Vietnam is looking to deepen its engagement with Israel\u2019s cybersecurity and technology ecosystem, with its ambassador visiting Be\u2019er Sheva for meetings with Israeli cyber officials, researchers and innovation leaders.<\/p>\n
Vietnam News Agency reported that Ambassador Nguyen Ky Son held discussions with the Israel National Cyber Directorate (INCD), its Cyber Emergency Response Team (CERT), the Be\u2019er Sheva Innovation District and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev\u2019s cybersecurity research center.<\/p>\n
The talks focused on practical areas of cooperation, including information sharing, cybersecurity training, research and technology development.<\/p>\n
At the INCD, Son was briefed on Israel\u2019s national cyber defense system and current challenges in responding to cyberattacks. He also toured the directorate\u2019s national cybersecurity laboratory, which works on testing emerging technologies, supporting startups and researching operational technology.<\/p>\n
Prof. Yuval Elovici\u00a0from Ben-Gurion University\u00a0presented the university\u2019s cybersecurity research, including work on applying AI to cybersecurity. The two sides also discussed research and training opportunities and the possibility of Vietnamese students pursuing graduate studies in cybersecurity and AI with full scholarships.<\/p>\n
The visit also highlighted Be\u2019er Sheva\u2019s model of bringing together government, academia, healthcare and technology companies to develop an innovation ecosystem.<\/p>\n
The meetings come as Vietnam identifies cybersecurity, AI and other advanced technologies as strategic areas for development. For Israel, Vietnam offers a growing technology market and a potential partner in Asia.\u00a0VNA described the meetings as opening new opportunities for bilateral cooperation, but no specific agreements were announced.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Vietnam is looking to deepen its engagement with Israel\u2019s cybersecurity and technology ecosystem, with its ambassador visiting Be\u2019er…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":610424,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,43],"class_list":["post-610423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=610423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610423\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/610424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=610423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=610423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=610423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}