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Estonia’s Digital Safety Net Slips

Estonia’s auditor general has challenged the gap between government promises and the systems needed to keep public services running through a crisis.

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Odd Inge Teige
Nov 15

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Only 13 of 122 critical information systems could operate from outside Estonia by June, Estonian Auditor General Janar Holm told the Riigikogu, the country’s parliament, on November 12. The government had promised that critical databases and systems would have that …

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