The Estonian Defence League’s Cyber Unit ( et, Küberkaitseliit, or KKL) is a group of units within certain
malevs of the
Estonian Defense League
The Estonian Defence League ( et, Eesti Kaitseliit) is the name of the unified paramilitary armed forces of the Republic of Estonia. The Defence League is a paramilitary defence organization whose aim is to guarantee the preservation of the indep ...
established in 2010. Created out of inspiration from the
2007 cyberattacks on Estonia
Beginning on 27 April 2007, a series of cyberattacks targeted websites of Estonian organizations, including Estonian parliament, banks, ministries, newspapers and broadcasters, amid the country's disagreement with Russia about the relocation of th ...
and spearheaded by Informatics Scientist
Ãœlo Jaaksoo
Ülo Jaaksoo (born 16 April 1939 in Mõisaküla) is an Estonian computer scientist.
In 1969, he graduated from Tallinn University of Technology in engineering.
Since 2013, he is the chairman of Supervisory Board of AS Cybernetica.
In 2004, he ...
, it focuses on the defense of the Estonian state and private telecommunications infrastructure from outside-derived cyberattacks, and mostly employs the volunteer participation of IT professionals.
The KKL is headquartered on the grounds of the
Tartu
Tartu is the second largest city in Estonia after the Northern European country's political and financial capital, Tallinn. Tartu has a population of 91,407 (as of 2021). It is southeast of Tallinn and 245 kilometres (152 miles) northeast of ...
and
Tallinn
Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju ' ...
malevs, and it is jointly headed in Tallinn by
Jaan Priisalu and in Tartu by Kuido Külm.
Purpose
The KKL's mission is to protect Estonia's high-tech way of life, protecting the information infrastructure, and thus carrying out a broad defense goals.
* highly skilled IT professionals with volunteer youth organizations;
* cybersecurity of critical information infrastructure to increase the level of awareness through the rise and dissemination of best practices;
* network, which brings together public and private sector crisis of competence, organizational development, and to act in times of crisis;
* Members of the continuous training and training:
** Members of the preparation;
** action plans;
** prevention and increasing cyber activities;
* participation in cybersecurity-related international cooperation networks
Proposed conscription
Defence minister
Jaak Aaviksoo
Jaak Aaviksoo (born 11 January 1954) is an Estonian politician and physicist, a former rector of the University of Tartu and Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech).
Aaviksoo has been the Estonian Minister of Defence and Minister of Educa ...
has publicly suggested his desire for the spread of KKL units to other branches as an option for those who are conscripted to the Estonian military.
See also
*
CCDCOE
NATO CCD COE, officially the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence ( et, italic=yes, K5 or ''NATO küberkaitsekoostöö keskus''), is one of NATO Centres of Excellence, located in Tallinn, Estonia. The centre was established on 14 ...
(NATO)
*
National Cyber Security Centre (disambiguation) National Cyber Security Centre, National Cyber Security Center, or National Cybersecurity Center may refer to:
Americas
* Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, United States
* Canadian Centre for Cyber Security, Canada
Asia
* Cyber ...
References
External links
* http://www.kaitseliit.ee/en/cyber-unit Estonian Defence League’s Cyber Unit
Küberkaitse üksus
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Cyberwarfare
Computer security organizations
Military units and formations of Estonia
Military units and formations established in 2010
2010 establishments in Estonia