Iceland, the land of ice and fire, is a country of contrasts and rare challenges that foster interesting internet policy perspectives. Iceland has one of the world’s oldest parliaments, strong democratic values and is a global leader in eGovernance, cyber-democracy, and ICT. With a large N-Atlantic jurisdiction and a small population of nearly 400,000 inhabitants, Icelandic authorities shoulder the responsibility of protecting its communication infrastructure which, in addition to a developed IT industry, includes popular global hosting services and a massive amount of passing aerospace and oceanic traffic. However, as Iceland currently relies on four main cables for connection to the global internet and communication systems, it is uncomfortably vulnerable to threats in a globalised world marked by escalating cyber-conflicts and creative criminality.
