Part II of this mini-series on the Network Readiness Index (NRI) Report, in partnership with the Portulans Institute, will explore the interplay between country's readiness in the cybersecurity and data privacy/protection space (case study: Estonia). Our distinguished speakers include: Soumitra Dutta, President of Portulans Institute and Dean of Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford [moderator], Tõnu Tammer, Executive Director of CERT-EE at the Estonian Information Systems Authority (RIA) and Bob Gardner, Founder & Executive Director of NEW WORLD TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS.

Soumitra Dutta is President of the Portulans Institute and is Peter Moores Dean and Professor of Management, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, and a Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford
Before joining the School in 2022, he was Professor of Management and the former founding Dean of the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business at Cornell University, New York.

He received a B. Tech. in electrical engineering and computer science from the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, an MS in both business administration and computer science, and a PhD in computer science from the University of California at Berkeley.

Soumitra is the founder and co-editor of fourteen editions of the Global Innovation Index which is published with the World Intellectual Property Organisation and is leading global assessment of national innovation capabilities. He has co-edited sixteen annual reports of the Global Information Technology Report for the World Economic Forum on the impact of information technology on development and national competitiveness. The Global Information Technology Report has been rebranded and published as the Network Readiness Index since 2019 by Portulans Institute.


Tõnu Tammer, Executive Director of CERT-EE at Riigi Infosüsteemi Amet | Estonian Information Systems Authority.

 A dedicated IT Professional highly skilled in IT security, strategy and policy development with skills in interpersonal communications. Possessing excellent foresight and the ability to plan ahead and assess and identify problems and find innovative solutions.

Currently working as an Executive Director of CERT-EE Estonian Information System Authority Cyber-security incident resolution and prevention in Estonia Coordinating, solving and preventing cybersecurity incidents in Estonia and internationally and building resilience and cyber-skills Ensuring safe and secure elections and e-Voting Ensuring security of e-Gov infrastructure: x-Road & EID.

Bob Gardner, Principal, NEW WORLD TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS

Robert formed New World Technology Partners (NWTP) in 1977 as a technology incubator to cultivate Strategic technologies and entrepreneurial ventures for National Security and Critical Infrastructure. Through NWTP, he managed/participated in the launch of several technology startups, including August Systems, Verdix, Meiko Scientific, Cryptek, Phoenix Numeric and Probity Labs. 

He is helping launch a Cyber Enterprise Risk Management Tradecraft for NSA and mentors their Service Academy interns on the topic.  As guest researcher for the Department of Commerce NIST, he developed methods for integrating the NIST Cyber Security Framework with Enterprise Risk Management for Industry and Government. He writes and trains company executives and public officials about the Enterprise impact of Cyber Risk and has prepared briefings and testimony for the U.S. House of Representatives, Senate committees and Industry forums. 

Prior to forming NWTP, he held senior engineering positions for Burroughs Corporat

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