Ungar to speak at virtual insight series

As cyber threats against state-level assets and operational technology (OT) accelerate globally, a panel discussion in an upcoming Security and Risk Professional Insight Series – available to view in a virtual broadcast on June 24 from 1pm – will address systematic vulnerabilities facing essential public services, and share Israeli expertise.

Jeremy Ungar, senior trade officer at TradeIL Australia (the Israel Trade and Economic Commission), has been confirmed as an expert panellist in the session called: Protecting Critical Infrastructure – The Economy Drivers of Energy, Transport, Data Centres and Communication.

Ungar’s presentation will focus on the strategic methodology of the State of Israel in cultivating a world-leading cybersecurity ecosystem, and how the Israeli government systematically empowers its domestic companies to defend the critical infrastructure of international partners, including Australia.

It will explore Israel’s unique position as a global cybersecurity powerhouse is the result of deliberate public policy and long-term structural strategy, and how, through close integration between the Israel National Cyber Directorate (INCD), the Ministry of Economy and Industry, and advanced academic institutions, Israel’s state incubator networks accelerate the development of industrial control systems (ICS) and OT security frameworks.

These state-backed frameworks enable Israeli cyber firms to transition rapidly from deep-tech laboratories to actively securing international power grids, maritime logistics networks, telecommunication matrices, and next-generation data centres.

“Securing critical infrastructure requires moving past traditional enterprise IT security and embedding resilience directly into operational technology,” Ungar said.

“The State of Israel operates an ecosystem where homeland security, government and commercial innovators co-design solutions under real-world pressure.

“At TradeIL, our mission is to act as the bridge, ensuring Australian infrastructure operators can seamlessly access these battle-tested, state-validated technologies to secure their own sovereign economy drivers.”

The panel discussion comes at a critical juncture for the Asia-Pacific region, where the rapid digitisation of transport corridors and the exponential expansion of regional data centres have vastly expanded the attack surface for state-sponsored threat actors and criminal syndicates.

Ungar will outline practical frameworks for cross-border technological collaboration, illustrating how public-private partnerships can compress the timeline required to deploy cutting-edge defensive measures across complex infrastructure supply chains.

Brought together by Space & Earth Partners and Advisory, in partnership with MySecurity TV and MySecurity Marketplace, the session will bring together leading regional voices to foster international dialogue on risk mitigation, industrial resilience and sovereign asset protection.

To register, email Sydney@israeltrade.gov.il