9 December 2013: Estonia has been at the forefront of developing cyber norms, creating e-governance, managing cyber crime, managing interoperability among agencies, exploring how technology is used efficiently by societies and how it is impacted by development issues. It is truly E-stonia. MCySec was very pleased to host Director General of the Estonian Information Systems Authority (RIA) which in charge of all cyber issues for Estonia, including their Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT). Their model is frequently cited and emulated by multiple countries in Europe, Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America. Mr. Priisalu is also Head of the Estonian Cyber Defense League (Küber-Kaitseliit) with whom the first EUCOM-funded, military-to-military cyber network operation familiarization exercise occurred in 2009. His presentation on “Cyber Security: An Estonian Perspective” to students, faculty and staff from the Monterey Institute and Naval Post Graduate school was very well received. He was bestowed the Order of Thor by the Military Cyber Professionals Association for his efforts that have benefited U.S. cyber security by MIIS President Sunder Ramaswamy. Mr. Priisalu was joined by two members of his team at RIA: Mr. Luukas Ilves Head of International Relations and Mr. Toomas Vaks, Head of Cyber Security. This event was closed to the public.
