Israel Aerospace Industries, Microsoft to collaborate on cyber training

The TAME Range cyber training platform enables an interactive and realistic learning environment where it imitates real cyberattacks for research purposes.

A HERON unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) made by Israel Aerospace Industries (photo credit: REUTERS/ARND WIEGMANN)
A HERON unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) made by Israel Aerospace Industries
(photo credit: REUTERS/ARND WIEGMANN)

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is set to collaborate with Microsoft on cyber training, the company announced on Thursday. 

IAI will provide training for governments and academia worldwide to protect against cyber threats, including through Microsoft's Azure.

The TAME Range cyber training platform, according to the company, enables an interactive and realistic learning environment where it imitates real cyberattacks for research purposes. 

The collaboration with Microsoft will allow various organizations to use the training program according to resource and content consumption. 

MICROSOFT DEVELOPMENT center in Herzliya Pituah, home to many hi-tech companies (credit: GILI YAARI/FLASH90)
MICROSOFT DEVELOPMENT center in Herzliya Pituah, home to many hi-tech companies (credit: GILI YAARI/FLASH90)

Throughout the training course, the trainees' performance and responses are monitored for the purpose of providing feedback and improvement. 

The program also serves to conduct experiments and tests of innovative technologies regarding their resistance to various types of cyberattacks

"We are proud to partner with Microsoft, and IAI's advanced cyber training systems accessible to companies, academia, universities, and government agencies around the world will help better prepare and deal with cyber threats," said Esti Peshin, the Israel Aerospace Industries Cyber ​​Enterprise Manager.