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CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION IN THE BALTIC SEA REGION
incidents reported for the whole of 2006. Similar information security trends are
mirrored elsewhere in the BSR 65 .
Figure III—8 CERT-FI reported incidents between in the period between 2002
and 2007.
Regardless of the examples and trends described above, it would be an
exaggeration to describe the information security situation in the BSR as dire. The
security breaches have mostly caused inconveniences, minor displeasure, some
anxiety and limited monetary losses. However, the future signs are ominous and
there is possibly a slight shift in public opinion, as noted in a recent editorial in
one of Finland’s high circulation newspapers (Turun Sanomat 2007):
“The rise in Internet crime and vandalism will surely slow down the
enthusiasm to move services to the net and use them. In this sense the
Internet attacks and fraud represent a setback to those who believe in
the information society. From the perspective of crisis preparedness, it
seems more and more sensible, in the light of recent events, to maintain
the old systems for information transfer and storage. An old trick may
not be better than a bag of new ones, but the old way of doing things
may sometimes be indispensable”
Such sentiments go a long way in emphasizing the practical need for CIIP in the
BSR, which happens to be the main theme of this report.
65 An inventory profiles, links to reports and contact information for CERTs/CSIRTs of each of the
countries in the BSR and the rest of Europe is maintained by the European Network and
Information Security Agency (ENISA 2007).
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