Publication

This publication looks at the Israel Defense Forces’ 8200 Unit, a signal intelligence (SIGINT) and decryption unit that has conducted intelligence, offensive and defensive operations across cyberspace. More specifically, the text’s author addresses the unit’s background, operations, organizational structure, internal culture and more. He finds that the unit’s core strengths include its human and financial resources, institutional capabilities, expertise, internal culture, branding, selection process and cooperation with the private sector. However, the unit suffers from various political controversies, bureaucratic encroachment, elitist tendencies, difficulties with former members and increasing political scrutiny.