Security situation in your home country (Week 10)

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Cyber security situation in Estonia 

In the world of the Internet, national borders do not play a protective role: cybercriminals cannot be prevented from “entering the country”, and there is little help from the laws of the destination country if the criminal has not left his home. Cybersecurity has become an integral part of the state's internal and external security.

The RIA Incident Handling Department operates in Estonia in the responsibilities of CERT at the national level and detects, monitors and resolves cybersecurity incidents in Estonian computer networks, informs about risks and organizes preventive actions. [1]

Photo 1: CERT-EE [1]

Technology:

CERT-EE provides the following security technologies and services:
  • Sandbox CERT-EE (Allows you to control in a secure environment how operating systems running on various virtual and physical platforms will behave when a suspect file is launched): https://cuckoo.cert.ee/
While many countries and companies around the world are struggling with online trust, Estonia already has. 98% of Estonians have an ID-card and regularly use it for reliable identification and use of electronic services. [2]

Training:

From my personal experience, more and more often various companies offer both mandatory and optional courses to improve the level of security on the Internet. For example, I myself took a similar training in the company where I work (https://www.cybsafe.com/). 

Photo 2: CubSafe

Policy:

The Estonian Information Security Standard (abbreviated E-ITS) will become the basis for working with information security in the Estonian language and in accordance with the Estonian legal space. It complies with the internationally recognized information security management standard ISO/IEC 27001.

The goal of E-ITS is to develop and improve the level of information security of Estonian public authorities, as well as private enterprises. The Estonian Information Security Standard will present a basic security system that will help organizations create an information security system that meets their needs. [3]

In conclusion, Cybersecurity is one of Estonia's priorities as cybercriminals are constantly looking for new opportunities and, unfortunately, their attacks are becoming more accurate. Therefore, cyber departments are expected to develop more and more advanced cybersecurity systems, and enterprises should pay increased attention to this issue and apply a systematic approach. 


References

1. https://www.ria.ee/et/kuberturvalisus/cert-ee.html [1]

2. https://investinestonia.com/business-opportunities/cyber-security/ [2]

3. https://www.ria.ee/en/cyber-security/estonian-information-security-standard.html [3]

 


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