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 The Israel Defense Forces (IDF; he, צְבָא הַהֲגָנָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל , ), alternatively referred to by the Hebrew-language acronym (), is the national military of the Israel, State of Israel. It consists of three servic ...

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 fo ...

. 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

brigade A brigade is a major tactical military formation that typically comprises three to six battalions plus supporting elements. It is roughly equivalent to an enlarged or reinforced regiment. Two or more brigades may constitute a division. Br ...

-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 en ...

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

software house A software company is a company whose primary products are various forms of software, software technology, distribution, and software product development. They make up the software industry. Types There are a number of different types of softw ...

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

Commanders

*Aluf

Yitzhak Harel Aluf Yitzhak "Haki" Harel ( he, יצחק הראל; born 1957) is the CEO of Israel Railways and former major general in the Israel Defense Forces. His last command post was the Planning Directorate. Harel was born as Yitzhak Schwartz in Netanya, ...

(March 30, 2003 – December 20, 2003) *Aluf

Udi Shani Ehud Shani (born May 9, 1957) is a general in the Israel Defense Forces and a former Head of C4I and Senior Field Commander. Biography Ehud ("Udi") Shani was born in Haifa. He studied at Reali High School. He joined the IDF Armor Corps in 1975 ...

(December 21, 2003 – November 12, 2006) *Aluf

Ami Shafran AMI or Ami may refer to: Arts, entertainment and media *AMI-tv, a Canadian TV channel **AMI-télé, the French-language version *AMI-audio, a Canadian audio broadcast TV service *''Ami Magazine'', an Orthodox Jewish news magazine Businesses ...

(November 13, 2006 – October 24, 2011) *Aluf (October 24, 2011 – March 28, 2016) *Aluf Nadav Padan (June 13, 2016 – February 4, 2018) *Aluf Lior Carmeli (February 4, 2018 - January 19, 2022) *Aluf (January 19, 2002 -)

References

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