Israeli Technology: Helping to Prevent Cyber-Attacks in Real-Time

Israeli cyber-security company Titanium Core, founded as part of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, has been working on the development of technology that will hinder and ward off cyber attacks on mission-critical systems and avert these attacks in real-time. The company was just recently awarded one million dollars, the largest start-up prize ever given in Israel, by Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP), along with an opportunity to work in JVP's laboratories in Beer Sheva, Israel. The firm won the first "Cybertition" competition, spearheaded by JVP. The competition seeks the best early-stage cyber-security technology, and the recognition and award was announced Tuesday night in San Francisco, as part of the annual RSA Security Conference. The company, along with thirty-five other cyber-security corporations, vied for the coveted prize, in which they presented solutions to the task posed by the JVP: finding an innovative idea or product that could deal with the cyber-security issues in a well-defined market. In addition to the technological aspect, the start-ups were assessed on the practicality of their idea, their business plan, and the potential marketing strategy for their goods or services.

Dudu Mimram, co-founder and chief technology officer for Titanium Core remarked, "Our patented technology can provide an unbreakable security layer around core, mission-critical systems… This funding, along with the guidance of the Cyber Labs incubator, will allow us to bring our vision to market and ensure that this technology can be used to protect the world’s critical IT assets." The co-founder of the company is Professor Yuval Elovici, director of Telekom Innovation Laboratories at Ben-Gurion University, and one of Israel’s most prestigious cyber-security experts.

In today's world, cyber-attacks are rampant. This technology has the potential for enormous success in combatting and solving this problem, and therefore protecting the world from one of the major struggles it grapples with.

Below are links to articles about Titanium Core:
1) http://www.timesofisrael.com/start-up-nabs-million-dollar-cyber-security-prize/
2) http://www.jns.org/news-briefs/2014/2/26/ben-gurion-university-startup-wins-cybertition#.Uw_iRHkvEds

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(L to R) Dudu Mimran, co-founder, Titanium; Yoav Tzruya, Partner, JVP Cyber Labs: Looking on: Nimrod Kozlovski. Partner, JVP Cyber Labs; Omri Cherni, JVP. (Photo credit: Brian L Frank)