1st Edition

Cybersecurity in Latvia Forging Resilience amidst Emerging Threats

Edited By Mihails Potapovs, Kate E. Kanasta Copyright 2026
304 Pages 23 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Drawing on expertise from professionals, government officials, and academics, this book uncovers the proactive measures taken by Latvia to build resilient cybersecurity capabilities. The work offers a comprehensive exploration of Latvia’s cyber domain, structured around three overarching themes: the ecosystem, its processes, and future perspectives. In doing so, it takes readers through the... Read more

Chapter 1: Introduction: Why Study Cybersecurity in Latvia?, Mihails Potapovs and Kate E. Kanasta  Chapter 2: The Cybersecurity Ecosystem of Latvia: Mapping and Analysis, Jānis Grabis and Linda Vitkaua  Chapter 3: Governance of the Latvian Cybersecurity Ecosystem, Mihails Potapovs, Iveta Reinholde and Kristiāns Teters  Chapter 4: Evaluating National CSIRT Maturity: The Case of CERT.LV, Mihails Potapovs, Kristiāns Teters, Jānis Frīdmanis and Bernhards Blumbergs Chapter 5: Societal Resilience in Latvia: The Cybersecurity Perspective, Sigita Struberga and Žaneta Ozoliņa  Chapter 6: Latvian Approach to Fighting Cybercrime: Criminal Liability, Problems, and Solutions, Uldis Ķinis  Chapter 7: Latvia in the European Cybersecurity Ecosystem, Mihails Potapovs and Stella Blumfelde  Chapter 8: Cyber Diplomacy: Latvia’s Voice in the World, Didzis Kļaviņš  Chapter 9: Cybersecurity Transformation in Latvia, Heinrihs K. Skrodelis, Mārtiņš Štāls and Andrejs Romānovs  Chapter 10: Shaping the Latvian Cyber Workforce of Tomorrow, Rūta Pirta and Matīss Veigurs  Chapter 11: Cyber-physical Systems: Securing Latvia’s Future, Krišjānis Nesenbergs, Eduards Blumbergs and Pēteris Paikens Chapter 12: Cyber Threats of Tomorrow, Kate E. Kanasta

Biography

Mihails Potapovs is Head of the European Union Cybersecurity Affairs Section at the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Latvia and lecturer and PhD candidate at the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Latvia.

Kate E. Kanasta is a representative of the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Latvia to the European Union and a PhD Candidate at the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Latvia.