PwC Launches Global Cybersecurity Center in Israel
The new center provides a comprehensive, end-to-end cybersecurity framework – from national cyber strategy for critical infrastructure protection; through to regulation; design and development of national CERTs and sectorial Hybrid-SOCs; to securing the ICS/SCADA networks of industrial facilities
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| 23/05/2018
Grant Waterfall, PwC’s EMEA Cybersecurity & Privacy Leader, at Cybertech 2018 Conference (Photo: Gilad Kavalerchik)
PwC has launched a global Cybersecurity Center of Excellence for critical infrastructure protection and Industrial Control Systems (ICS) & Operations Technology (OT) security in Israel – dedicated to helping governments and multi-national industrial companies around the world manage this critical and complex part of the cybersecurity landscape.
The new center provides a comprehensive, end-to-end cybersecurity framework – from national cyber strategy for critical infrastructure protection; through to regulation; design and development of national CERTs and sectorial Hybrid-SOCs; to securing the ICS/SCADA networks of industrial facilities.
As part of the Center of Excellence, a unique Cyber Security Experience Center (CSEC) is being built in Beer-Sheva, Israel. The CSEC – considered the first of its kind in the world – simulates an integrated national critical infrastructure ecosystem, featuring small-scale kinetic modules of all typical critical infrastructure facilities, all connected to real-life PLCs and ICS/SCADA networks, operating within a fully integrated cybersecurity framework.
“Our global Cyber Security Experience Centre in Israel will allow PwC firms to collaborate with clients and partners worldwide to jointly reimagine the possible in an innovation-rich environment that closely mimics the actual experience of both offensive and defensive cyber events,” said Grant Waterfall, PwC’s EMEA Cybersecurity & Privacy Leader.
The location of the new center allows PwC to tap into the bustling technology innovation ecosystem in Israel, and continuously identify game-changing cybersecurity technologies that could be integrated into PwC's end-to-end cybersecurity framework.
Rafael Maman, PwC Israel partner and leader of the new Cybersecurity Center, said that “PwC’s purpose is to build trust in society and solve important problems. Our global Cybersecurity Centre in Israel is a manifestation of both themes. With more of our day-to-day lives beholden to technology, building trust in the cybersecurity ecosystem is increasingly paramount. The capabilities of our Centre of Excellence are boundless, and the innovation it will yield could become the standard to which nations and industry alike will aspire. I can think of few more important problems to solve in this day and age.”
The new center provides a comprehensive, end-to-end cybersecurity framework – from national cyber strategy for critical infrastructure protection; through to regulation; design and development of national CERTs and sectorial Hybrid-SOCs; to securing the ICS/SCADA networks of industrial facilities
Grant Waterfall, PwC’s EMEA Cybersecurity & Privacy Leader, at Cybertech 2018 Conference (Photo: Gilad Kavalerchik)
PwC has launched a global Cybersecurity Center of Excellence for critical infrastructure protection and Industrial Control Systems (ICS) & Operations Technology (OT) security in Israel – dedicated to helping governments and multi-national industrial companies around the world manage this critical and complex part of the cybersecurity landscape.
The new center provides a comprehensive, end-to-end cybersecurity framework – from national cyber strategy for critical infrastructure protection; through to regulation; design and development of national CERTs and sectorial Hybrid-SOCs; to securing the ICS/SCADA networks of industrial facilities.
As part of the Center of Excellence, a unique Cyber Security Experience Center (CSEC) is being built in Beer-Sheva, Israel. The CSEC – considered the first of its kind in the world – simulates an integrated national critical infrastructure ecosystem, featuring small-scale kinetic modules of all typical critical infrastructure facilities, all connected to real-life PLCs and ICS/SCADA networks, operating within a fully integrated cybersecurity framework.
“Our global Cyber Security Experience Centre in Israel will allow PwC firms to collaborate with clients and partners worldwide to jointly reimagine the possible in an innovation-rich environment that closely mimics the actual experience of both offensive and defensive cyber events,” said Grant Waterfall, PwC’s EMEA Cybersecurity & Privacy Leader.
The location of the new center allows PwC to tap into the bustling technology innovation ecosystem in Israel, and continuously identify game-changing cybersecurity technologies that could be integrated into PwC's end-to-end cybersecurity framework.
Rafael Maman, PwC Israel partner and leader of the new Cybersecurity Center, said that “PwC’s purpose is to build trust in society and solve important problems. Our global Cybersecurity Centre in Israel is a manifestation of both themes. With more of our day-to-day lives beholden to technology, building trust in the cybersecurity ecosystem is increasingly paramount. The capabilities of our Centre of Excellence are boundless, and the innovation it will yield could become the standard to which nations and industry alike will aspire. I can think of few more important problems to solve in this day and age.”
