Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani Visits BGU
Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani Visits BGU
March 15, 2016
Homeland & Cyber Security, Press Releases
Former New York City Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani with BGU President Prof. Rivka Carmi
Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani attended a series of briefings with Israel’s top cyber security researchers at BGU on March 15. Giuliani recently joined the law firm Greenberg Traurig LLP as its new global chairman of cyber security and crisis management practice.
“I joined the law firm because it has an office in Israel. I love your country,” he told students that he spoke to during a presentation he gave on “The International Aspects of the Cyber Threat.”
“And now I can see the future. You are at the forefront of not only the new applications of information technology and meta data, but how we protect it. And now I know that the cutting edge of all of these things is located here [at BGU],” he told the audience. He praised the “marriage” of practical application to academia that is BGU’s hallmark in cyber security.
As mayor of New York City from 1994 to 2001, Giuliani is credited with reducing crime and handling the aftermath of the 9/11 terror attacks on the World Trade Center. Following that, he founded Giuliani Partners, a security consulting firm.
At the end of his talk, BGU President Prof. Rivka Carmi presented him with a dove of peace plaque.
Prof. Dan Blumberg and Former New York City Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani
Prior to his presentation, Mayor Giuliani visited with experts from the University’s Cyber Security Research Center and Deutsche Telekom Innovation Labs@BGU. He met with Prof. Dan Blumberg, BGU vice president and dean for research and development and director of BGU’s Homeland Security Institute; Prof. Bracha Shapira, Deutsche Telekom Innovation Labs@BGU and Cyber Security Research Center; Yoav Tzruya, partner and head, JVP Cyber Labs; and Dr. Nimrod Kozlovski, venture partner, JVP Cyber Labs.
He also met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday and with Beer-Sheva’s very popular Mayor Ruvik Danilovich prior to coming to coming to campus on Tuesday.
Giuliani visited BGU in part on the recommendation of his partner at Greenberg Traurig, Shira Yoshor. She is on the board of Americans for Ben-Gurion University’s Greater Texas Region.
About Telekom Innovation Laboratories@BGU
Ben-Gurion University has been collaborating with Telekom Innovation Laboratories in the field of network security since 2004. The close and fruitful cooperation between the two institutions led to the signing of an agreement for the founding of Telekom Innovation Laboratories at Ben-Gurion University, the only such venture with Deutsche Telekom outside of Germany. Here, leading scientists collaborate with Telekom Innovation experts to translate their visions for the future design of information technology and telecommunications into reality. In this way, Telekom Innovation Laboratories pools the know-how of Deutsche Telekom AG with the expertise of some of the world’s top research scientists at BGU. Telekom Innovation Laboratories serves as a crystallization point, where cutting-edge knowledge is boldly transformed into revolutionary technologies of the future. See more at http://tlabs.bgu.ac.il/
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About Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev embraces the endless potential we have as individuals and as a commonality to adapt and to thrive in changing environments. Inspired by our location in the desert, we aim to discover, to create, and to develop solutions to dynamic challenges, to pose questions that have yet to be asked, and to push beyond the boundaries of the commonly accepted and possible.
We are proud to be a central force for inclusion, diversity and innovation in Israel, and we strive to extend the Negev’s potential and our entrepreneurial spirit throughout the world. For example, the multi-disciplinary School for Sustainability and Climate Change at BGU leverages over 50 years of expertise on living and thriving in the desert into scalable solutions for people everywhere.
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