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Dr. Gabi Siboni is a senior expert on national security, military strategy and operations, military technology, cyber warfare, and force buildup.

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Dr. Siboni lectures on a variety of topics amongst are:

  • Lessons Learned from the IDF
  • Principals of anti-terror fighting
  • Urban Operations
  • Cyber Warfare
  • Close vs. Standoff Fighting   
  • Force Protection
  • Pre-deployment Unit Preparations
  • Military Technology
  • Military Risk Management
  • Simulation of Military Operations

CV. EXECUTIVE SUMMERY

Dr. Gabi Siboni is Senior Research Fellow, the Director of Military and Strategic Affairs Program and the Director of Cyber Warfare Program at the Tel Aviv University's Institute for National Security Studies (INSS). Dr. Siboni is also the editor of Military and Strategic Affairs Journal at the INSS. Amongst other activities, he serves as a senior consultant to the IDF and other organizations.

In his extensive IDF career, Colonel (res.) Siboni served as a fighter and commander in the Golani Brigade and completed his service as commander of the brigade’s reconnaissance unit. Within the scope of his reserve service, Colonel (res.) Siboni served as senior staff officer of the Golani Brigade, A Division's chief of staff and presently as a senior planner for the IDF Northern Command.

In addition, Dr. Siboni serves as vice head and chief methodologist of the IDF's Research Center for Force Utilization and Buildup – Experimentation Laboratory. He is also a consultant in a wide range of fields, including strategic and operations planning, technology, risk management, information systems and more.

Dr. Siboni holds a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in mechanical engineering from Tel Aviv University and a doctorate in geographic information systems (GIS) from Ben-Gurion University.

CORE COMPETENCIES

  • Strategic Planning
  • Operation Planning
  • Force Buildup Planning
  • Special Operations Planning
  • Simulation of Military Operations   
  • Risk Management
  • Command and Control Systems
  • Border Control
  • Decision Support Systems (DSS)
  • Military Technology

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2006-            Senior Research Fellow and (from 2008) Director of Military and Strategic Affairs
                     Program and (from 2010) Director of Cyber Warfare Research Program. Tel Aviv
                     University's Institute for National Security Studies (INSS);
    
2008-            Editor of Military and Strategic Affairs Journal at the (INSS);
    
2012-            Consultant to Motorola Solutions on Cyber business development;

2011-            Consultant to Rafael Advanced Defense Systems on Cyber related business   
                     development;

2005-            Consultant to the Operations Branch of the IDF for Strategic, Operation and Force
                     Buildup planning;
    
2006-            Operation Branch of the IDF – Chief methodologist of the IDF's Research Center
                     for Force Utilization and Buildup – Experimentation Laboratory;
    
2006-            Consultant to the Northern Command of the IDF for, Operation and Special
                     Operations planning;
    
2006-            Risk Management to Israel AirPort Authority Operations Branch;
    
2007- 2010   Strategic planning and Force Buildup Consultant to Prime minister's office;
    
2006-2007    Consultant – Border control: Israel – Egypt & Israel – Jordanian: Operational
                     concept, Identifying of technological gaps and solutions;
    
2006-2008    Developer of the operational concept and training for remote operational
                     targeting concept consultant for border protection;
    
2003-2005    Digital Army Project – Technological and Operational advisor. Senior team member
                     for the Israeli Army.  Development and implementation of ground forces C4 system.
                     Development of operational concept.
    
2004-2005    Senior team member for the Israeli ground forces special low intensity
                     combat unit: Development of the operational concept, field and theoretical testing;
    
2003-2005    Consultant for the IDF Judea & Samaria division for counter-terror operations
                     concepts;
    
2002-2006    IDF Command Collage – Combat Studies Institute: co-editor of the military
                     publication Wisdom of Action;

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Gabi Siboni and Sami Kronenfeld, Iran and Cyberspace Warfare, INSS, Military and Strategic Affairs, Volume 4, No. 3, December 2012

Gabi Siboni and Y. R., What Lies behind Chinese Cyber Warfare, INSS, Military and Strategic Affairs, Volume 4, No. 2, September 2012

Gabi Siboni, ed. Israel-Egypt Relations in Light of Security-Related Incidents in the Sinai Peninsula Political-Security Simulation, September 2012

Gabi Siboni, The Challenges of Warfare Facing the IDF in Densley Populated Areas, INSS, Military and Strategic Affairs, Volume 4, No. 1, April 2012

Gabi Siboni, Force Deployment Planning in the IDF General Staff, INSS, Military and Strategic Affairs, Volume 3, No. 2, November 2011

Gabi Siboni, Fighting the Next War, Israel Hyom Newspaper, December, 6, 2011

Gabi Siboni, Protecting Critical Assets and Infrastructures from Cyber Attacks, INSS, Military and Strategic Affairs, Volume 3, No. 1, May 2011

Gabi Siboni, Defeating Suicide Terrorism in Judea and Samaria, 2002–2005, INSS, Military and Strategic Affairs, Volume 2, No. 2, October 2010

Gabi Siboni, The Changing Threat, INSS, Military and Strategic Affairs, Volume 2, No. 1, June 2010

Gabi Siboni, The Lebanon and Gaza Campaigns: Operational and Ethical-Legal Lessons, Strategic Survey for Israel 2010, INSS, Brom, Shlomo and Kurz, Anat, eds., August 2010

Gabi Siboni, Syria is no Different from Hamas or Hezbollah, Haaretz Newspaper, February 15, 2010

Gabi Siboni, A Border Authority on the Egypt Frontier, Haaretz Newspaper, January 14, 2010

Gabi Siboni, War and Victory, INSS, Military and Strategic Affairs, Volume 1, No. 3, December 2009

Gabi Siboni, Don't Run to Assad, Haaretz Newspaper, November 15, 2009

Gabi Siboni and Amir Kulick, The Second Lebanon War as a Watershed, INSS, Military and Strategic Affairs, Volume 1, No. 2, October 2009

Gabi Siboni, The Third Threat, Haaretz Newspaper, September 30, 2009

Gabi Siboni, Demilitarization is not Feasible, Haaretz Newspaper, January 1, 2009

Gabi Siboni, An Anti-abduction Law, Haaretz Newspaper, June 3, 2009

Gabi Siboni, Defense Costs Money, Haaretz Newspaper, May 13, 2009

Gabi Siboni, From the Second Intifada through the Second Lebanon War to Operation Cast Lead: Puzzle Pieces of a Single Campaign, INSS, Military and Strategic Affairs, Volume 1, No. 1, April 2009

Gabi Siboni, Disproportionate Force: Israel’s Concept of Response in Light of the Second Lebanon War, INSS Insight No. 74, October 2, 2008.

Gabi Siboni, Victims of Friendly Fire: The Winograd Commission vs. the Citizens of Israel, Strategic Assessment, Vol. 11, No. 1, June 2008, 

Gabi Siboni, High Trajectory Weapons and Guerilla Warfare: Adjusting Fundamental Security Concepts, INSS, Strategic Assessment, February 2008, Vol. 10, No. 4.

Gabi Siboni, Command and Authority in the IDF: The Winograd Challenge, INSS, Strategic Assessment, Vol. 10, No. 2, August 2007.

Gabi Siboni, From Gaza to Lebanon and Back, INSS, Strategic Assessment, Vol. 10, No. 1, June 2007.

Gabi Siboni, Command in the IDF, INSS, Strategic Assessment, Vol. 9, No. 4, March 2007.

Gabi Siboni, The Military Campaign in Lebanon in: The Second Lebanon War: Strategic Perspectives. INSS, Brom, Shlomo and Elran, Meir, eds., 2007.

Gabi Siboni, The Operational Aspects to Fighting the Qassam, INSS, Strategic Assessment, Vol. 9, No. 3, November 2006.

Gabi Siboni, The Military Battle against Terrorism: Direct Contact vs. Standoff Warfare, INSS, Strategic Assessment, Vol. 9, No. 1, April 2006