We develop and manage secure data exchange (X-Road, document exchange) between institutions, an overview of state information systems and data (RIHA), the use of electronic identity, the functioning and protection of the state broadband network, organisation of e-elections, the activities of the State Portal eesti.ee, and the work of the ID card help centre.
We are developing cyber security strategies and policies. We coordinate the safe implementation of IT infrastructures important for the state and conduct supervision. We monitor the Estonian computer network and solve cyber incidents.
On 1 June 2021, the structural funds area of the Information System Authority (RIA) was merged with the State Shared Service Centre. This means that information related to grants will be available on the website of the State Shared Service Centre ».
From 1 July 2021, information related to grants will no longer be displayed on the website of RIA.
RIA continues to receive a structural funding.
The authority implements the support scheme Raising Public Awareness about the Information Society, and many other projects for developing the state information system and cyber safety.
The support scheme Raising Public Awareness about the Information Society organises the events and information projects of RIA, and commissions analyses and instruction materials.
Contact: press [at] ria.ee
Press Officer
Seiko Kuik
GSM: +372 5851 7028
E-mail: seiko.kuik [at] ria.ee
Communication Manager
Helen Uldrich
GSM: +372 516 5258
E-mail: helen.uldrich [at] ria.ee
Phone: +372 666 8888
Working hours: 8.30 a.m. – 7 p.m. on working days
Website for assistance with ID: www.id.ee »
E-mail: help [at] ria.ee
Cyber incidents and failures in the state network
phone (24/7): 663 0299
e-mail for cyber incidents: cert [at] cert.ee
Environment for reporting cyber incidents »
The first digital signatures were given by Edgar Savisaar and Andrus Ansip, mayors of Tallinn and Tartu, on 7 October 2002, when signing a cooperation agreement on information technology between the two cities.