Cyberspark (Global EPIC)

CyberSpark– Is the name of the Israeli Cyber Innovation Arena in Beer-Sheva. It  is a joint venture of the Israeli National Cyber Bureau in the Prime Minister’s Office, Beer Sheva Municipality, Ben Gurion University of the Negev and leading companies in the cybersecurity industry..

CyberSpark Industry Initiative – Is a non-profit organization, designed to be the central coordinating body for joint cyber industry activities with all stake holders,  to leverage the region and maximize its potential as a global cyber center, to encourage joint academia industry partnerships and to support the plans to draw other companies, whether international or Israeli, to establish projects or base themselves in the region.

Global EPIC

Cyberspark and HSD are partners within the Global Ecosystem of Ecosystems Partnership in Innovation and Cybersecurity (Global EPIC). This initiative has been founded to enable the future securely through the development and sharing of new knowledge in the field of cyber security – leading to societal, economic and technological impact in a timely fashion. It will do this by building a global community of innovation ecosystems who will collaborate on projects and share expertise through an expanding network of diverse organizations.  This initiative will see 14 global ecosystems co-creating and adopting world-changing solutions to high-impact cybersecurity challenges, both current and emergent. The ecosystems involved come from over 10 different countries spanning three continents, reflecting the truly global nature of the partnership.