Israel and the Cyber Threat: How the Startup Nation Became a Global Cyber Power

Charles D. Freilich · Matthew S. Cohen · Gabi Siboni

Mar 2024 · Highbridge Audio · Narrated by Dina Pearlman

About this audiobook

In Israel and the Cyber Threat, Charles D. ("Chuck") Freilich, Matthew S. Cohen, and Gabi Siboni provide a detailed and comprehensive study of Israel's cyber strategy, tracing it from its origins to the present. They analyze Israel's highly advanced civil and military cyber capabilities and organizational structures to offer insights into what other countries can learn from Israel's experience. To achieve this, they explore how and why Israel has been able to build a remarkable cyber ecosystem and turn itself, despite its small size, into a global cyber power. The book further examines the major cyber threats facing Israel, including the most in-depth look at Iranian cyber policies and attacks; Israel's defensive and offensive capabilities and the primary attacks it has conducted; capacity building; international cooperation; and the impact of Israel's strategic culture on its cyber prowess. By placing Israel's actions in the realm of international relations theory, the book sheds light on many of the major questions in the field regarding cyber policies. The most authoritative work to date on Israeli cyber strategy, this book provides a comprehensive look at the major actions Israel has taken in cyberspace. It also places them in the broader context of global cyber developments to help listeners understand state behavior in cyberspace.

About the author

Charles D. Freilich, a former deputy national security adviser in Israel and longtime senior fellow at Harvard's Belfer Center, has taught political science at Harvard, Columbia, NYU, and Tel Aviv University. He is also the author of Zion's Dilemmas and Israeli National Security: A New Strategy for an Era of Change.

Matthew S. Cohen is an assistant professor of practice in the Political Science and Public Policy Department at Merrimack College in North Andover, Massachusetts.

Gabi Siboni is a national security specialist and the former director of the Military and Strategic Affairs Program as well as of the Cyber Security Program at Tel Aviv University's Institute for National Security Studies. He is currently a senior research fellow at the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security.

Dina Pearlman was raised in Teaneck, New Jersey, and went on to attend Carnegie Mellon University. Based in New York City, she is an actress, stand-up comic, and the Audie Award-nominated narrator of over 300 audiobooks.