The threat level of cyber security has remained high, and the number of targeted cyber attacks in Finland has increased, according to a press release from Traficom. Finnish organizations are increasingly becoming targets of cyber attacks, and the nature of these attacks has changed. Specifically, the number of targeted attacks, in which the target organization is carefully selected, has increased. Despite this increase, Traficom and the Finnish Security Intelligence Service consider a society-wide cyber attack to be unlikely.
Finnish Transport and Communications Agency published Year 2020 at Traficom review
The Finnish Transport and Communications Agency Traficom says it has published the Year 2020 at Traficom review today, crystallising the key events of the past year. The coronavirus pandemic made the year exceptional for Finnish society at large.
“We improved the reliability and safety of traffic and the digital society in Finland. In 2020, the role of cyber security became even more strategic than before in safeguarding services for citizens, company information and supply chains,” Director-General of Traficom Kirsi Karlamaa stresses. “One of our inspiring tasks is to draft the strategic situational picture of the traffic network and develop the related national traffic forecast model. In addition to these, we support pilots in our branch hoping to foster innovations and the generation of future services.
Finland bans passenger flights from UK
Finnair has cancelled all flights between Finland and Britain for two weeks, beginning on Monday morning.
Finnair flights to and from the UK are grounded as of Monday morning.
Image: Silja Viitala / Yle
Passenger flight traffic from Britain to Finland has been halted for two weeks. The ban officially took effect at noon on Monday, but national airline Finnair cancelled flights from the morning on.
The Director of the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency (Traficom),
Kirsi Karlamaa, said late Sunday that air traffic would be suspended until 4 January.
Finland is following many other countries in stopping direct flights from Britain due to a new, highly-contagious variant of the Covid-19 virus.