The Trans European Services for Telematics between Administrations (TESTA) system is the private IP-based network of the
European Union
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. TESTA is a telecommunications interconnection platform for secure information exchange between the European and member states administrations. It is currently handled within the ISA² European programme.
TESTA is not a single network, but a network of networks, composed of the EuroDomain backbone and Local Domain networks. The EuroDomain is a European backbone network for administrative data exchanges acting as a network communication platform between local administrations.
History
The TESTA network has been upgraded several times, with added features through the years:
* 1st generation (TESTA): 1996–2000
* 2nd generation (TESTA-II): 2000–2006
* 3rd generation (sTESTA): 2006–2013
* 4th generation (TESTA-NG): since 2013
See also
*
European Network and Information Security Agency
*
EUDRANET
References
External links
TESTA official web page
European Union
Information technology organizations based in Europe
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