No other year has shown how important crisis management preparation is as 2020...
CLAW 2020
Events
What do you do when a dragon burns down your data centre? Do you slay the dragon? Do you follow a strict organisation protocol – that you know by heart? Or do you talk to the dragon to find out why he/she decided to burn down your data centre? Brian Nisbet (HEAnet) posed this very important question during the session Are You Ready for Your Next Crisis? at TNC19. And although we do not have to prepare to face dragons (as far as we know) in our crisis procedures, we do need to think about what...
How well is your organisation prepared for a network or cyber crisis? Do you have crisis management procedures in place? Do you know who should be involved when crisis hits? And do you know how to reach out to – and work with – other organisations, in the eventuality of a pan-European crisis? To help you answer these questions we are planning a crisis simulation exercise, undoubtedly the most exciting part of CLAW and, to whet your appetite, here’s a brief overview of what it will entail...
40 representatives from 20 NRENs met in Malaga for the first ever CLAW crisis management workshop organised by GÉANT. During the two-day event, these brave individuals survived a simulated crisis, learned how to handle stress in crisis situations, shared their battle stories and solutions and worked together to deliver the first steps toward crisis management processes at an NREN and a European level. The first part of this adventure was the crisis simulation exercise. All participants were...
Don’t be a victim. Ransomware can be beaten! Orange CyberDefense Ransomware and double extortion are without doubt the most serious security threats facing us today. Hundreds of businesses large and small are falling victim each month, and we just can’t seem to stop the scourge. To help us get ahead, our security researchers have carried out an extensive investigation into the “untold story” of ransomware, including insights into crime theory, the players and business models, the systemic...
