In the interest of protecting its data from cyber attacks and ensuring continuity in its digital systems, Estonia has agreed a partnership with Luxembourg to set up the world’s first ‘data embassy’ there.
As Siim Sikkut, the Government’s ICT policy adviser, explains: “We have back-up data storage facilities in Estonia, but in order to be prepared for any occasion, if, for example, the state suffers a large-scale cyber-attack, natural disaster or a conventional attack on a datacentre – we need back-up sites outside our borders.”
