Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
The vision and fundamental principles of the cybersecurity strategy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0
Strategic objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Priority activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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1. The current state of cybersecurity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Trends affecting cybersecurity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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1.2 Estonia’s strengths. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
1.3 Challenges for Estonia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
2. Coordination and implementation of the strategy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
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Role and scope of the cybersecurity strategy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
2.2 Linkage with other strategies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
2.3 Linkage with strategies of other countries and international strategies. . . . . 33
2.4 National cybersecurity coordination and organization of management. . . . . 33
3. Strategic objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
A sustainable digital society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Activity area 1.1 Making technological resilience more effective. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Activity area 1.2 Prevention of, readiness for and management of incidents and crises. . . . . . . . 45
Activity area 1.3 Integral management of the sector and shaping a cohesive community. . . . . 47
Cybersecurity Industry, Research and Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Activity area 2.1 Supporting and promoting cybersecurity r&d and research-based enterprise. 52
Leading international contributor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Activity area 3.1 Making cooperation with strategic foreign partners more effective. . . . . . . . . . . 58
Activity area 3.2 International promotion of sustainable cyber capability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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A cyber-literate society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Activity area 4.1 Raising the cyber awareness of citizens, state and private sector. . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Activity area 4.2 Development of talent corresponding to state and private sector demand. . . 70
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