Move over Silicon Valley, New Zealand techies take note of Israeli entrepreneurs | Stuff.co.nz

Aura Information Security general manager Peter Bailey says there is an untapped opportunity for New Zealand’s cyber security companies to learn from Israeli experts.

A one hour drive away from Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa Mosque where Israeli troops have clashed with praying Palestinians in recent weeks, lies a budding technology and cyber security start-up community.

A New Zealand delegation of 30 private sector and Government cyber security representatives visited it in June and were blown away by Tel Aviv entrepreneurs’ efforts amidst adversity.

Aura Information Security general manager and delegate Peter Bailey said the pressures of war had prompted innovation in Israel.

At least 20,000 of Israel’s 8 million people worked in cyber security, possibly making it the next SIlicon Valley for technology companies, Bailey said.

He said New Zealand entrepreneurs should take note of Israeli’s unwavering pride, courage and go getter attitudes. They have so much audacity they even have a name for it – chutzpah.

“As far as the work they deliver, a lot of that is done in New Zealand already, we are just not as good as promoting it,” Bailey said.

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