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9/9/2022

Treasury Announces Cyber Security Cooperation Memorandum of Understanding with the State of Israel | U.S. Departm…

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Treasury Announces Cyber Security Cooperation Memorandum
of Understanding with the State of Israel
August 25, 2022

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Ministry of Finance of the State
of Israel (MOF) announced the finalization of a bilateral Memorandum of Understanding
(“MoU”) on Cybersecurity Cooperation. The MoU builds on U.S. Deputy Secretary of the
Treasury Wally Adeyemoʼs visit to Israel in November 2021 that established a bilateral
partnership to protect critical infrastructure in the financial sector and recognized the
importance of deepening cooperation on cybersecurity to protect the integrity of the
international financial system.
“We are pleased to have the government of Israel as partners in our global e ort to stop
ransomware,” Deputy Secretary Adeyemo said. “This partnership has already resulted in the
sharing of real time cyber threat data to prevent the spread of ransomware and other cyber
attacks from impacting the U.S. financial sector. We look forward to expanding this
partnership.”
On his trip to Israel in November 2021, Deputy Secretary Adeyemo launched a bilateral Cyber
Task Force with Israel to help combat the global threat of ransomware. While Treasury and
MOF have a long-standing cybersecurity information sharing relationship, the MoU formalizes
and strengthens the close partnership between both agencies. Specifically, the MoU enhances
cooperation in the following areas:
Information sharing relating to the financial sector including cybersecurity information on
incidents and threats;
Sta training and study visits to promote cooperation in the area of cybersecurity; and
Competency-building activities such as the conduct of cross-border cybersecurity
exercises.
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