Reporting a cyber incident

A simple incident notification can be submitted via email. Authorities and service providers can transmit more detailed information via the reporting environment.

Reporting environment raport.cert.ee

Via the reporting environment, you can send a notification to RIA regarding a cyber incident. The report is intended primarily for authorities and service providers for sending more detailed information.

raport.cert.ee

Simple incident notifications can also be sent to [email protected].

Sharing information with CERT-EE regarding cyber incident is protected as information intended for internal use in accordance with Cybersecurity Act and Public Information Act.

Any malicious activity believably originating from the Estonian networks/resources should be reported directly to the resource owner (eg ISP or web hosting provider). If you cannot find the contacts of this resource owner or they do not reply, please escalate the issue to CERT-EE. Large scale incidents involving Estonian resources can be reported directly to CERT-EE.

Encryption

You can use the following methods to send us encrypted messages:

  • CERT-EE’s organisations certificate (CDOC): Riigi Infosüsteemi Amet: CERT
  • PGP public key: 7B96 A5C7 079D 0CAF 9BEA C713 B05D BD10 A32A FB7D

Contacts of CERT-EE

About security incidents

Security incident is a situation where the confidentiality, integrity and the processability of the information system and/or the information of an organisation, institution or a person is being violated. Security incidents are also situations where somebody else’s information system is used without an authorisation or its functionality is being deliberately interfered with.

Security incidents are prioritised according to their potential severity and scope. The following aspects are taken into account in the prioritisation of security incidents:

  • the number of affected users;
  • the type of an incident;
  • the target of an attack as well as the attack’s point of origin;
  • resources required to handle the incident.

As CERT-EE does not render services to end users, the latter should, in case of security incidents, turn to system administrators either at their Internet service provider or in their organisation, to network administrators or customer support.

Last updated: 24.11.2022

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