When last year the Sacred Heart Hospital of Mol was hit by a ransomware attack, they could have tried to cover up everything and act like nothing ever happened. Instead they decided to draw lessons from their experience, and not only work on improving their own security level, but serve as inspiration for other Belgian hospitals as well.
Lydian takes cybersecurity extremely seriously – both because of strict regulations and at the request of its customers. The company wants to take on a pioneering role that matches its tech-savvy ambitions.
In 2015, Flanders Investment & Trade launched an IT strategy to systematically switch to the cloud. At the same time, in addition to traditional centralized perimeter security control, attention also had to be paid to decentralized cyber security. After conducting various security audits and evaluating several security applications, FIT opted for the Microsoft 365 Defender suite.
Eighteen months ago, GO! – the Department of Education for the Flemish Community – became the victim of several digital hacking attempts, with software for virtual desktops targeted in particular. For ICT manager Jan Buytaert, this wasn’t just the final straw to accelerate the migration to Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Office 365, it was also an added incentive to get a stronger grip on cyber security.
