Ten Years after the Estonian CyberattacksDefense and Adaptation in the Age of Digital Insecurity

This article revisits the cyberattack carried out by Russia against Estonia in 2007 as well as the events that led up to the attack. It then dives into the question of how to prevent such attacks from happening again in the future, makes note of what steps Estonian lawmakers and society have taken to safeguard themselves from another such attack, and then examines the international impact of this attack. The article ends with takeaways from the example of Estonia that can be applied to any state concerned about the threat of cyberwarfare.