The

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

i Computer and IT Directorate ( he, אגף התקשוב וההגנה בסביבת רשת, ''Agaf Ha-Tikshuv VeHaHagana BiSvivat Reshet'') is the Israel Defense Forces body which charts the communication, wireless transmission, computerization, command and control over and defense of military and intelligence information in the IDF. The Directorate was created on March 3, 2003, on the basis of some functions previously held by the

C4I Corps The C4I Corps (, ''Heyl HaTikshuv''), or Teleprocessing Corps, is a combat support corps of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) under the command of the Teleprocessing Branch, formerly the Computer Service Directorate. The C4I Corps is responsible ...

. The Directorate is also responsible for Cyber Defense in the IDF, a fact which has led to the name of the Directorate being changed to "Computer and IT Directorate" in May 2017.

Units

The Computer and IT Directorate comprises four main

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-level units: the

, the Operating Brigade (, ''Hativat HaHaf'ala''), which deals with operational communications and electronic warfare, the Cyberspace Defense (, ''Hativat HaHagana Be'Saib'er''), which is responsible for the telecommunications of internal IDF networks, and , an abbreviation for Unit for Telecommunications and Information Technology). Lotem lists the following units: *

Mamram Mamram ( he, ממר"ם), abbreviation for Center of Computing and Information Systems ( he, מרכז מחשבים ומערכות מידע ''Merkaz Mahshevim UMa'arahot Meida''), originally Center of Computing and Mechanized Registration ( he, מר ...

(ממר"ם) – Center of Computers and Information Systems – responsible for managing military software and computer infrastructure. * Hoshen (חושן) – responsible for operating the army's communication systems. * Ma'of (מעו"ף) – Systems and Projects – responsible for planning and engineering telecommunication systems. * Matzpen (מצפ"ן) – Military Systems for

Command and Control Command and control (abbr. C2) is a "set of organizational and technical attributes and processes ... hatemploys human, physical, and information resources to solve problems and accomplish missions" to achieve the goals of an organization or e ...

and management of logistics and human resources. The army's biggest

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that consists of the unification of Leshem (לשם) and Shoham (שהם) units.

Commanders

*Aluf Yitzhak Harel (March 30, 2003 – December 20, 2003) *Aluf Udi Shani (December 21, 2003 – November 12, 2006) *Aluf Ami Shafran (November 13, 2006 – October 24, 2011) *Aluf (October 24, 2011 – March 28, 2016) *Aluf

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(June 13, 2016 – February 4, 2018) *Aluf

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(February 4, 2018 - January 19, 2022) *Aluf (January 19, 2002 -)

References

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