Coauthored book · with Isaac Ben-Israel · Springer, academic publisher · 2015
Cybersecurity in Israel
Israel's cyber development, innovation ecosystem, strategy and military cyber warfare.
Research &
public record
Selected publications on innovation, cybersecurity and warfare, followed by broadcast commentary, international press coverage and invited forums.
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Codice: la vita è digitale
· 10 May 2020 · ItalianItalian technology programme · owner-archived broadcast
Selected publications
Books and papers, alongside the World Bank record of the research.
Authored paper · International Conference on Cyber Conflict (CyCon) · 2016
Towards a Theory of Cyber Power: The Israeli Experience with Innovation and Strategy
A framework connecting strategic objectives, ways and technological means, using Israel to examine innovation and the economic and military dimensions of cyber power.
Coauthored paper · Journal of Cyber Policy · 2025
Making PROGRESS: a sectoral approach to cyber resilience and its application in sustainable development
World Bank work across 11 countries in energy, healthcare, digital infrastructure and financial services. The institutional field record describes tailored recommendations as being implemented.
Institutional field recordCoauthored paper · International Journal of Information Security · 2025
PROGRESS: the sectoral approach to cyber resilience
A sectoral capability-maturity model connecting organizations, regulators, IT/OT supply chains and national cyber capabilities.
Supporting institutional record · World Bank · June 2023 consultation draft
Sectoral Cybersecurity Maturity Model
A methodology for assessing sector cybersecurity maturity, interdependencies and critical-service resilience. Tabansky is credited in the cooperating Tel Aviv University research team.
Broadcast commentary
Television interviews and commentary, in their original languages.
Innovation ecosystems: universities, technology clusters and the Israeli model
· 8 December 2021 · Russian · national broadcast
Russia and national cybersecurity strategy
· 12 May 2019 · Interview by Annamaria Esposito · ItalianIsrael
London et Kirschenbaum · Israeli current-affairs programme on the former Channel 10
Russia, undersea cables and internet infrastructure
· 27 October 2015 · Hebrew · owner archive
Pegasus and police access to private phones
· 19 January 2022 · Hebrew · owner archive
Platform responsibility for fraudulent advertising
· 18 August 2026 · Hebrew · owner-supplied recordingInternational press
Interviews and quoted commentary in international reporting.
The Hezbollah pager operation.
How did Israel blow up Hezbollah pagers? · 19 September 2024
Artificial intelligence in the Israel–Hamas war.
Cyberattack disruption of steel production in Iran.
Cyberattack forces Iran steel company to halt production · 27 June 2022
Israel's surveillance industry and the Pegasus scandal.
NSO and its relationship with Israeli authorities.
Entre NSO et le pouvoir israélien, des liens troubles · 21 July 2021
Israel–Iran conflict in cyberspace.
More coverage
Further interviews and quoted commentary.
Supply-chain sabotage and technological warfare
Attaque massive au Liban: une opération spectaculaire et complexe à organiser · 18 September 2024
US–Israel intelligence sharing and Kaspersky Lab
Digital identity and data
Tutti i rischi delle identità digitali · 6 June 2020
Article reproduction hosted by AssoSoftware, Italy’s software industry association
Full interview on defence and cybersecurity
Selected international forums
Conference contributions, expert hearings and workshops.
Tallinn · Estonia
NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence
International Conference on Cyber Conflict (CyCon)
Tallinn · Towards a Theory of Cyber Power · 2016
Copenhagen · Denmark
Danish Parliament · Defence Committee
Parliamentary scrutiny of defence and military affairs
Copenhagen · Expert hearing on military cybersecurity · 2019
Amsterdam · Netherlands
University of Oxford · Netherlands Defence Academy
British university and Dutch military higher-education institution
Amsterdam · Future of War Conference · 2022
Singapore
S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
School of international affairs at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Asia-Pacific Programme for Senior National Security Officers · 2018
Rome · Italy
Italian Chamber of Deputies · NATO Parliamentary Assembly delegation
Italy’s lower house of parliament · Delegation to the alliance’s interparliamentary forum
Rome · Italian–Israeli cybersecurity session · 2015
Washington, DC · United States
World Bank · Digital Development Global Practice
The development institution’s digital-development team
Washington, DC · Expert workshop on critical-infrastructure cyber resilience · 2023