Hillar Aarelaid
Hillar Aarelaid (born 31 December 1967) is the founder and first CEO for Estonia's Computer Emergency Response Team ().[1] He was the Director General of the Estonian Data Protection Inspectorate from 1999 to 2003.[2]
Aarelaid was one of the central officials in charge of responding to the computer attacks on Estonia after the Bronze Soldier of Tallinn controversy.[3] American expert Bill Woodcock and other observers praised Aarelaid's calm professionalism displayed during the attacks.[4]
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- Living people
- 1967 births
- Chief executives of computer security organizations
- Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 5th Class
- Estonian computer scientists