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16. Jan, 2019
Attribution of Major Cyber-attacks Has Become Mainstream
To fight a cyber-attack or cyber terrorist you must have John McClane in the ‘Live Free or Die Hard’ movie…
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12. Dec, 2018
ICDS Presented the First Publicly Available Comparative Study of Military Cyber Organisations
On 11 December, the ICDS presented the first publicly available comparative study of the military cyber organisations in five European…
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Publications
04. Dec, 2018
Preparing for Cyber Conflict – Case Studies of Cyber Command
This is the first publicly available comparative study of the military cyber organisations in five European countries: Estonia, Finland, Germany,…
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Commentary
26. Nov, 2018
Estonian Cyber Command: What Is It For?
About 30 countries were developing cyber-attack capabilities as of 2016.
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News
07. Nov, 2018
Hacks, Leaks and Disruptions – Russian Cyber Strategies
ICDS contributes to the Chaillot Papers of the European Union Institute for the Strategic Studies (EUISS).
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News
12. Oct, 2018
ICDS Research Fellow Contributes to the 4th European Cybersecurity Forum
On 9 October 2018 Piret Pernik, ICDS Research Fellow, participated in the panel discussion „Civil Advocacy for the Digital 3…
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News
03. Oct, 2018
ICDS supported the Baltic-Russia Youth Forum in Latvia
Piret Pernik, a Research Fellow, ICDS, moderated on 27 September 2018 a discussion panel entitled “Cyber security and NATO’s cooperation…
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News
21. Aug, 2018
Energy Security and Digitization
Piret Pernik, a Research Fellow at ICDS, spoke in a panel at the sixth Opinion Festival that took place in…
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News
03. May, 2018
Piret Pernik Quoted in “La Vanguardia” Article
On 29 April La Vanguardia, a leading daily newspaper in Catalonia that is printed both in Spanish and Catalan, published…
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06. Apr, 2018
La Razon interview with Piret Pernik
La Razon, a daily newspaper based in Madrid published on 28 March 2018 an article and an interview with Piret…
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News
04. Apr, 2018
NATO-EU Roundtable 2018
On April 4 Sven Sakkov, Director of ICDS, moderated a panel “NATO-EU Cooperation in Countering Hybrid Threats — From Past…
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News
20. Mar, 2018
El Temps Interview with Piret Pernik
Spanish weekly magazine El Temps (The Times) published an interview with Piret Pernik, ICDS Research Fellow.
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News
12. Mar, 2018
Facing Putin’s New Presidential Term
On 12-13 March, ICDS Research Fellow Piret Pernik spoke in a panel at the public seminar entitled „Facing Putin’s New…
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News
08. Mar, 2018
ICDS Participated at a Conference Organized by the Baltic Defence College
Research Fellows from ICDS participated on 8-9 March at a conference organized by the Baltic Defence College, entitled: “Russia after…
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Commentary
23. Feb, 2018
Responding to “the Most Destructive and Costly Cyberattack in History”
Eight months after the NotPetya ransomware/wipeware disabled 10% of computers in Ukraine, and inflicted financial costs amounting to 0,5% of…
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Publications
12. Feb, 2018
Hacking for Influence
Cyber capabilities display attractive features for nation-states’ covert influence activities in the grey zone between war and peace. They can…
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Publications
18. Dec, 2017
Policy Brief “EU-NATO Cybersecurity and Defence Cooperation: From Common Threats to Common Solutions”
On 15 December The German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF) published a policy brief “EU-NATO Cybersecurity and Defence…
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Events
06. Dec, 2017
ICDS Research Fellow Piret Pernik teaching at the Cyber Security course
On 6 December 2017 Piret Pernik gave a presentation “Cyberspace as a domain of operations” at the Programme on Cyber…
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Events
08. Nov, 2017
ICDS participated at the Warsaw Security Forum
On 8-9 November ICDS Chief Executive Dmitri Teperik, and Research Fellows Kalev Stoicescu and Piret Pernik, as well as non-resident…
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Events
06. Nov, 2017
Cyber Threats and Their Consequences: The Examples of Georgia and Ukraine
On Monday November 6 2017, the International Centre for Defence and Security (ICDS) and Estonian Center of Eastern Partnership (ECEAP)…
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News
27. Oct, 2017
The Future of Warfare
On 13 October ICDS Research Fellow Piret Pernik was interviewed by Debating Europe on the future of warfare.
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Events
23. Oct, 2017
Discussions on Supporting Strategic Level Decision-Making within a Framework of Cyber Resilience
On 23-27 October ICDS Research Fellow Piret Pernik participated at the 6th meeting of NATO Science and Technology Organization working…
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Events
20. Oct, 2017
Research about Cyber-influence Operations
On 20 October ICDS Research Fellow Piret Pernik presented results of her research to the leadership and faculty of the…
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Commentary
13. Oct, 2017
EU’s Cyber Capacity Building in the Eastern Partnership Countries
“Achieving cyber resilience in the EU” is one of the strategic priorities of the 2013 EU cybersecurity strategy.
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Publications
09. Oct, 2017
ICDS Contribution to The Riga Conference Papers 2017
ICDS research fellows Piret Pernik, Henrik Praks and Tomas Jermalavičius contributed to The Rīga Conference Papers 2017. Security in the…
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News
03. Oct, 2017
Militarisation of Cyberspace. Implications for the Baltic Sea region
ICDS Research Fellow Piret Pernik contributed an article entitled “Militarisation of Cyberspace. Implications for the Baltic Sea region” to the…
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Events
27. Sep, 2017
Eastern Partners in European Security and Defence – Putting EU Global Strategy into Practice
On 27 September ICDS Research Fellow Piret Pernik participated as a speaker at the International Security Experts Conference “Eastern Partners…
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News
21. Sep, 2017
New EU Cyber Strategy Aims to Cut Crime and Raise Resilience
The European Commission has said it will upgrade its existing cyber agency as part of an effort to add EU-wide…
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Events
13. Sep, 2017
Visit by the German Academic Scholarship Foundation
On 13 September a group of scholars from the German Academic Scholarship Foundation visited ICDS.
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Events
11. Sep, 2017
Cybersecurity for Business: How Do Protect Your Data?
On 6 September ICDS Research Fellow Piret Pernik moderated a discussion panel at the 27th Economic Forum that took place…
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News
11. Sep, 2017
Vulnerabilities Related to E-ID
On 10 September ICDS Research Fellow Piret Pernik spoke at the local TV station “Tallinna TV” in the programme “Nädal+”…
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Commentary
09. Sep, 2017
EU CYBRID 2017: Preparing the Strategic Level to Understand the Effects of Cyberattacks
This week, the EU’s defence ministers took part in EU CYBRID 2017, a 1.5-hour table-top exercise of strategic level responses…
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07. Sep, 2017
Information, Cyber and Hybrid Means as a New Warfare Methods
On 7 September Dmitri Teperik, Chief Executive, ICDS, spoke at a discussion panel in a seminar entitled “Information, Cyber and…
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Events
28. Jun, 2017
A Visit by Australia’s Ambassador for Cyber Affairs, Dr Tobias Feakin
The ICDS was honoured to host a visit by Australia’s Ambassador for Cyber Affairs on 28 June 2017.
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22. Jun, 2017
ICDS Research Fellow Spoke about Estonian Cyber Security Strategy in Lisbon
Piret Pernik, ICDS’s research fellow, gave a presentation on Estonia’s cyber security strategy at the C-DAYS Annual Cybersecurity Conference in…
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Events
09. Jun, 2017
Cyber Security in Belarus and Azerbaijan
Piret Pernik, ICDS’s research fellow, conducted interviews with government officials in Belarus on 8 June to assess the baseline of…
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News
08. Jun, 2017
Estonia Buoys Cyber Security with World’s First Data Embassy
Piret Pernik was quoted by Deutche Welle, in an article “Estonia buoys cyber security with world's first data embassy.”
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News
31. May, 2017
Digital security under control in Estonia
Piret Pernik was quoted in a Dutch online newspaper. She said that the Estonian success in digitization is based on…
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30. May, 2017
ICDS Research Fellow Spoke about Cyber Security Strategy and Capacity Building in Athens
Piret Pernik, a research fellow in the ICDS, gave a presentation on cyber security strategy and capacity building in the…
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Events
19. May, 2017
Cyber Security Capacity in the Eastern Partnership Countries
On 16-19 May ICDS Research Fellow Piret Pernik conducted interviews with Georgian government officials in order to assess the cyber…
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News
14. May, 2017
Commentary on WannaCry Ransomware at the Tallinna TV
On 13 May ICDS Research Fellow Piret Pernik gave an interview to the Tallinna Television (TTV) broadcaster.
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Events
24. Mar, 2017
Visit by International Relations Society of Tallinn University
On 24 March, Research Fellows Tomas Jermalavičius Kalev Stoicescu, Piret Pernik and Tony Lawrence hosted a visit by members of…
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News
19. Mar, 2017
Russia Walks the Line Between War and Peace in the Baltics
ICDS’s research fellow Piret Pernik was cited in the Cipher Brief of 19 March 2017 “The Baltics: Veterans of Russian…
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24. Feb, 2017
ICDS Representatives Speaking at The “Hybrid Warfare and Collective Defence” Seminar in Bucharest
ICDS Research Fellows Piret Pernik and Henrik Praks participated at the George C. Marshall Centre Seminar "Hybrid Warfare and Collective…
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Events
09. Feb, 2017
Piret Pernik Teaching in the Program on Cyber Security Studies, George C. Marshall European Centre for Security Studies
On 9 February 2017 ICDS Research Fellow Piret Pernik gave a lecture cyber capacity building in the Program on Cyber…
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News
02. Feb, 2017
How to Survive a Russian Hack
As Piret Pernik, a cybersecurity researcher at Tallinn’s International Centre for Defense and Security (ICDS) explained, the assault was meant…
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Commentary
19. Jan, 2017
What the West Needs to Understand About Russia’s Approach to Influence Operations
Finally, a consensus seems to have been emerged that Russia meddled with the US elections, even though there is disagreement…
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Publications
14. Dec, 2016
Resilience as Part of NATO’s Strategy: Deterrence by Denial and Cyber Defence
The School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) of John Hopkins University published a study entitled “Forward Resilience: Protecting Society in…
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09. Dec, 2016
Discussion on Fostering Resilience in the Context of Societal and Cyber Security
On 9 December 2016 ICDS Research Fellow Piret Pernik participated at the working lunch in Helsinki hosted by the Finnish…
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27. Oct, 2016
ICDS Research Fellow Moderates a Panel at Conference in Riga
Piret Pernik, ICDS Research Fellow, moderated a panel at the Forth Annual Cyber Security Conference „Integrating Cyber Defence into Professional…
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08. Sep, 2016
ICDS Research Fellow Speaks at the XXVI Economic Forum in Krynica, Poland
ICDS Research Fellow Piret Pernik spoke at the discussion panel entitled "ICT in Public Administration - Opportunities for Development and…
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Events
02. Sep, 2016
ICDS Research Fellow Speaks at the Workshop Entitled “Strategy and Policy Solutions to Protecting Cyberspace” in Astana, Kazakhstan
On 1 September 2016 ICDS Research Fellow Piret Pernik delivered a lecture to Kazakh public administration officials at the workshop…
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Commentary
14. Jul, 2016
NATO’s Cyber Defence after Warsaw
At the Warsaw Summit NATO officially recognized cyber domain as a domain of warfare “in which NATO must defend itself…
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Events
11. Jul, 2016
ICDS Participates at Warsaw Summit Experts’ Forum
ICDS Director Jüri Luik and Research Fellow Piret Pernik spoke at the Warsaw Summit Experts' Forum entitled “NATO in Defence…
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Events
07. Jul, 2016
ICDS Research Fellow Delivers Lectures on Cyber Defence at the Multinational Joint Headquarters in Ulm
ICDS Research Fellow Piret Pernik delivered lectures on cyber defence at the Multinational Joint Headquarters (MNHQ) in Ulm, Germany on…
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Commentary
21. Jun, 2016
European Digital Power
Europe should align with other democratic countries across the globe to promote a rule of law-based approach to internet governance…
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Publications
21. Jun, 2016
NATO’s Cyber Deterrence
At the Warsaw Summit NATO will recognise cyberspace as an operational domain. According to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg “treating…
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Events
15. Jun, 2016
ICDS Research Fellow Participates at the Workshop on NATO Partnerships
On 18 and 19 May Piret Pernik, ICDS Research Fellow, participated in the workshop "Partnership in the Cyber Domain: Reinforcing…
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Commentary
10. Jun, 2016
CyCon 2016 and NITEC2016: NATO’s Cyber Defence Post-Warsaw
Over the last ten days, more than a thousand senior government, military, academy and industry leaders gathered in Tallinn, Estonia,…
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06. May, 2016
Cyber Threats – Current and Future Trends
On 6 April ICDS held a seminar on the current and future cyber threats landscape. Giampiero Nanni, representing cyber security…
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Publications
29. Apr, 2016
Estonia’s Developing Level Playing Field for Critical Energy Infrastructure Protectors – a Model for Broader Scale Platforms?
Critical energy infrastructure is an attractive and vulnerable target for cyber attacks. Supervisory control and data acquisition systems (SCADA) and…
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21. Apr, 2016
ICDS Research Fellow Speaking in Yerevan at “PostEurop”
On 21 April, Piret Pernik, ICDS Research Fellow, gave a speech in Yerevan, Armenia, at the Plenary Assembly of the…
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02. Apr, 2016
Piret Pernik Gave a Presentation at the Nordic Security Conference 2016
On 2nd of April ICDS Research Fellow Piret Pernik gave a presentation entitled “Cyber security challenges and cooperation in the…
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Events
01. Apr, 2016
ICDS Research Fellow Participated in the Workshop “NATO’s Response to the Changed Security Paradigm”
On 31 March – 1 April 2016, ICDS Research Fellow Piret Pernik participated as a panelist in the workshop “NATO's…
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24. Mar, 2016
French Delegation from the IHEDN Visiting ICDS
On March 24 French delegation of the Institute for Higher National Defence Studies (IHEDN) visited ICDS. Research fellows Kalev Stoicescu,…
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Publications
04. Mar, 2016
The European Union Global Strategy: How Best to Adapt to New Challenges?
The writing of the new European Union Global Strategy comes at a difficult time. The world has become more and…
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25. Feb, 2016
ICDS Participating NATO SAS-116 “Military Strategic Level Decision Making within a (Future) Framework of Cyber Resilience” Meeting
On 22-25 February ICDS Research Fellow Piret Pernik attended NATO SAS-116 “Military Strategic Level Decision Making within a (future) framework…
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19. Feb, 2016
ICDS Research Fellow Delivers a Lecture on Cyber Security Strategy in Georgia
On 19th of February ICDS Research Fellow Piret Pernik delivered a lecture entitled “Cyber Security Strategy and Policy Development: Challenges…
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17. Feb, 2016
Piret Pernik Contributed at a High Level Conference in Wilton Park
On 15-17 February ICDS Research Fellow Piret Pernik participated at the high level Wilton Park conference “Challenges to European security:…
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Commentary
12. Feb, 2016
Cyber War in Perspective: Russian Aggression against Ukraine
Edited by Kenneth Geers. NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence, Tallinn 2015. 175 pp.
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04. Feb, 2016
Cyber Security Conference on EU Global Strategy for Foreign and Security Policy
On February 3-4 ICDS in cooperation with the EU Institute for Security Studies held the Cyber Security Conference "EU Global…
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Publications
08. Jan, 2016
Rising Challenges: Cybersecurity in the Baltic Sea Region
In a chapter entitled “Rising Challenges: Cybersecurity in the Baltic Sea Region” in a volume “Baltic Vision”, Piret Pernik, Research…
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Commentary
16. Oct, 2015
Cyber Security as a Foreign and Security Policy Issue
The deterioration of the security situation in Europe has not left cyberspace untouched. This article considers the possibilities for Estonia…
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07. Oct, 2015
Regional Security Challenges in the Real and Virtual Worlds
On October 7, 2015 ICDS Senior Research Fellow Pauli Järvenpää and Research Fellows Tomas Jermalavicius, Riina Kaljurand, Helga Kalm, and…
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Commentary
18. Jun, 2015
Sensitive Personal Data as a National Security Risk
The director general of the Estonian State Information System Authority (RIA) recently said Estonia was very vulnerable to cyber attacks…
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Publications
11. Apr, 2015
The Challenges of Hybrid Warfare
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has sparked a rethinking of traditional geopolitical norms and warfare tactics. For this reason, ICDS convened…
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27. Feb, 2015
ICDS Researcher Speaks at the Cyber Security Seminar in Brussels, Belgium
On 27 February, research fellow Piret Pernik called for greater cyber security awareness and political coordination within Europe in remarks…
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Publications
14. Nov, 2014
Advancing Confidence Building in Cyberspace: Sub-regional Groups to Lead the Way
OSCE seems to not be ready to adopt more advanced confidence building measures. Closer cooperation will be more likely within…
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08. Oct, 2014
Improving Cyber Security: NATO and the EU
The critical infrastructure and essential services on which modern economies depend rely increasingly on information and communication technologies (ICT). Most…
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12. Feb, 2014
Comprehensive Security and Integrated Defence
The Estonian Government began employing an integrated approach to national defence in 2010. Pursuant to the National Defence Strategy, subsequent…
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13. Jan, 2014
Military Cyber Defense Structures of NATO Members: An Overview
The aim of this report is to give an overview of the institutions and structures through which NATO member militaries…
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23. Oct, 2013
Cyber Security Policy: Defending Critical Network Infrastructure and Protecting Rights
At the 23rd annual Economic Forum in Krynica, Poland, on September 5, ICDS organized a panel discussion entitled Cyber Security…
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Publications
02. Sep, 2013
Cyber Space in Estonia: Greater Security, Greater Challenges
For the last five years, Estonia has been implementing its 2008 -2013 Cyber Security Strategy. In light of the fact…
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