Cyberbit Range: Effective Defense in the Information Age
Product: Cybersecurity Training Simulator Company: Cyberbit Start of Development: 2013
Recent years have seen a radical transformation in the nature of cyber threats and challenges facing large organizations, companies, and even nations. Not only has the number of cyberattacks increased, we are also witnessing an escalation in the sophistication of these attackers. Organizations are forced to deal with dozens and even hundreds of threats and alerts on a daily basis.
At the same time, there has been a striking surge in potential attack vectors. Not only do cyber attackers pose a present threat to computer systems and servers, they also pose a threat to almost any type of physical facility such as power grids, production lines, elevators, etc. They could cause substantial material damage and could even disable critical national infrastructure.
Cyberbit, a subsidiary of Elbit Systems, was established in 2015 in an effort to support organizations face this new reality. Today, it is crucial to offer centralized management, quick detection of cyberattacks, and prioritized, resolute responses to threats across all computer networks in an organization – IT networks, OT networks (Operational Technology), and sophisticated networks using IoT technology.
To this end, Cyberbit developed a technological platform for the control and monitoring, simulation and training, and detection of sophisticated attacks using innovative technology incorporating behavioral analysis, machine learning, and big data.
The company’s crowning achievement is the Cyberbit Range, the first training simulator of its kind in the world. The simulator allows cyber professionals to train and experience attacks in a realistic environment – leveraging the disciplines implemented in the flight and military simulation of its parent company Elbit Systems. The simulator is also deployed by the IDF in its training hundreds of cyber professionals. Cyberbit has thus contributed to the establishment of a strong foundation, leading the way of cyber warfare in Israel.
The simulator addresses the need for the training of skilled personnel to be employed by large scale private and public sector organizations. Cyberbit’s training of cyber professionals in Israel and worldwide is credited with having prevented thousands of attacks on a national scale including data breaches, physical damage of infrastructure, ransomware attacks, and monetary damages. Its products are sold in dozens of countries across the globe. Cyberbit systems are deployed in hundreds of thousands of endpoints, protecting billions of dollars in assets.
