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The Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games may be in the books, but Paris-based cybersecurity, cloud and high-performance computing group Atos is celebrating its success in enabling both events by orchestrating and securing all the IT systems behind them.

Atos fully migrating all systems for both Games to the cloud and used the latest technologies to manage remotely all the testing, homologations, and rehearsals, and additionally, scaled down the number of physical servers used by nearly 50 percent.

Atos secured the entire IT infrastructure of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, leveraging expertise in both cybersecurity and real-time data analysis tools. Its teams of cybersecurity experts monitored systems and networks continuously, from a Security Operation Center (SOC), combined with a Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT).

“Tokyo 2020 were unprecedented Olympic Games, and it took an equally unprecedented effort from all of us to make them happen in a safe and secure manner for everyone,” said Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). “Atos has been truly instrumental in connecting, securing and digitally enabling the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 to all stakeholders worldwide, while decreasing the environmental impact of our IT operations. We are delighted to continue to work with a leader in the digital field, bringing innovation to the Olympic Games, and helping us to connect digitally with all our fans around the world.”

Andrew Parsons, resident of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), added: “The Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games were historic, as athletes broke records, opened minds and changed lives. Being able to tell that story of diversity and inclusion across the world was vital, and the Atos cloud ensured that we could stay digitally connected with fans, journalists and broadcasters.

“To do that safely and securely was particularly important to us in Tokyo as we launched WeThe15, which aims to end discrimination towards the 1.2 billion persons with disabilities. We congratulate Atos for ensuring that the Paralympic Games were as high-performing in the IT back-end as they were on the field of play.”

Atos is an active supporter of the #WeThe15 campaign launched by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), a campaign focused on disability visibility and inclusion. Atos has extended its employee resource group for people with disabilities and their allies and is committed to addressing inclusion as a major cause.

“Like athletes, Atos experts have been preparing for the event years in advance, with ambition and determination. When it comes to the Olympic and Paralympic Games, there are no second chances,” said Atos CEO Elie Girard. “Each edition of the Olympic and Paralympic Games brings together more and more connected spectators, and digital is more than ever a central player.The expertise of our teams made it possible to deliver a flawless event, and to ensure moments of joy and emotion to the world community. In these unprecedented times, I am very proud of the success of these Olympic and Paralympic Games, which were remarkable by their extraordinary resilience.”