Ben-Gurion University and a British-Israeli syber company will develop protection for smart homes

Ben-Gurion University's cyber-research lab collaborates with the British-Israeli information security company Dojo by Bulguard to develop innovative cyber protection for smart homes and Internet products (IoT).
Today there are no advanced cloud-based cyber-protection services for individuals and small businesses, services that allow advance warning and block attempts to break into IoT home appliances that harm the privacy of the customer.
This is one of the most complex areas in the world of cyber protection, and for the first time to create a defense that will automatically identify threats to smart devices, the cooperation will focus on the development of advanced artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies. The advanced algorithms developed will significantly improve detection capabilities and patterns of attempts to break into IoT devices and protect against these attacks.
The research at Ben-Gurion University was conducted by Prof. Yuval Elovitch, who signed on to impressive international achievements in cyberspace. Alovitz and his colleagues found a loophole in Samsung's cellular devices, following which the company released an apology and blocked the breach. They also cracked the possibility of hacking into computers without an Internet connection.
"There are huge gaps in the security of Internet-based products," said Yossi Atias, CEO of Israel's Bulguard. On the one hand, by the year 2020, there will be 20 billion smartphones worldwide and the expenses for these products are expected to reach $ 158 billion. On the other hand, 80% of the products contain inherent security weaknesses as a result of the lack of emphasis on information security issues during product development. Therefore, new protection products are required to fill the void and help users in these products identify cyber attacks in the early stages and before product or user privacy is compromised. This requires the development of very sophisticated algorithms that will be able to support various products automatically, without the involvement of the customer and without the need for any knowledge in information security. Product development is done in Israel since the challenge requires concentrating the best minds in both academia and industry "