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Beyond the Blackout: Cybersecurity Insights from the Iberian Power Outage
The April 2025 blackout across the Iberian Peninsula highlighted more than just a power failure, it brought to light critical challenges in crisis coordination and society preparedness. While this was not a cyber attack, the event revealed vulnerabilities and lessons that apply to both physical and digital threats.
Watch Helder Barbosa, Head of Cyber Resilience at E-Redes, as he shares how E-Redes restored operations swiftly, offering valuable insights for disaster recovery and strengthening operational continuity.
In his session, Helder takes you through:
- Cybersecurity implications revealed by the blackout
- How response plans were tested under pressure
- The pivotal role of information sharing
- The rapid spread of misinformation—faster than the outage itself
- Key lessons for accelerating recovery across critical infrastructure ecosystems
Discover what worked, what failed, and the urgent changes needed to safeguard critical infrastructure, not only to withstand disruptions, but to recover swiftly and with greater resilience.
Watch the full presentation on-demand below.