California Based Cybersecurity company Palo Alto Networks announced last week that it will acquire Israeli cybersecurity company Secdo for $100 million. The Israeli cyber firm is known for its sophisticated endpoint detection in addition to its data collection and visualization capabilities. Chairman and CEO of Palo Alto Networks, Mark McLaughlin, explained how Secdo’s unique cyber capabilities will strengthen his company, “We believe security operations teams need the most a

Israeli news outlet Globes reported that Israeli data analytics company Fortscale has been acquired by U.S. Network and Security Company, RSA — a subsidiary of Austin-based Dell Technologies. In a press release, RSA explained that it believes Fortscale’s technology will aid its security systems to best identify threats to user credentials and organizations’ data. Fortscale announced that the tremendous potential that this collaboration has for the future of cybersecurity, “Fr

U.S., Israel Work to Ensure Cybersecurity Since Israel officially became a state in 1948, the United States has benefited from the Jewish State’s knowledge of regional actors in the Middle East and its leading contribution to critical security systems and technologies. From its inception, Israel has been at the forefront of managing diverse security threats, which also face the United States, and it has led the charge in the advancement of vital cyber security technology syst

In this last part of our interview series, Dr. Gregory White, professor of Computer Science of UTSA and Director of UTSA’s Center for Infrastructure Assurance and Security (CIAS), informs us on his perspective of international cyber cooperation and also the future of cyber professionals in the U.S. Interview Q&A: Topic: Is International Cooperation an Asset to U.S. Cybersecurity? Q1​. Do you believe international cooperation, for example, U.S. cyber companies teaming up with

Q&A with UTSA Computer Science Professor Cybersecurity Expert Dr. Gregory White In continuation with the first part of our interview, we are given the privilege to also correspond with Dr. White, the director of UTSA’s Center for Infrastructure Assurance and Security (CIAS) and a professor in UTSA’s the Computer Science Department, concerning the state of U.S. cyber capabilities. Dr. White is a scholar in computer science has also written many academic articles and conference

Dr, Gregory White speaking on behalf of ISAO, UTSA’s nationally recognized cybersecurity intelligence organization : http://cias.utsa.edu/isao-so.html A three-part interview with UTSA’s Cybersecurity Institute Director Dr. Gregory White As the Texas-Israel Chamber of Commerce strives to commence and strengthen economic ties between both “Lone-Star States,” our organization also seeks to inform and educate fellow Texans of the areas of economic overlap between Texas and Israel

Since Israel officially became a nation in 1948, the United States has benefited from the Jewish state’s knowledge of regional actors in the Middle East, its leading contribution to critical security systems and technologies. From its inception, Israel has been at the forefront of managing diverse security threats facing the United States. In particular, Israel has led the charge in the advancement of vital cyber security technology systems. Israel’s world-renowned expertise

Since officially became a nation in 1948, the United States has benefited from the Jewish state’s knowledge of regional actors in the Middle East, its leading contribution to critical security systems and technologies. ​ From its inception, Israel has been at the forefront of managing diverse security threats facing the United States. In particular, Israel has led the charge in the advancement of vital cyber security technology systems. Israel’s world-renowned expertise in th

Prior to U.S. President Donald J. Trump’s May 22nd visit, the Israeli Minister of Economy Minister Eli Cohen announced that Israel plans to increase its exports to the U.S to over $100 billion by 2020. This is more than five times Israel’s 2016 U.S. export volume of $17.6 billion. Texas is poised to be one of the most important recipients of these exports. ​ One additional type of export that may see an increase especially following Cohen’s initiative are agricultural exports

Lawmakers are increasingly concerned with cyber threats. This growing concern has even led the state of Texas to pursue laws such as “The Texas Cybersecurity Act” and the “Texas Cybercrime Act” that better define what cybercrimes are as well as set in place plans of action to combat such threats. Whereas if both of these bills are signed into law they may effectively fight cyber attacks in Texas, as cyber security has proven to be an issue on a broader international scale, to