Estonia as global centre for cyber security excellence
Major General Jonathan Shaw, head of the defence cyber operations group at the MoD, singled out a Baltic state as a leading light when it comes to cyber readiness and being prepared for “a one-nation response”.
The MoD in Estonia told SC Magazine that its ‘cyber leader’ role stems from its highly developed information society where the Estonian public and private sector have a long tradition of providing online services, which include e-voting, e-prescriptions, e-schooling and some of the highest adoption rates for online banking and payments in the world.
In November 2011, 99.6 per cent of all bank transactions were performed electronically. This spring, 94 per cent of tax declarations were filed electronically; it takes only 15 minutes to establish a company electronically.
