ARA Friday Lunchtime CPD Webinar: Living Through A Cyber Attack

This webinar was held on Friday 21st November 2025 1:00–1:30pm

Louisa Blight RMARA, Head of Collections and Research, National Museum of the Royal Navy presented on: Living Through a Cyber Attack: Pain, Positivity and Patience

On Monday 9th December 2024 the National Museum of the Royal Navy became aware it was the victim of a ransomware attack. The attackers were able to use a combination of tools, scripts and malware to laterally move through the IT environment and gain credentials for access. The attack had an immediate and significant impact on the National Museum, affecting many of its key servers which housed many of the organisation’s main working files, systems and digital collections. This is an opportunity to hear first-hand how the National Museum responded in the short and medium term to this major incident, including managing communications, morale and the long rebuild process. Join Louisa Blight, Head of Collections & Research who will give an overview of the incident and an insider’s perspective on the recovery journey, focussing particularly on the risks to collections within an incident like this and some key lessons learnt.