RAANANA, Israel and
FRANKFURT, Germany, June 27, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --
Cyberbit Ltd., a world leading provider of cybersecurity
simulation and IT/OT detection and response platforms, and Finanz
Informatik GmbH and Co.("FI"), the central IT service provider of
the German Savings Banks Finance Group, announced today they held
their first joint cybersecurity training exercise at Cyberbit
headquarters in Raanana, Israel.
Cybersecurity professionals of all levels and professions, from
leading German and Israeli banks held a five-day joint exercise
where they practiced defending against a wide variety of the most
dangerous cyberattacks threatening financial organizations
today.
The teams convened in Israel to
train on the Cyberbit Range training and simulation platform. The
Cyberbit Range technology can simulate multiple network
environments and allows teams to realistically experience different
types of advanced multi-stage cyberattacks and manage the events
from start to finish, both operationally and technically. The teams
ran simulations of different attack vector currently looming over
the financial institutions around the world.
"FI is always pushing to stay well ahead of the cybercriminals,"
said Mr. Lutz Bleyer, Chief Information Security
Officer at Finanz Informatik. "I initiated this joint training
to give our team a chance to work together with the excellent
infosec professionals in Israel
and learn from one another in a realistic setting."
"The teams were very impressed with the technical capabilities
on both sides," said Mr. Yochai Corem, VP EMEA, Cyberbit.
"Simulation training is a must-have experience for every financial
organization that wants to keep their teams up-to-date and we are
looking forward to hosting more joint trainings with cybersecurity
teams from leading European banks."
The joint exercise was facilitated with the support of the Trade
and Economic Mission at the Israeli Embassy in Berlin.
About Cyberbit
Created to protect extremely high-risk organizations worldwide,
Cyberbit secures enterprises and critical infrastructure against
advanced cyberthreats. The company's battle-hardened cybersecurity
solutions detect, analyze and respond to the most advanced, complex
and targeted threats across IT and OT (operational technology)
networks. Cyberbit employs a diverse team from both the public and
private sector, including researchers, mathematicians, former CISOs
and SOC managers. With offices in Texas, Singapore, Munich and Israel, and presence worldwide, Cyberbit is a
subsidiary of Elbit Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ: ESLT and TASE: ESLT). To
learn more about how Cyberbit maximizes protection against today's
signature-less threats, visit: https://www.cyberbit.com.
About Cyberbit Range - The world leading cyber
range, Cyberbit Range is a training and simulation platform
enabling organizations to establish and manage hyper-realistic
training centers proven to boost information security team
performance. To learn more visit:
https://www.cyberbit.com/solutions/cyber-range/
About Finanz Informatik
Finanz Informatik (FI), headquartered in Frankfurt am Main, is the IT service provider
of the German Savings Banks Finance Group and one of the largest
banking-IT service provider in Europe. Customers include 390 savings banks, 7
federal state banks and DekaBank, 8 state building and loan
associations, public insurers and various other companies within
the Savings Banks Group and the financial services sector.
Finanz Informatik provides a full range of IT services,
including the development and implementation of IT solutions,
networks and technical infrastructure as well as data processing
centers, consulting, training and support. With the highly
efficient comprehensive banking solution OSPlus, it offers one of
the leading IT systems in the German banking sector. The portfolio
includes further IT services and solutions from subsidiaries and
partner companies like Finanz Informatik Technologie Service,
Finanz Informatik Solutions Plus, Star Finanz and inasys.
Finanz Informatik is responsible for servicing 119 million
accounts and handles more than 114 billion technical transactions
each year. The company employs 3,379 people and together with its
subsidiaries and partner companies generates sales of about € 2
billion annually.
Cyberbit Contacts:
Sharon Rosenman
VP Marketing, Cyberbit
Tel: 972-54-4211804
sharon.rosenman@cyberbit.com
Dana Tal-Noyman
Manager Corporate Communications & Digital
Tel: 972-54-9998809
dana.noyman@elbitsystems.com
Press Contact:
Florian Schleicher
Head of Corporate Communications
Tel.: +49-69-74329-36710
florian.schleicher@f-i.de
SOURCE Cyberbit Ltd.