Train Hard Under Fire: How Attack Simulations Built on Real Conflict Data Change the Way Teams Prepare
Ukraine is one of the most cyberattacked countries on Earth, facing thousands of coordinated attacks each year targeting energy, telecom, government, and critical services. In this talk, Iryna Volnytska shares what CISOs and security teams can learn from training on scenarios built from real conflict data: what breaks first, where teams fail under pressure, and why rehearsing with real-world attack data produces fundamentally different preparedness outcomes. Backed by the whitepaper ʼFour Years on the Digital Frontline: Ukraine’s Cybersecurity Resilienceʼ drawing on data from CERT-UA, SSSCIP, and NATO CCDCOE.