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The organizers (from left to right): Dr. Helmut Leopold, KSÖ Vice President, Head of Center for Digital Safety & Security, AIT, Dr. Guido Jestädt, Member of the Board at BAWAG Group AG, Andreas Reichhardt, BMF, Mag. Markus Popolari, Direktion Digitale Services, BMI (in Vertretung von Bundesminister Gerhard Karner), Dr. Alexander Janda, Generalsekretär KSÖ; Credit: Katharina Schiffl

KSÖ, AIT and BAWAG organized cyber security training

On November 6 and 7, the Competence Center for a Secure Austria (KSÖ), together with the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology and the BAWAG Group, organized the seventh cyber simulation game.
The training organization team (f.l.t.r.): Alex Townsend-Drake, Head of Programme, Counter Terrorism Preparedness Network (CTPN), Philipp Agathonos, Head of Unit, Ministry for European and External Affairs (BMeiA), Martin Stierle, Head of Competence Unit Security and Communication Technologies (AIT), Helmut Leopold, Head of Center for Digital Safety & Security (AIT), Mauro Medico, Director, UN Counter Terrorism Centre (UNOCT), Balques Al Radwan, Programme Management Officer, Cybersecurity and New Technologies Programme (UNOCT/UNCCT), Alexandre Goulfier, Associate Expert, Cybersecurity & New Technologies (UNOCT), Eric Eifert, Cyber Security Research Engineer, Center for Digital Safety & Security (AIT), Donald Dudenhoeffer, Cyber Security Research Engineer, Center for Digital Safety & Security (AIT)

AIT AND UN OFFICE FOR COUNTER TERRORISM (UNOCT) CONDUCT CYBER SECURITY TRAINING IN VIENNA

On 27 and 28 March 2024, the Counter Terrorism Preparedness Network (CTPN) and the United Nations Office of Counter Terrorism (UNOCT), in partnership with the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, conducted a strategic, scenario-based, roundtable table-top exercise focused on a terrorist cyber-attacks against critical infrastructure.

WINS Training Course on Cyber Security for Nuclear Facilities

On 27.11.2023, the World Institute of Nuclear Security (WINS) and the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology conducted the fourth in a series of 5-day training courses designed to build awareness and organization capacity for defending against cyber-attacks at nuclear facilities. This particular courses was customized for participants from the UK Civil Nuclear Sector.

KSÖ, AIT and the House of Digitalisation organised cyber security training for the Austrian economy

Austrian companies and government organisations trained for an emergency cyberattack in one of the most modern digital simulation environments​
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Europe’s first 5G cybersecurity exercise in Vienna.

The fifth generation of mobile communications offers many opportunities by also posing challenges. With the increasing use of open standards and mainstream digital platforms, the threat to 5G networks is more present than ever.
Cyber Range, Cyber Security Training-Room

IAEA Regional Training Course on Computer Security for Instrumentation and Control System for Nuclear Facilities

As part of an ongoing cooperation between the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the AIT as an appointed IAEA Collaborating Centre for Information and Computer Security for Nuclear Security, the latter hosts an annual week-long training course at its cyber range training premises in Vienna.

KSÖ, AIT and IV Organized Blackout Training for Critical Infrastructure Sectors

Security actors from Austria trained in a blackout scenario for the first time in a new digital simulation environment

AIT appointed as the first “IAEA COLLABORATING CENTRE” in the field of Cyber Security for Nuclear Safety

AIT and IAEA have signed an agreement for a four-year programme to build awareness and skills around cyber security for nuclear safety in member states.

KSÖ and AIT Organized Training for the Defence Against Cyber Attacks

Security experts from Germany, Switzerland and Austria trained for an emergency as part of a hybrid cyber security exercise

Critical Infrastructure – EVN Runs Cybersecurity Exercise

Employees trained at the Cyber Range Training Center of the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology