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Real crises, real lessons

From the nationwide 112 outage to the floods in Limburg: we break down well-known crises and extract the lessons that matter to your organisation. Recognisable, factual and directly applicable.

Boil-water advisory Utrecht region (2025)

Case story: 5 lessons for drinking water companies after the enterococci contamination.

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The major power outage of 2015

Case story: 5 lessons for grid operators after the largest power outage ever in the Netherlands.

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Chemie-Pack fire Moerdijk (2011)

Case story: 5 lessons for the chemical sector after the major fire at a BRZO company.

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DDoS attacks on banks (2013)

Case story: 5 lessons on payment traffic after the DDoS wave against Dutch banks.

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IT outage in healthcare (2024)

Case story: 5 lessons on continuity after the global CrowdStrike outage.

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Ship fire Fremantle Highway (2023)

Case story: 5 maritime lessons after the fire on the car carrier near Ameland.

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Ransomware at Hof van Twente (2020)

Case story: 5 lessons for municipalities after the ransomware attack that even hit the backups.

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Flood disaster Limburg (2021)

Case story: 5 lessons on flooding after the flooding in Limburg.

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The 112 outage of 2019

Case story: 5 lessons for telecom and government after the nationwide 112 failure.

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Train accident Voorschoten (2023)

Case story: 5 lessons for the railways after the collision and derailment near Voorschoten.

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Baggage and IT outage at an airport

Case story: 5 lessons on continuity at an airport during a major system outage.

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Wildfire Deurnese Peel (2020)

Case story: 5 lessons for safety regions after the largest wildfire in decades.

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From lesson to practice

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