Netherlands and Estonia to set up cyber platform
The Netherlands and Estonia are to set up a platform on the norms of conduct in cyberspace. An agreement to make it happen was reached …
Cyber security
Estonia ranks fifth in the global cybersecurity index
According to the recent global cybersecurity index of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Estonia is ranked fifth in the world. The ranking is shared with …
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Estonia to cooperate with US defence giant Raytheon
The Estonian Ministry of Defence and the US defence contractor, Raytheon, have agreed to explore long-term collaboration in the area of cyber security. Mikk Marran, …
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Estonia tests a virtual data embassy with Microsoft
Last spring, Estonia’s IT leaders proposed an ambitious plan for the country: Estonia should be moved into the cloud, which would make occupying the country …
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Attacks on Estonia’s e-voting are political rather than technical
Just days before the European Parliament election in May, the Estonian society was rocked by allegations in The Guardian newspaper of the inherent security flaws …
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Estonia and the US: paving a way forward in cyber security
At the sidelines of the NATO ministerial meeting that took place in Brussels in December, Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet and US Secretary of State …
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Turning around the 2007 cyber attack: lessons from Estonia
Estonia’s experience in handling the cyber attacks of 2007 has positioned the country as a thought leader in cyber security. This article outlines the major …
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Tallinn Manual – the international law in cyberspace
In 2007, Estonia faced cyber-attacks that have been widely acknowledged as the world’s first cyber war. At the peak of these attacks, fifty-eight Estonian websites …
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Estonia urges the EU to rely less on US ‘clouds’
IT hub Estonia has urged the European Union to rely less on US firms for ‘cloud’ data storage, amid tensions over claims of US spying and …
Cybersecurity: 3DOS – the new breed of denial-of-service attacks
The traditional DOS (denial-of-service) attack is a fairly simple concept to understand – bombarding a target server, perhaps that of a newspaper, bank or government agency, with …
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