies."
Itsik Saban, News Agencies and Israel Hayom Staff
Source: http://www.israelhayom.com/2018/06/13/%e2%80%8eisrael-has-foiled-over-250-terrorist-attacks-over-the-past-six-months%e2%80%8e/
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