Israel, US commit to beef up cybersecurity cooperation


July 19, 2015

The US deputy secretary of Homeland Security and the top Israeli official handling cybersecurity have cosigned a statement committing to US-Israel cooperation in the area.

Alejandro Mayorkas and Eviatar Matania, who heads the Israel National Cyber Bureau “signed a joint statement reaffirming the United States and Israel’s commitment to promote cooperation and information sharing on cybersecurity and cyber research and development,” said a statement by the Department of Homeland Security released July 17, a day after Mayorkas returned from an Israel tour.

The statement said Mayorkas and his Israeli counterparts discussed “a range of homeland security-related issues including cybersecurity, law enforcement cooperation, immigration, and aviation security.”

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