“Besides the issue of Hezbollah rockets, the panel had an intense debate about whether the IDF’s recently announced plan, hailed by top brass as a visionary move, to unite all of its separate cyber units including offensive, defensive, intelligence and research units, into one command, was a positive development.
Cohen, one of the three former Unit 8200 heads, openly questioned the move.
He said, ‘I see cyber’ issues as crucial, ‘but if Unit 8200’s abilities will’ be degraded when it is ‘moved into the cyber command,’ that result would be problematic.”
