Israeli Military Program Spawns Startups

It's not immediately obvious until you meet them at trade shows and on sales calls, but Israelis head a lot of IT security startups.

Besides their obvious expertise in military and physical security, Israelis are also very hi-tech.

Here's part of the reason why. It's a program called Talpiot, which was recently profiled in The Wall Street Journal. There's more information on Wikipedia and Doug Henwood's blog.