Liisa Past (born 1 May 1980) is an Estonian civil servant, political, communication and cyber security expert.

Education

Liisa Past graduated from Miina Härma Gymnasium in 1999. She received her master's degree in communication at the

University of Tartu The University of Tartu (UT; ; ) is a public research university located in the city of Tartu, Estonia. It is the national university of Estonia. It is also the largest and oldest university in the country.

in 2012. She has also studied political science at the

University of Oslo The University of Oslo (; ) is a public university, public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation#Europe, oldest university in Norway. Originally named the Royal Frederick Univ ...

in Norway and

Barnard College Barnard College is a Private college, private Women's colleges in the United States, women's Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college affiliated with Columbia University in New York City. It was founded in 1889 by a grou ...

Columbia University Columbia University in the City of New York, commonly referred to as Columbia University, is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Churc ...

Work and social activities

Liisa Past has worked as a journalist and communication strategist, as a leading analyst of State Information Systems, in the leadership of the

Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence NATO CCD COE, officially the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence ( or ''NATO küberkaitsekoostöö keskus''), is one of NATO Centres of Excellence, located in Tallinn, Estonia. The centre was established on 14 May 2008, it recei ...

, at the

McCain Institute The McCain Institute is a Washington, D.C.–based nonpartisan think tank established in cooperation with Arizona State University with the stated mission to "fight for democracy, human dignity, and security for a world that is free, safe, and jus ...

in the U.S. state of Arizona, in the State Chancellery's Security and National Defense Coordination Office. From the spring of 2021, She worked as the head of the information security department of the Information Technology and Development Center of the Estonian Ministry of the Interior (SMIT), from August 2022 as the head of the national cyber security department of the

Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications () is a government ministry of Estonia. Its head office is in Tallinn.Home
" Ministry of Economic ...

. In her activities, She is focused on the protection of human rights and democracy.

References

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