Critical energy infrastructure is an attractive and vulnerable target for cyber attacks. Supervisory control and data acquisition systems (SCADA) and smart grids are the main focus of attacks through the cyber space. The case of Estonia provides some suggestions to mitigate these threats.
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On 21 April, Piret Pernik, ICDS Research Fellow, gave a speech in Yerevan, Armenia, at the Plenary Assembly of the European Postal Operators Association “PostEurop”. The audience consisted of CEOs and top managers from more than 52 Postal Operators in Europe. Pernik spoke about cyber security threats and their implications for Postal Operators, outlining recommendations aimed at fostering cyber resilience.
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On 2nd of April ICDS Research Fellow Piret Pernik gave a presentation entitled “Cyber security challenges and cooperation in the Baltic region” at the Nordic Security Conference 2016 held in the Norwegian Military Academy, in Oslo. The conference was organised by the Youth Atlantic Treaty Association Norway.
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On 31 March – 1 April 2016, ICDS Research Fellow Piret Pernik participated as a panelist in the workshop “NATO’s Response to the Changed Security Paradigm” held in Warsaw. The seminar was organised by the Chatham House, jointly with the Centre for War Studies at the University of Southern Denmark and the Polish Institute of International Affairs. The workshop analysed the evolving threats to the alliance, NATO’s capabilities and the future of NATO after the summit. Piret Pernik spoke about NATO’s future cyber defence capabilities.
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The writing of the new European Union Global Strategy comes at a difficult time. The world has become more and more volatile and there are crises on Europe’s eastern, southeastern and southern flanks. Although the conflicts in the south and the east are very different in nature, they both highlight the need for the EU to strengthen its foreign and security policy to better respond to a hybrid blend of challenges, which involve military and non-military, conventional and unconventional methods and tactics. The Global Strategy has the difficult task of setting the EU’s interests and objectives in respect of global security as well as the means to achieve them in the medium and long term.
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On 22-25 February ICDS Research Fellow Piret Pernik attended NATO SAS-116 “Military Strategic Level Decision Making within a (future) framework of Cyber Resilience” Research Task Group meeting in Orlando, the U.S. The Research Task Group investigates the effects and influence of cyber on the strategic and high operational level decisions.
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On 19th of February ICDS Research Fellow Piret Pernik delivered a lecture entitled “Cyber Security Strategy and Policy Development: Challenges and Solutions” in the National Defence Academy of Georgia to the Georgian training audience. The lecture was held as part of the Estonian cyber defence training for Georgian public authorities and critical infrastructure owners and operators.
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The number of people who doubt whether cyber warfare exists is steadily decreasing.
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On February 3-4 ICDS in cooperation with the EU Institute for Security Studies held the Cyber Security Conference “EU Global Strategy for Foreign and Security Policy”.
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Piret Pernik writes in the second issue of the European Cybersecurity Journal about two recent innovations of the Estonian Government: e-residency and Data Embassies programmes. She argues that a comprehensive analysis of possible security risks and legal aspects must be carried out. The government should develop and implement technical, legal, organisational measures as well as specific policies to mitigate possible security risks:
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