Cybercrime & Historic Sites — the April 2026 San Marco Anti‑Flood System Incident
The April 2026 incident involving the 'Infrastructure Destruction Squad' (aka 'Dark Engine') serves as a critical warning for heritage site...
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The Uffizi Cyberattack: a Warning for Heritage Institutions, but not a simple story
On 2026, the Uffizi Galleries in Florence, became the focus of a cyberattack story that quickly moved beyond technical disruption...
Cybersecurity in Heritage Buildings: Key Gaps, Vulnerabilities & Practical Mitigation
As museums and historic sites adopt IoT-connected smart technologies for fire safety, environmental monitoring, and building automation, new cyber risks...
Heritage Safety in the Age of Compound Risk
Historic buildings and cultural sites are no longer exposed to one dominant threat at a time. In recent months, this...
How Smart Technologies Improve Historic Buildings Safety
Preserving historic buildings means safeguarding not just architectural masterpieces—but the collective memory and cultural identity of communities. Today, smart technologies...
What if Smart Technologies had been implemented at the National Museum of Brazil or Notre Dame?
The catastrophic fires at the National Museum of Brazil (2018) and Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris (2019) resulted in irreversible losses—millions...
Training Resilience Programmes for Cultural Heritage Staff in Emergencies
Cultural heritage institutions face a variety of emergencies, from localised incidents within a single structure to large-scale civil protection scenarios...
Monitoring Armed Conflicts Damages and Risks to Cultural Heritage
2024 has left a vast number of destructions of buildings and places of profound historical, artistic, religious and cultural value....
Firefighting Equipment and Techniques for Museums: A Comprehensive Guide for Heritage Managers
Updated January 2026 Introduction The 2006 report "Manual Fire Extinguishing Equipment for Protection of Heritage", prepared by COWI within the...
