📣 Save the Date! CyberDay.lu – 9th edition – 15 Oct. 2026 📣
👉 The #cybersecurity event for #research and #education in #Luxembourg by @restena@mstdn.social is back as part of the #europeancybersecuritymonth and CYBERSECURITY Luxembourg.
👉 The full programme and the free registration process will be available after the summer break at https://cyberday.lu/
In March 2026, @restena@mstdn.social took part in TALON, the first European-wide crisis simulation for the NREN community organised by @geant@mstdn.social > This was a perfect opportunity for Restena to assess its internal crisis-management maturity.
👇 Read about Cynthia Wagner, Restena Security Manager and CISO, in the article entitled 'Collaboration under pressure: how Restena experienced TALON'.
🙏 Thank you to @geant@mstdn.social for organising such a valuable learning opportunity!
Is your institution connected to the RESTENA network and wants to improve its network protection? Your IT team can now benefit from a new service specifically brought to you by @restena@mstdn.social : the Security Information and Event Management (SIEM).
❓ It has been built in close collaboration with representatives from the R&E community in Luxembourg and complements the ‘DNS firewall’ service.
▶️ Visit https://restena.lu/en/service/SIEM to learn about the SIEM
ℹ️ https://restena.lu/en/news/564-improving-network-protection-through-it-security-event-management
Last week was #TNC26, the research & education networking conference by @geant@mstdn.social and it was a very busy week!
🎤 @restena@mstdn.social shared about European HyperConnectivity & played an active role in the side meeting dedicated to the Special Interest Group on Information Security Management.
✍ @restena@mstdn.social officially committed to co-hosting #TNC27 with Belnet next year!
🙏 Thanks again to @geant@mstdn.social and CSC – IT Center for Science for this great TNC! See you in Liège at #TNC27. Restena will definitely be there 😉
📆 Professionals in the research and education (R&E) sectors and/or in the field of telecommunications networks, mark your calendar: #TNC27– Liège (Belgium) - 7 to 11 June 2027!
@restena@mstdn.social is joining forces with Belnet to host #tnc27, the research and education networking conference by @geant@mstdn.social. 🇱🇺 🇧🇪
Less than 200 km from the Luxembourg border, the city of #Liege has been chosen to bring together over 900 members of the R&E community!
ℹhttps://www.restena.lu/en/news/belgian-luxembourg-cooperation-tnc27
Germany, Greece, Ireland and Luxembourg unite to establish quantum-secure network with the new project in the #EuroQCI initiative : TransEuroOGS. The projet consortium of partners – including the Department of Media, Connectivity and Digital Policy (SMC) of the Ministry of State in Luxembourg, @restena@mstdn.social , University of Luxembourg and HITEC Luxembourg S.A. – will link optical ground stations across Europe.
ℹ️ Read about the press release announcing the project on https://restena.lu/en/news/germany-greece-ireland-and-luxembourg-unite-establish-quantum-secure-network
Restena NEWS #13, the latest edition of the biannual digital newsletter published by the @restena@mstdn.social is out!
🇬🇧 Read it in English at https://restena.lu/en/restena-news-13-july-2026
🇫🇷 Read it in French at https://restena.lu/fr/restena-news-13-juillet-2026
✍ Subscribe via the 'Stay connected' box available on the restena.lu homepage.
@restena@mstdn.social has just released a new tip sheet to support institutions with low budgets in setting-up a high-performing Security Operations Centre (SOC).
📌 ‘Set-up an affordable SOC’ is the seventh tip sheet of its series of publications for #research & #education stakeholders in #Luxembourg and set-up as part of the EU LuCySe4RE project.
👉 Read, share, or ask for printed copies for yourself or your colleagues!
ℹ https://www.restena.lu/en/news/509-information-system-monitoring-within-reach-all-institutions
📆 Third Benelux security and privacy meeting by @SURF@social.edu.nl Belnet and @restena@mstdn.social - 28/29 Sept. 2026 – Maastricht (The Netherlands).
🙋♀️ 🙋♂️ Are you a security or privacy professional from the research & education?
👉 Share, discuss, learn from each other and experts in the field about NIS2, AI, Human centred security, security incidents and data breaches and European health data space.etc.
💻 Read the programme at https://www.restena.lu/en/event/benelux-security-and-privacy-meeting-2025
✍ Register for free before 18 September 2026.
Data Privacy Day 2026 – 🗣️Online registration now open to attend the event dedicated to #dataprivacy and #dataprotection regulation by @restena@mstdn.social and the Digital Learning Hub
‼️ Attending Data Privacy Day requires having an account on the Digital Learning Hub platform.
▶️ Would you like to learn on privacy at the age of AI and quantum?
👨💻👩💻 Register via https://www.dlh.lu/shop/data-privacy-day-2026-2366
ℹ️ Learn about the programme and speakers at https://dataprivacyday.lu/
Data Privacy Day – +120 people have taken control of their privacy at the age of AI and quantum at the 2026 edition by @restena@mstdn.social and the Digital Learning Hub celebrating European #DataProtectionDay.
Thank you all – attendees, speakers and exhibitors - for this success! 🙏
👉Pictures and slides on http://dataprivacyday.lu
ℹ️ https://www.restena.lu/en/news/513-new-digital-technologies-and-data-protection
Staff working in the education and research sectors in Luxembourg and whose professional email messaging is hosted by @restena@mstdn.social can now read, manage and compose their email within a brand new interface.
📧 More modern and more intuitive, the 'Webmail' interface remains sovereign and open-source.
ℹ️ https://www.restena.lu/en/news/new-web-interface-manage-emails
Restena NEWS #12, the latest edition of the biannual digital newsletter published by the Fondation Restena is out!
🇬🇧 Read it in English at https://restena.lu/en/restena-news-12-february-2026
🇫🇷 Read it in French at https://restena.lu/fr/restena-news-12-fevrier-2026
✍ Subscribe via the 'Stay connected' box available on the restena.lu homepage.
⏳ D-8 before Data Privacy Day 2026 event by @restena@mstdn.social and the Digital Learning Hub.
🎤 From 09.30 to 10.30, hear about the sessions:
1️⃣ ‘Bridging privacy and AI Act Compliance: Mapping and Categorisation as a Shared Backbone‘
2️⃣ ‘AI & GDPR’
ℹ️ https://dataprivacyday.lu/programme/schedule/
✍ https://www.dlh.lu/shop/data-privacy-day-2026-2366
❓ Will you join us on 28 Jan. 26 to learn about the thematic ‘Artificial Intelligence, Quantum computing: Challenges for institutions at the age of new digital technologies’? Register now!
⏳ D-12 before Data Privacy Day 2026 event by @restena@mstdn.social and the Digital Learning Hub.
🎤 Register to hear about the keynote speech from Bert Verdonck, Chief Executive Officer, and Camille Alègre, Senior ELSI Associate at Luxembourg National Data Service (LNDS).
ℹ️ https://dataprivacyday.lu/programme/schedule/
✍ https://www.dlh.lu/shop/data-privacy-day-2026-2366
❓ Will you join us on 28 Jan. 26 to learn about the thematic ‘Artificial Intelligence, Quantum computing: Challenges for institutions at the age of new digital technologies’?
Following a successful internship in 2025, Sam, a 2nd-year student in BTS Cybersecurity at the Lycée Guillaume Kroll, is back for a 12-weeks internship.
👨🎓 For his new challenge, Sam will contribute alongside @restena@mstdn.social #network team to the EU Benelux-QCI project Restena is partnering in. In this project focussing on secure cross-border quantum communication infrastructure, he will be actively involved in the deployment of a Quantum Key distribution (QKD) network.
🙌 Welcome back aboard !
As the National Research and Education Network (NREN) for Luxembourg, @restena@mstdn.social played at TALON, the Europe’s first cross-border crisis exercise for NRENs led by GÉANT in mid-March 2026.
🔍 That was the perfect occasion to test processes and reactions as if a real crisis was happening!
🙏 Thanks @geant@mstdn.social for organising such a valuable learning opportunity!
📢 Save the Date! Data Privacy Day 2026 – 9th edition – 28 January 2026 📢
‼️ Back in its original format (in-person only and in the morning event) but in a new location (Terres Rouges building - Esch-Belval).
❓Main topic: Artificial Intelligence, Quantum computing: Challenges for institutions at the age of new digital technologies.
🎤With the participation of various Luxembourg and European speakers.
👉Programme and registration: early Jan. 26.
ℹ️https://dataprivacyday.lu/
At its 'LuCy Go-Live' event organised on 10 March 26, @restena@mstdn.social presented its ‘LuCy’ security event management platform - developed within the European LuCySe4RE research project - to its partners and interested (future) users.
🙏 Our warmest thanks to all attendees. We do really hope you all enjoyed the tailor-made programme!
❓ LuCySe4RE project aims at improving protection against the cybersecurity risks faced by the Luxembourg research & education community.
@restena@mstdn.social had the chance to participate to 'Digital Notorious’, the weekly English radio show by the Luxembourg Radio ARA that explores how Europe builds a digital world rooted in trust and responsibility, highlighting Luxembourg’s role in this process.
📻 Entitled ‘Restena: The Invisible Infrastructure Keeping Luxembourg’s Digital World Running’, the 20-minutes conversation can be listened to on Spotify at https://spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/SUSYClbZQYb
First appointed in November 2022, the director of the Restena Foundation - Gilles Massen - has been re-elected as Chair of the Board of Directors of the European association GÉANT!
👉 This new appointment strengthens Luxembourg's presence at the heart of the association federating National Research and Education Networks (NREN) at the European level, within which Restena has been active since the beginning.
⏳ D-2 before Data Privacy Day 2026 #event by @restena@mstdn.social and the Digital Learning Hub
🎤 At 12.00, hear about the session:
5️⃣ ‘Main points of attention for data protection in the era of AI boom and emergence of quantum technologies’ with Alain Herrmann, CNPD - Commission nationale pour la protection des données
🤝 Meet & share with the exhibitors: Association pour la Protection des Données au Luxembourg, BEE SECURE , Women4Cyber Luxembourg, Digital Learning Hub and @restena@mstdn.social
✨🎄SeasonsGreetings - As the year 2025 draws to an end, the @restena@mstdn.social team wishes you all a happy and healthy new year!
⏳ D-6 before Data Privacy Day 2026 #event by @restena@mstdn.social and the Digital Learning Hub.
🎤 From 11.00 to 12.00, hear about the sessions:
3️⃣ ‘IA en confiance : comprendre les enjeux médico-légaux en radiologie’ – Session in 🇫🇷
4️⃣ ‘Data Space Governance: New Missions of the CGSD within the Framework of the DGA and the AI Act‘
ℹ️ https://dataprivacyday.lu/programme/schedule/
✍ https://www.dlh.lu/shop/data-privacy-day-2026-2366
❓ Will you join us on 28 Jan. 26 ?Register now !
13 May 2026 is Diversity Day Lëtzebuerg, the national #DiversityDay organized by the Committee for the Diversity Charter Lëtzebuerg since 2015. This year again, @restena@mstdn.social fully supports this initiative with all its employees who, in all their diversity, are committed to maintaining a harmonious working environment.
🙏 Thanks to the Restena team for sharing core values of trust, serving attitude, reliability, flexibility, and responsibility.
Research and education institutions in Luxembourg renting virtual servers from @restena@mstdn.social now benefit from a new hosting system.
👉 With enhanced security and taken in charge by the authentication and access authorisation service eduID Luxembourg, the hosting system is also evolving towards a new European provider.
ℹ️ https://restena.lu/en/news/new-system-compatible-eduid-luxembourg-hosting-applications
