Mossad, Shabak: New cyber warfare training for national service girls
The "take-off" program has been running for several years, providing software engineering students with additional training in the cyber field
By ABIGAIL ADLEREmployees, mostly veterans of military computing units, use keyboards as they work at a cyber hotline facility at Israel's Computer Emergency Response Centre (CERT) in Beersheba, southern Israel(photo credit: REUTERS/AMIR COHEN)
Intelligence Minister Eli Cohen visited the Bnei Akiva Hadar Ganim Ulpan on Sunday. The minister was impressed by the "take-off" program, which is working in collaboration with the National Cyber Center. The program has been running for several years, providing software engineering students with additional training in the cyber field. "I see girls in national service as important components, serving as spearheads on the front lines of the State of Israel's cyber warfare," Cohen said. The ministry's director general, and a senior member of the security services, also spoke about the future plan of Israel's intelligence services following the girls' training in cyber fields. "The Mossad and the Shabak [Shin Bet Israel Security Agency] will develop new standards on cyber warfare for girls in national service."
