Cybernetica won Estonian Information Systems Authority (EISA) bid to continue development of the X-Road system. The tender included development, support and maintenance work over the course of the next two years.
Cybernetica and ELTES piloted the NGTS (Next Generation Ticketing System) secure identity management platform, powered by Cybernetica SplitKey technology, at the Newmedia Risk Association fintech forum in Tokyo last Friday. The purpose of the pilot was to allow testing of both the technology implementation and the customer experience in a live environment.
Cybernetica recently made its enterprise grade Unified eXchange Platform® (core technology for the Estonian X-Road) available on Microsoft’s Azure Marketplace in the Security + Identity category. „Microsoft has partnered with Cybernetica to bring this previously on premises technology to the cloud to take advantage of greater security and hyperscale computing“ says Dejan Cvetkovic, Microsoft’s Global Technology Officer for Public Sector.
European Defence Agency (EDA) and Leonardo signed grant agreement today for OCEAN2020, the first ever cross-European military research program, in consortium with Cybernetica in order to boost European defence capability with next-generation naval surveillance technology. The program adjoins partners from 15 countries and is set to last for two years with the first operational demonstration taking place in 2019 in the Mediterranean Sea.
Cybernetica’s senior researcher Ahto Buldas was announced as winner of the National Research Award for outstanding scientific discovery for his research and development in “The Base Technologies of e-Society”, along with a 50 000 euro prize.
Cybernetica signs agreement with Estonian State Information Systems Authority at the end of last year upon winning public bid to perform and publish cryptographic algorithms life cycle reports over a four-year contract.
The newly established Estonian Information Security Association, a cybersecurity competence centre bringing together academia and private sector, signed a cooperation agreement last week with the Estonian Ministry of Defence and Estonian Information Systems Authority. The joint effort brings together government, Estonia-based cyber security companies and research institutions to formalize existing ties and enhance R&D activities across sectors. Founding members feature leading Estonian cybersecurity companies (BHC Laboratory, Clarified Security, Cybernetica, Guardtime) and esteemed academic institutions, including Tallinn University of Technology. The joining process of Tartu University is ongoing.
In late 2017, Nemec, Svenda et al. published their research on the generation of RSA keys on several widespread hardware platforms. The research also noted a relevant vulnerability on the Infineon chip, used in the Estonian ID-cards.
Cybernetica showcased its secure data exchange platform UXP® at the 30th NATO TIDE Sprint in Virginia Beach, United States, a forum for collaborating and exchanging ideas to reach innovative solutions for the most pressing interoperability challenges faced by NATO.
During the local municipality elections in October, a record amount of 186 034 votes (31.7% of total votes) were cast online. During the previous local municipality elections in 2013, 21.2% votes were cast online in comparison.