Itamara Lochard, director of the MIIS Cyber Security Initiative  is pleased to announce that Mr. Jaan Priisalu, Director General of the Estonian Information Systems’ Authority (RIA) and civilian head of the Estonian Cyber Defense League (Küber-Kaitseliit) has just added a visit the MIIS campus on Monday, 9 December to his official schedule.

Please join her in a conversation with Jaan on various facets of cyber security at 4:00 p.m. (Location: McCone 202)

Jaan is at the forefront of technology and policy on matters related to cyber, banking, inter-agency cooperation, security, social media, communications, applying technological tools to improving daily life as well as artificial intelligence. He will be joined by Luukas Ilves, Head of International Relations at RIA.

RIA is the governmental division in charge of all cyber issues for Estonia, incuding 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.  Moreover, the first EUCOM-funded, military-to-military cyber network operation familiarization exercise occurred with the Estonian Kaitseliit in 2009.  This has been replicated successfully in several other countries and served as the basis upon which Lochard  launched the first civilian U.S. cyber defense force.  Additional information on RIA or the Kaitseliit can be found at: https://www.ria.ee/about-estonian-information-systems-authority/    and   http://www.kaitseliit.ee/en/cyber-unit

Please join us in taking advantage of this excellent opportunity to discuss cutting-edge thinking related to cyber issues from one of the leading actors in the field, and in welcoming Jaan and Luukas to the Monterey Peninsula.

In order to ensure a frank discussion, this event is by invitation only and not open to the press. No portion may be recorded.