http://www.gcn.com/cgi-bin/udt/im.display.printable?client.id=gcn&story.id=46457 (((If you work in any government's computers, I'd strongly advise a look at this. At the least, you'll be able to talk a coherent language when your political masters ask what the hell is going on.))) Link: Lauri Almann | Lessons from the cyberattacks on Estonia . GCN Interview with Lauri Almann, Estonia’s permanent undersecretary of Defence It’s been a little more than a year since botnets temporarily disabled Estonia’s government Web sites in an incident that could go down in history as the cyberattacks heard round the world. Lauri Almann, Estonia’s permanent undersecretary of Defence, was part of the team that responded to the attacks. He was in Washington recently to discuss how to guard against future attacks and the steps Estonia is taking to prepare for what he believes could be an even more debilitating assault the next time. His videotaped comments are available in a series of one-to two-minute responses. The following is an excerpt of the interview. GCN: Where were you when it became clear that the cyberattacks on Estonia were more than just a random assault? And how did the Ministry of Defence respond? Lauri Almann: We were sitting in the government situation room, and suddenly in walks our chief [public relations] person, who says, “We are unable to put our press releases out” on government Web sites. We didn’t understand the seriousness o ...
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