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Where physical security ends and cybersecurity begins
Speaking with Shay Zer, CEO of The Guild - Security EcoSystem, about the gap between physical security and cybersecurity. It’s where attackers operate when they get close, putting resilience, continuity, privacy and people on site at risk.
“If the hacker has reached the campus or its surroundings, the game is almost over”
“The campus, the organization’s soft underbelly, creates a critical blind spot, and that is an opportunity for the bad guys,” said Col. (res.) Shmulik Yehezkel, CEO of Cygon, which is represented by Nesspro. The physical threat to the corporate network is the modern security challenge.
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From the defense establishment’s cyber command to a forward branch in the Arava
From commanding the defense establishment’s cyber defense and the events of October 7 to opening a forward branch in the Arava: Col. (res.) Shmulik Yehezkel, an Israel Defense Prize laureate, looks back on six turbulent years in the Edom district and explains why the future of Israeli high-tech lies in the region.
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Hidden cameras in hotels, phones left in meeting rooms: “Not a week goes by without a proximity incident”
The case of Shir Weiss, who was secretly filmed in a fitting room at TLV Mall, shows how easily privacy can be violated. Cygon, founded by Shmulik Yehezkel, former head of the Mossad’s School of Cyber and Operational Technology, monitors proximity threats in real time with an AI-based system. “You don’t need any training to be an attacker. Hidden cameras sell for $5 to $20,” he told mako.
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What the DoD's Missteps Teach Us About Cybersecurity Fundamentals for 2026
Every year in cybersecurity brings faster detection, smarter AI, and new tools promising to stay ahead of attackers. Yet 2025 delivered a sobering reminder — no amount of innovation can compensate for neglecting the basics. Even the most elite organizations, the U.S. Department of Defense and Israel's elite Unit 8200, stumbled, not because of unknown exploits or state-sponsored attacks, but because foundational practices were overlooked.
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Physical security and cyber defense are two sides of the same coin
Nachshon Pincu hosts Col. (res.) Shmulik Yehezkel for a conversation about physical security and cyber defense from the defender’s side, and why the two have to work in correlation, starting from how an attacker sees them. Organizations outside the defense sector tend to separate the two, which breaks an already sensitive line of defense.
Why proximity-based threats are the weakest link in enterprise security
After years in senior cybersecurity and physical security leadership roles, including serving as both a CISO and a facility security officer, I've consistently encountered one blind spot across all environments: the space where physical presence becomes a vector for digital compromise. Proximity-based threats are no longer theoretical; they are increasingly becoming one of the weakest links in enterprise defense.
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