UMBC's CYBR program and the UMBC Center for Cybersecurity welcomes Dr. Rain Ottis for a virtual lecture/discussion about cybersecurity and cyber warfare! Estonia is one of the global centers of cyber with the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE) located in Tallinn. Dr. Ottis' remarks will explore and foster discussion on cyber warfare issues by approaching and framing them from alternative and/or non-Western perspectives. Such contexts can provide valuable insight given the global nature of cyber warfare and especially Estonia's close proximity to Russia and the ongoing war in Ukraine.

Dr. Rain Ottis is the Director of the Centre for Digital Forensics and Cyber Security in Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia. From 2008 to 2012, he served as a scientist at the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence, where he worked on cyber security in the context of national and international security. Prior to that assignment he served as a communications officer in the Estonian Defence Forces, focusing primarily on cyber defense training and awareness. His research interests include cyber conflict, national cyber security, cyber defence exercises, and the role of serious games in cyber security.

Dr. Ottis holds a PhD in Computer Science from Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech), MSc in Engineering Informatics from TalTech, and a BS in Computer Science from the United States Military Academy at West Point.