
#12 - February 2026

A QUARTER-CENTURY OLD AND AN EYE ON 2030
Emerged from the RESTENA research project launched in 1989, whose activities it took over in 2000, the Restena Foundation, now well established in Luxembourg, intends to expand on its foundations to meet the challenges of the future. As 2025 marked Restena's quarter-century anniversary, its director, Gilles Massen, unveils the institution's ambitions for 2030. On the one hand, the RESTENA network infrastructure at the heart of its activities will continue to serve, in particular, the government strategies aimed at accelerating digital sovereignity by 2030. On the other hand, security services and the general approach to serve the interests of the research and education community are set to intensify. Read more
INFORMATION SYSTEM MONITORING WITHIN REACH OF ALL INSTITUTIONS
Setting-up a high-performing Security Operations Center (SOC) is the focus of a new tip-sheet. This publication aims to support and provide institutions with a low budget with key information on how to set up an affordable SOC, while highlighting the prerequisites, points to consider, and best practices. Read more
FINE-TUNING PROCESS FOR THE SECURITY EVENT MANAGEMENT TOOLS
At the end of the second third of the roadmap followed by the European LuCySe4RE project, the project team designed a security event management infrastructure and launched a DNS firewall service, while continuing its commitment to cybersecurity awareness activities. Read more
NEW DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES AND DATA PROTECTION
Co-organised for the first time with the Digital Learning Hub (DLH), Data Privacy Day brought together more than 120 academic and economic stakeholders from Luxembourg at the end of January 2026. For this ninth edition, Restena and the DLH raised awareness of the challenges related to AI and quantum computing for institutions at the age of new digital technologies. Read more
Upcoming Events
- LuCy Go-Live, 10 March 2026
- CyberDay.lu, 15 October 2026
Partner News
- GÉANT – EuroHPC JU awards contract to GÉANT to hyperconnect European supercomputers.
- Ministry for Research and Higher Education – The Luxembourg AI Factory's service catalogue unveiled at the Data Summit 2025.