Governments use the internet to wage war and spy on, coerce, influence, and damage each other. Israel has become a major player in this new arena of conflict. Today Israel has close to 450 cyber-security companies and $10 billion in exports. Israel, along with the United States, allegedly conducted one of the most sophisticated cyber-attacks known, disrupting Iran's nuclear program. In this discussion, Adam Segal will explore what cyber-war really is, how Israel became a cyber power, and the risks and rewards of cyber conflict.

Adam Segal is the chair in emerging technologies and national security director of the Digital and Cyberspace Policy Program at the Council on Foreign Relations and is the author of The Hacked World Order: How Nations Fight, Trade, Maneuver, and Manipulate in the Digital Age.

Free and open to the public.