United we stand, divided we’re hacked

Building the digital resilience of The Netherlands together The attack surface of cyber state and non-state actors is increasing. State actors continue to develop offensive cyber programs, while posing a threat to our society, economy and international security.    These developments make one thing crystal clear: our resilience must grow. The Netherlands Cybersecurity Strategy provides […]

Air Force ONE? No… Human Force ONE: the importance of a trusted network

NIS2 requires a change in how NCSC and the parties can find each other. Digital First and relationship management reinforce each other so that the parties continue to feel heard and (continue to) share information. PPS, ISACs, bilateral discussions, industry associations, switching organizations, KCC, conferences, etc.. We demonstrate the NCSC’s role in building confidential relationships […]

It’s One Kingdom. Let’s Start Defending Like It.

Aruba is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands — but when it comes to cybersecurity, we don’t always act like one Kingdom. We all face similar challenges, especially when it comes to limited capacity and resources. Instead of trying to solve everything on our own, why not lean on each other more? Meanwhile, cybercriminals […]

NCSCs and Scientific Research

Incident Response is a highly advanced technological field that draws, ideally, from state-of-the-art scientific research in cyber security. Historically, incident response emerged from this scientific research field and for long there was a close bond between (national) cybersecurity and research in many countries across the world. However, due to the growth of the field in […]

Operation PowerOFF: the power lies in the data

Operation PowerOFF is an ongoing operation focusing on the criminal DDoS-for-hire market. The objective? A sustaining impact on the global criminal ddos-for-hire marketplace by targeting the infrastructure, administrators and users through a maintained international law enforcement collaboration. By focusing on enforce, data collection and prevent measures, the whole DDoS ecosystem is included in the approach.

The Cyclotron public private collaboration journey

Share incident and threat data in public–private collaboration, do analyses together and create and distribute the findings to all relevant organizations in the Netherlands. In this way, we can make the Netherlands an unattractive target for digital attacks. What have we been doing in our current journey of public-private collaboration? Let’s develop, automate and secure […]

European Partnerships for a sovereign cyber future

As the European Union continues to depend heavily on non-EU providers for critical digital infrastructure—ranging from cloud services and cybersecurity tools to hardware and software—concerns over digital sovereignty and strategic autonomy are rising. This reliance poses significant risks to data privacy, supply chain resilience, and Europe’s ability to independently secure its digital future. Structural challenges […]

Facilitating cyberincident response for small businesses

Cyberattacks are a substantial and growing risk for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). There are currently many initiatives in the Netherlands to help SMEs prevent victimization, but there are few initiatives to help them with cyber incident response. In our talk, we will present our solution to organize cyber incident response for SMEs in a […]

CSIRT-CV hits different: elevating OT cybersecurity

In a context where cyberattacks on OT environments are becoming increasingly frequent and sophisticated, CSIRT-CV has created the Industrial Cybersecurity Excellence Center, with the aim of addressing the convergence of IT and OT threats in an integrated manner. One of the center’s main initiatives is the OT Cybersecurity Laboratory, an advanced lab that simulates real […]