{"id":12587,"date":"2017-10-09T18:59:06","date_gmt":"2017-10-09T18:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2017\/10\/09\/massive-drill-validates-israels-cyber-secure-c4i-network\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T17:50:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T17:50:39","slug":"massive-drill-validates-israels-cyber-secure-c4i-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/it-networks\/2017\/10\/09\/massive-drill-validates-israels-cyber-secure-c4i-network\/","title":{"rendered":"Massive drill validates Israel\u2019s cyber-secure C4I network"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-smg-jwplayer-video\"><atype-video-jwplayer nostick=\"true\" playlisturl=\"https:\/\/cdn.jwplayer.com\/v2\/playlists\/fCzRqMW8?tags=bbae5647-a684-4b0d-8b21-3fa6cce7ed45\" aspectratio=\"16 \/ 9\" mute autostart=\"false\"><\/atype-video-jwplayer><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A two-week drill of the Israel Defense Forces\u2019 Northern Corps \u2015 nearly a year in the making \u2015 involved some 20 brigades, air power from all Israeli Air Force bases, the bulk of the Israeli Navy surface and submarine force, and more.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TEL AVIV, Israel \u2015 After-action analysis from last month\u2019s massive drill at Israel\u2019s northern border has validated, with very few exceptions, more than a decade worth of development, deployment and operational procedures associated with the military\u2019s cyber-secure, C4I-operational network, the military\u2019s chief signal officer said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur concept of fighting in the cyber domain was validated in the latest drill,\u201d Brig. Gen. Netanel Cohen, the Israel Defense Forces\u2018 chief signal officer, told Defense News. \u201cWe took all the digital transformation of the past decade, and \u2026 bottom line: It worked.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He was referring to last month\u2019s drill of the IDF\u2019s Northern Corps \u2015 the largest in nearly 20 years \u2015 designed to simulate extreme scenarios of war against Iran-armed and \u2013trained Hezbollah forces beyond its northern border.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/training-sim\/2017\/09\/14\/israel-concludes-massive-drill-for-war-in-north\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4.jpg_c8d024.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Israel concludes massive drill for war in north<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Israeli military wrapped up its largest drill in nearly two decades, with more than 25,000 active-duty and reserve forces taking part in an &quot;extreme scenario&quot; for war beyond its northern border.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More than 25,000 active-duty and reserve forces from all service branches, combat disciplines and command echelons took part in the two-week drill, which involved cross-border infiltration, high-intensity ground maneuvering in urban areas, and sustained salvos of enemy rockets and missiles directed at the Israeli homefront.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cohen also serves as chief of staff of the J6 C4I and Cyber Defense Directorate of the IDF General Staff with responsibility for developing, deploying, operating and defending C4I networks (command, control,. communications, computers and intelligence). In a recent interview, he said the drill marked the first opportunity for the IDF to test its multilayered, cloud-supported networks in such large numbers and across all combat and command echelons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While Israel demonstrated many of the integrated C4I capabilities in Israel\u2019s 2014 Gaza war \u2015 particularly with regard to closing so-called sensor-to-shooter cycles by way of the networked operations \u2015 the drill marked the first time the IDF could evaluate technologies, tactics and procedures on such a broad scale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1068\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Brig.-Gen.-Netanel-Cohen.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Brig.-Gen.-Netanel-Cohen.jpg.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Brig.-Gen.-Netanel-Cohen.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Brig.-Gen.-Netanel-Cohen.jpg.jpg?resize=768,513 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Brig.-Gen.-Netanel-Cohen.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,684 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Brig.-Gen.-Netanel-Cohen.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1025 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Brig. Gen. Netanel Cohen is the Israel Defense Forces&#8217; chief signal officer and the chief of staff of the C4I and Cyber Defense Directorate of the IDF General Staff. (Courtesy of the Israel Defense Forces)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt was the first time we managed to connect a broad portion of our order of battle and all fighting echelons deployed in the field on the same secure net,\u201d Cohen said. \u201cWe validated that every ground-fighting platform had the ability to connect to the network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBattalion commanders got all the info they needed within their command post, and then they were able to take information that was relevant and push it to the company commander.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beyond command and control of targeting operations, Cohen said the drill validated IDF inroads in using organizational networks to manage logistics. It also provided an opportunity to demonstrate in-house-developed support clouds for the IDF High Command as well as a tactical cloud for maneuvering forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Going forward, the IDF plans to expand significantly on cloud-supported command, control and prosecution of war aims, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe have a maneuvering cloud that doesn\u2019t stay back with the infrastructure; it all the time maneuvers with the forces. And within the battalion, the commander knows how much ammunition he has via an organizational network that allows him to more efficiently command his battalion,\u201d Cohen said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As for cyber defense, Cohen said the IDF\u2019s C4I branch deployed a \u201cred team\u201d of crack hackers whose mission was to penetrate or otherwise contaminate the IDF\u2019s operational network. \u201cWe had a full red team that challenged us immensely during the fog of war. It helped us validate with precision our strong points as well as our vulnerability points,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere\u2019s a lot we learned from the drill in terms of simultaneously operating with many networks and how to broaden capacity, which is our biggest challenge,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cohen acknowledged that after-action assessments pointed to \u201csome challenges with capacity and connectivity, where we needed to make patches here and there.\u201d One of the skill sets demonstrated in the drill was the ability to conceive of ways to \u201cworking around\u201d gaps revealed during the fight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe couldn\u2019t have tested the system and learned the way we needed to learn without such a large-scale drill,\u201d Cohen said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Twitter: <a 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