Åre 2019 partnered with 4C Strategies, one of the world’s leading experts in risk and crisis management, to enhance its resilience in case of unexpected events before and during the Championships. Taking a proactive approach to risk and contingency planning was a key factor in ensuring successful Championships.

4C Strategies was commissioned to help Sweden's largest private food producer with the recipe for resilience as part of their commitment for operational excellence. Internationally, Dafgårds is best known for producing the meatballs for IKEA in all the European markets.

As framework provider of exercises to Statnett, the Norwegian state owned enterprise responsible for owning, operating and constructing the stem power grid in Norway, 4C Strategies supported the planning and delivery of Black Screen. Black Screen was a large-scale cyber exercise in the Nordic electricity sector. The exercise, including 84 representatives of 16 agencies from all five Nordic countries, took place in Oslo, Norway. Over two days, a sinister cyber-attack against SCADA systems in all five Nordic countries was played out, in a table top setting, mixed with live elements such as press conferences. This was an excellent opportunity for representatives of Transmission System Operators, regulating authorities and CERTs in all five Nordic countries to come together and develop their readiness toward major cyber-attacks.