Today, we live in a digital age. And I am proud to be the president of the only digital society that has a state. A society where technology is thoroughly interwoven into the everyday life of people.
This year also marked the tenth anniversary of the cyber-attacks that hit Estonia in 2007. Ten years on, it is clear that the decision made by Estonia not to withdraw, but stay and fight for the security of our cyberspace was the right one. We have high-functioning e-government infrastructure, reliable digital identity, a system of security measures that is obligatory for all government authorities, and a central system for monitoring, resolving and reporting cyber security incidents.
We have come a long way and I am glad to be able to share with you some Estonian ICT innovation and cyber security measures. The base line is that the effects of the digital development on society go far beyond the economy. The size of a country does not matter so much any more, technology allows us to become bigger than ourselves.
