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C4I and Cyber Defense Directorate
אגף התקשוב וההגנה בסייבר
Active	2003–present
Country	Israel
Allegiance	Israel Defense Forces
Commanders
Current commander	AlufAviad Dagan
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TheIsraeliC4I and Cyber Defense Directorate (Hebrew:אגף התקשוב וההגנה בסייבר,Agaf Ha-Tikshuv VeHaHagana Basayber) is theIsrael 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 theC4I Corps. 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 "C4I and Cyber Defense Directorate" in May 2017.

The C4I and Cyber Defense Directorate comprises four mainbrigade-level units:

• TheC4I Corps.
• The Operating Brigade (Hebrew:חטיבת ההפעלה,Hativat HaHaf'ala), which deals with operational communications and electronic warfare,
• The Cyberspace Defense Brigade (Hebrew:חטיבת ההגנה בסייבר,Hativat HaHagana Be'Saib'er), which is responsible for the telecommunications of internal IDF networks,^[1]
• Lotem Unit (לוטם) , an abbreviation for Unit for Telecommunications and Information Technology).

• AlufYitzhak Harel (March 30, 2003 – December 20, 2003)
• AlufUdi Shani (December 21, 2003 – November 12, 2006)
• AlufAmi Shafran (November 13, 2006 – October 24, 2011)
• AlufUzi Moskowitz [he] (October 24, 2011 – March 28, 2016)
• AlufNadav Padan (June 13, 2016 – February 4, 2018)
• AlufLior Carmeli (February 4, 2018 - January 19, 2022)
• AlufEran Niv (January 19, 2022 - October 28, 2024)
• AlufAviad Dagan (October 28, 2024 -)

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