
Head of Sectorial Cyber Unit, Ministry of Transport, Israel
Kobi Ben-Aharon is a cybersecurity professional with over 24 years of experience in information security, business continuity, and physical security. After a career in the Israeli Air Force (Lt. Col. Res.), he transitioned into the public sector, where he now leads cybersecurity initiatives in the transportation sector.
As the Head of the Cyber Unit at the Ministry of Transport, Ben-Aharon has spent the last five years strengthening the cybersecurity resilience of Israel’s transportation sector.
Ben-Aharon holds a BSc in Computer Science, an MA in Law, is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and a Certified Data Privacy Solutions Engineer (CDPSE).