Exploratory Study on Certification of Cyberprofessionals

We are conducting an exploratory study to determine which certification could help strengthen quality assurance in the cybersecurity sector. The labor market, after all, has a particular need for professionals with high-level knowledge and skills. Currently, there is insufficient insight into this quality assurance. Our exploratory study focuses in a general sense on gaining insight […]

Squaring the Circle: Lawful Access to Encrypted Data while preserving Cyber Security

In 2025, the EU Commission presented a roadmap for effective and lawful access to data for law enforcement. This presentation will cover the conflicting needs of law enforcement and the cyber security community, explain why old wiretapping regulations cannot easily be transferred to the Internet age, and survey the solution space. The focus will be […]

PQC: Who owns cryptography? When decisions outgrow IT

Most organisations lack clear ownership of cryptographic decisions. With post-quantum cryptography (PQC), this becomes an urgent risk: migration takes years, regulations are tightening, and decisions have long-term business impact. This interactive session focuses on why PQC fails when treated as a technical upgrade rather than a governance and IT operating model challenge. Participants start with […]

Leading the fight against cybercrime

This panel explores leadership in fighting cybercrime within law enforcement and prosecution in a rapidly evolving cyber landscape, accelerated by AI, marked by increasing complexity and mass victimisation. It focuses on how organisations can move from reactive approaches towards more adaptive and forward-looking ways of working, and the role of more human-centred and connective leadership […]

NXP’s Integrated Approach to Insider Risk

Insider risk has emerged as one of the most significant threats to technology-driven organizations, particularly those with a strong reliance on long term, high value intellectual property (IP). This session presents NXP’s integrated approach to managing insider risk, with a specific focus on the detection, prevention, and response to IP exfiltration. It explains how insider […]

Insights from Next Frontiers in Cybersecurity Research

In this dynamic lightning talk type session, cutting-edge PhD researchers will take the stage to unveil their groundbreaking work, from AI-driven threats to cybersecurity govenance to PQC. Exploring the state-of-the-art in future cybersecurity research, their multidisciplinary insights bridge academia, industry, and society. Get ready for a fast-paced dive into the innovations shaping tomorrow’s digital defenses, […]

Difficulties of non-intrusive scanning as NCSC

The NCSC performs scanning to identify vulnerabile and compromised devices and warns their owners in order for them to take appropriate measures. The NIS2 directive and its implementation in the “Cyberbeveiligingswet” tasks the NCSC with “proactive non-intrusive scanning of publicly accessible network and information systems of essential and important entities”. There is however no legal […]

Humans as crucial partners in cybersecurity & resilience

Cybersecurity has evolved from a technical discipline into an interdisciplinary field that increasingly recognizes humans as a valuable resource. A new paradigm shifts focus from blaming human error to empowering people as part of the solution. This framework aims to strengthen cyber resilience by supporting employees in detecting, addressing, and recovering from incidents. We will […]

Single Country of Failure is the metric you’re missing

Your redundant architecture has a blind spot the size of a continent. While you’ve eliminated every Single Point of Failure, your vendor ecosystem may be balanced on a single jurisdictional chokepoint, one sanctions package away from going dark. We call this the New Dutch Disease: just as a booming gas sector hollows out the rest […]