Dennis Murphy to Discuss the Importance of Israeli Technology at the Oil and Gas Cyber Security Conference

FORT WORTH, Texas, June 18, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --

Dennis Murphy, of Elbit Systems of America, will participate in a panel discussion regarding the importance of Israeli Innovation and Technology in Cyber Security at the second annual Cyber Security for Oil and Gas Conference on June 18. The conference will be held at the Doubletree, Greenway Plaza, in Houston, Texas on June 16-18, 2014.

"The global prominence of Israel's technology in the cyber security industry is increasing," stated Murphy. According to Murphy, Israeli technology has advanced due to their rapid growth in the oil and gas upstream energy market. "Israel faces new cyber threats on a daily basis.  This constant barrage of threats coupled with Israel's new focus on oil and gas production has driven innovative solutions in the cyber security technology sector.  The time is right to capitalize on this technology in the United States and throughout the globe," Murphy commented.

The theme of this year's conference is "Developing Holistic Preparedness for the Next Major Cyber-Threat."

Murphy added, "Our parent company, Elbit Systems Ltd., is already providing solutions for other critical infrastructure high risk systems. Our FIDES system, which is a distributed automated whitelisting sensor technology, is a perfect example of a new solution designed to meet the cyber security needs. It is this need that drives our innovative solutions."

Whitelisting versus blacklisting technology will be one of the areas of discussion during the conference. Whitelisting will protect the oil and gas industry by using deep packet inspection on dozens of SCADA protocols to validate "good" packets and provide customer protection against external threats, misconfigurations, and internal inefficiencies of their network.

"If a network engineer reconfigures a system inappropriately, our system immediately alerts critical infrastructure asset owners of the change," commented Murphy. "Basically, our solution protects a company from both internal and external threats by validating the configuration in real-time."

Another area of innovation from Elbit is an interactive training suite of products that brings trainees through threat scenarios using the same defensive tools and technologies they will be using at their companies.  This cyber trainer suite has the ability to script a large selection of basic and complex attacks against an emulated network.  The trainee is then responsible for defending the emulated network.  This scenario based training allows the trainee to learn in a low-risk environment before being responsible for corporate assets in production.  

About Elbit Systems of America, LLC  

Elbit Systems of America is a leading provider of high performance products and system solutions focusing on the commercial aviation, defense, homeland security, and medical instrumentation markets.  With facilities throughout the United States, Elbit Systems of America is dedicated to supporting those who contribute daily to the safety and security of the United States.  Elbit Systems of America, LLC is wholly owned by Elbit Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ and TASE: ESLT), a global electronics company engaged in a wide range of programs for innovative defense and commercial applications. For additional information, visit: http://www.elbitsystems-us.com.

About Elbit Systems  

Elbit Systems Ltd. is an international defense electronics company engaged in a wide range of programs throughout the world. The Company, which includes Elbit Systems and its subsidiaries, operates in the areas of aerospace, land and naval systems, command, control, communications, computers, intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance ("C4ISR"), unmanned aircraft systems ("UAS"), advanced electro-optics, electro-optic space systems, EW suites, signal intelligence ("SIGINT") systems, data links and communications systems and radios. The Company also focuses on the upgrading of existing military platforms, developing new technologies for defense, homeland security and commercial aviation applications and providing a range of support services, including training and simulation systems.

For additional information, visit: http://www.elbitsystems.com or follow us on Twitter.

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This press release contains forward-looking statements (within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) regarding Elbit Systems Ltd. and/or its subsidiaries (collectively the Company), to the extent such statements do not relate to historical or current fact.  Forward Looking Statements are based on management's expectations, estimates, projections and assumptions.  Forward-looking statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended.  These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks and uncertainties, which are difficult to predict.  Therefore, actual future results, performance and trends may differ materially from these forward-looking statements due to a variety of factors, including, without limitation: scope and length of customer contracts; governmental regulations and approvals; changes in governmental budgeting priorities; general market, political and economic conditions in the countries in which the Company operates or sells, including Israel and the United States among others; differences in anticipated and actual program performance, including the ability to perform under long-term fixed-price contracts; and the outcome of legal and/or regulatory proceedings.  The factors listed above are not all-inclusive, and further information is contained in Elbit Systems Ltd.'s latest annual report on Form 20-F, which is on file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this release. The Company does not undertake to update its forward-looking statements.

Contact: Shari Clarkson, +1-682-286-2363, [email protected]

SOURCE Elbit Systems of America

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