Tanel Sepp is Ambassador at Large for Cyber Diplomacy at the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Prior to his current role, he was seconded to the Ministry of Defense to deal with international partnerships at the Cyber Policy Department. As a diplomat, Tanel has served in Luxembourg, Brussels, Kabul, Washington, and Addis Ababa. He holds degrees from Audentes University and EuroUniversity, Tallinn.
This session reviews plans to improve the cybersecurity of the European Union’s critical infrastructure, including Commission President Ursula VON DER LEYEN’s proposal for a Preparedness Union Strategy. It also discusses cybersecurity capacity assistance to Ukraine via the Tallinn Mechanism as well as the future of cybersecurity cooperation within and between the EU and NATO.
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