With cyber-security on the world’s front pages in the wake of the WannaCry ransomware attack that is reported to have affected at least 100,000 businesses and organisations in 150 countries, leading members of the country’s IT community have come together to organise Cybersecurity Week Luxembourg (16-21.10.2017).
The event in Luxembourg in October is being organised by the Ministry of the Economy, national cyber-security information provider SECURITYMADEIN.LU, Luxinnovation, Excellium and PwC Luxembourg, in partnership with the Luxembourg Institute for Digital Training, the competence centre established last year to co-ordinate the grand duchy’s Digital Skills and Jobs Coalition.
Cybersecurity Week Luxembourg will be part of the European Cyber Security Month, an international promotional campaign to raise awareness of cyber security threats and provide information to the public organised by the European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA) and the European Commission.
The organisers say Cybersecurity Week Luxembourg will build on existing synergies to help develop cyber-security initiatives led by public and private sector players, as well as to encourage the development of a cyber-security start-up ecosystem encompassing innovative firms from both Luxembourg and abroad, investors and individuals with skills in the field.
