The age of ransom

Session
Tuesday, 12 September 2017
11:12 - 11:12
Duration: 15 mins
Publication date: 23 Oct 2017
Location: Turing Lecture Theatre, Savoy Place, London, United Kingdom
Part of event Innovate Israel

About the session

Innovate Israel 2017 was organised by UK Israel Business, the bilateral chamber of commerce, and hosted at the IET’s Savoy Place venue. The event brought together 17 of Israel’s most exciting scale-up companies and over 150 UK attendees including corporates, funds and private investors, all interested in hearing the latest in innovation and disruption from Israel. For more information, please visit https://ukisrael.biz

Keywords:: Israel

R&D

cyber security

cybercrime

hackers

private data

ransomware

ransomware virus

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Manufacturing

Speaker

Zohar Rozenberg

Elron, VP - Cyber Investments

Zohar Rozenberg (Col. Ret.) is the Vice President of Cyber Investments at Elron, a leading Israeli holding company dedicated to building technology companies, actively investing in startup companies. He is also acting as Member of the Board for a number of cyber companies and as a member at R.D.C., the commercialization arm of Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, in a full partnership with Elron Electronic Industries (TASE: ELRN). Zohar served in 8200 for over 20 years leading high-risk, high-innovation organizations and projects, with a track record in cultivating new technological initiatives as well as brilliant and skilled personal. Zohar was involved in the establishment of the National cyber bureau and the formalization of the Israeli national cyber strategy. He retired after serving as the Head of I.D.F’s Cyber Department. Amongst other achievements, Zohar was responsible for developing nationwide cyber educational programs and working with the Israeli office of education and philanthropy organizations to help place Israel as a global leader in cyber technology.Zohar holds a B.S. in Electric and Electrical Engineering and an M.B.A. from Tel Aviv University. Zohar also holds the 2008 Israeli highest defense award

computer crime

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