Zuk Avraham: "The real threat is our cellphones"
The Founder and Chairman of Zimperium spoke at CyberTech 2017 and said that his company "will allocate $1.5M to open a new program for researchers, scientists and communication companies that will enrich the knowledge gathered on mobile attacks"
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| 01/02/2017
Photo: Gilad Kavalerchik
Yitzhak Zuk Avraham opened his speech by describing the main current challenge he identifies: Everyone is talking about IoT security, but we need to put things into perspective. The real threat today is right inside our pockets – a 24/7 active microphone and camera, a continuously transmitting and always available device, without adequate protection – the real danger is in our cellphones. Why aren’t there enough companies providing mobile protection? This is a complex market with high entry barriers. Providing protection solutions is a complicated task." Zuk Avraham is the Founder and Chairman of 'Zimperium', a San Francisco-based company that has raised millions of dollars, with the majority of its investors from Japan.
Avraham also declared that 'Zimperium' will open a new program designated for researches, scientists and communication companies designed to enrich and expend the knowledge gathered regarding mobile attacks. The company has appropriated 1.5 Million dollars to establish the database that will in turn help enhance the company's computer learning capabilities: "we will acquire programs that have proven themselves efficient to learn more about different local and global attacks that occurred that will improve the abilities of our platforms. We will have an open code that we'll share with the community so that people will be able to learn how to handle malfunctions and develop the knowledge in the field."
The Founder and Chairman of Zimperium spoke at CyberTech 2017 and said that his company "will allocate $1.5M to open a new program for researchers, scientists and communication companies that will enrich the knowledge gathered on mobile attacks"
Photo: Gilad Kavalerchik
Yitzhak Zuk Avraham opened his speech by describing the main current challenge he identifies: Everyone is talking about IoT security, but we need to put things into perspective. The real threat today is right inside our pockets – a 24/7 active microphone and camera, a continuously transmitting and always available device, without adequate protection – the real danger is in our cellphones. Why aren’t there enough companies providing mobile protection? This is a complex market with high entry barriers. Providing protection solutions is a complicated task." Zuk Avraham is the Founder and Chairman of 'Zimperium', a San Francisco-based company that has raised millions of dollars, with the majority of its investors from Japan.
Avraham also declared that 'Zimperium' will open a new program designated for researches, scientists and communication companies designed to enrich and expend the knowledge gathered regarding mobile attacks. The company has appropriated 1.5 Million dollars to establish the database that will in turn help enhance the company's computer learning capabilities: "we will acquire programs that have proven themselves efficient to learn more about different local and global attacks that occurred that will improve the abilities of our platforms. We will have an open code that we'll share with the community so that people will be able to learn how to handle malfunctions and develop the knowledge in the field."
