The field of civil aviation is constantly incorporating technological developments that create new cyber challenges. These developments mean authorities must make the proper preparations in advance of new threats. As part of these preparations, the Israel National Cyber Directorate signed a cyber defense cooperation agreement with US multinational aerospace corporation Boeing Boeing, the third-largest security company in the world and the largest such exporter in the United States.
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The agreement comes as part of national cyber network efforts to promote national and international moves toward cyber solutions, the INCD said.
Boeing manufactures and provides services for commercial aircraft, defense products, and space systems in more than 150 countries across the globe.
The agreement was signed by INCD head Gabi Portnoy and former Israeli Air Force chief Maj. Gen. (res.) Ido Nehushtan, who is now the president of Boeing Israel, together with Boeing Vice President of Cyber Systems Management Brian Connelly.
"The civilian aircraft sector could be characterized by its many technological developments which create new complexities and cyber challenges," Boeing and INCD said in a statement. "These developments require advance preparations for proper cyber defenses."
Within the framework of the deal, the two sides agreed to share knowledge, identify threats, promote understanding of risks and methodologies to reduce them, as well as to develop solutions for the protection of civil aviation, in cooperation with the cyber and aviation industries in Israel and the United States.
"The agreement is a product of a continuous dialogue which increased trust between the sides, which is critical for partnering in the cyber aircraft arena. The agreement will facilitate a deeper understanding of the cyber dangers to aircraft and will contribute to civilian airport security as the business area rises out of the coronavirus crisis," said Tamir Goren, Director of Technologies at the INCD.
Goren added his hope that other major defense companies and possibly other countries would join the collective airports cyberdefense effort, with the INCD statement later also mentioning French company Airbus.
The agreement is part of a strategic joint plan of the INCD and Israel's Civil Aviation Authority to advance cyber defense capabilities in civil aviation, the statement noted.
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