ONE Talent Hub
Welcome to the ONE Talent Hub, the ultimate meeting place for talent in cybersecurity! Whether you’re looking for new career opportunities, aiming to further develop your skills, or want to stay updated on the latest policies, the ONE Talent Hub is where you want to be.
A meeting place for talent
Looking for a space to land, relax, and connect with fellow cybersecurity enthusiasts? Then the ONE Talent Hub is the place to be.
At the ONE Talent Hub, you’ll find leading talent organisations dedicated to nurturing the next generation of cybersecurity professionals. Take the opportunity to engage in meaningful conversations, explore exciting career pathways, and establish valuable connections for the future. You will also get to meet young talent, the next generation of cyber professionals. Be inspired by their ideas, enthusiasm, and fresh perspective.
Whether you’re here to network, learn, or simply take a break, the Talent Hub offers a warm and welcoming environment. Enjoy the relaxed atmosphere, indulge in a sweet treat, collect unique stickers for your laptop, and immerse yourself in the world of cybersecurity talent.
Themes
Talent & Labour Market
Explore current opportunities in the cybersecurity job market, from concrete vacancies to strategic collaborations. Meet organizations working to connect supply and demand in this rapidly growing field.
Breinstein
Kickstart your career with a Cyber Security traineeship
Want to keep learning while starting your cyber career right away? Then Breinstein is the place to be! In our Cyber Security traineeship, you’ll combine an accredited training program with a personal development track while working at leading organizations. No tuition fees, a permanent contract, and a salary from day one.
As a Cyber Security young professional, you’ll learn more than just keeping hackers out. You’ll become a specialist who identifies risks, advises on solutions, coordinates responses, and bridges the gap between technology, processes, and people. You’ll play a key role in protecting organizations against threats such as DDoS attacks, ransomware, and data breaches.
What you get at Breinstein:
- A permanent contract and salary from day one
- No tuition fees
- Intensive coaching from your personal field coach
- A top-level training program + personal growth
- The chance to work with leading organizations
- 90% of trainees get a job with their client
Ready for the future? Join Breinstein and help create a safer digital world.
Ready, set, security!
Human Capital Agenda ICT / Cybersecurity
By 2030, the Netherlands will need at least 1 million digital professionals. Current numbers being around 700,000, this talent gap is hindering digital progress in various sectors.
To address the shortages, education, business and government are joining forces in the Human Capital Agenda ICT (HCA ICT), an initiative of the Ministry of Economic Affairs. The program focuses on three key areas of expertise: Cybersecurity (with its own HCA Cybersecurity program), Data & AI, and Software & Cloud.
At the Talent Hub, visitors will be able to engage around the following theme’s:
Day 1: The Cybersecurity labor market analysis, presented by our partner Dialogic as per our Research and Advisory rapport from 2024.
Day 2: Initiatives that stimulate the growth in numbers of cybersecurity/digital professionals (including Switch to Digital)
In a nutshell:
HCA Cybersecurity
■ Aims to build a future-proof cyber workforce to tackle security challenges through multidisciplinary collaboration
■ Comprises 4 working groups: Career Pathways, Market Alignment, Image and Attractiveness, Regional and Sector collaboration
Switch to digital
■ HCA ICT announced this pact in Jul 2025 aimed at boosting digital talent by empowering individuals to enter the digital sector, even if lacking traditional qualifications.
■ Through ambassadors – who value potential over diplomas- the pact seeks to highlight what works in practice and inspire a broader shift in recruitment culture.
Centrum voor Veiligheid en Digitalisering (CVD)
The Centrum voor Veiligheid en Digitalisering (Center for Security and Digitalisation) brings together partners in education, government, and industry to strengthen digital resilience and develop the next generation of cybertalent. During the ONE Conference Talent Hub, CVD presents a selection of programs and initiatives aimed at empowering young professionals in the field of cybersecurity and digital innovation.
Showcased initiatives:
- Fast Forward Traineeship – Safety and Digitalisation (Saxion University of Applied Sciences)
A unique talent development program that fast-tracks recent graduates into impactful roles within the public safety and digitalisation domain.
- Digital Talent Team – Dutch Police, East Netherlands Unit
A multidisciplinary team of digitally skilled students and professionals working on real-world challenges in cybercrime prevention and digital investigation.
- MBO Aventus – Projects for Digital Talent in a Dedicated Data Center
Hands-on cybersecurity and IT infrastructure projects for vocational students, hosted in Aventus’ own operational data center.
- About the CVD: A Multi-Line Program for Regional Impact
Learn more about the CVD’s program structure, including lines focused on education, innovation, applied research, and practical collaboration in the fields of safety and digitalisation.
And you may also come across a student or trainee who asks you to explain in a video what working in the cybersecurity sector entails.
Digital Talent Team
Make an impact from day one: be part of solving real investigations
Digital traces are crucial in solving crimes, from cybercrime to traditional cases. Digital Talent Team, part of the Dutch National Police – Regional Unit East Netherlands, is a two-year program for people with digital expertise who want to strengthen police investigations and help build a safer society.
From day one, you’ll work on real cases, create smart tools, and collaborate closely with investigative teams. Graduates gain an official certificate, proof of their digital skills and direct impact on investigations.
Curious to learn more?
Visit the Talent Hub and hear first-hand from Digital Talent Team members how they’ve been making a difference in police work. The question is: will you take the opportunity to make your mark?
Talent & Development
This theme focuses on education, reskilling, and the personal growth of cybersecurity professionals. Get to know the organizations dedicated to developing the cyber talent of today and tomorrow.
ACCSS
ACCSS at ONE Conference: Strengthening Cybersecurity Through Research and Talent Development
ACCSS (Academic Cyber Security Society) proudly joins the ONE Conference as part of the Talent Hub, where we highlight our commitment to strengthening the cybersecurity knowledge infrastructure in the Netherlands. As a contributor to the program line cybersecurity of the Human Capital Agenda ICT, ACCSS leads the roundtable ‘Bringing Together Supply and Demand’, where we connect educators (MBO, HBO, WO, and private institutions) with market needs. This dialogue is essential to aligning cybersecurity education with evolving societal and industry challenges.
We also draw attention to the National Cyber Security Research Agenda IV (NCSRA IV), which forms the strategic backbone of cybersecurity research in the Netherlands and serves as a key driver for talent development. This agenda directly supports our mission to bridge academic research and societal resilience.
At the Talent Hub, we invite ONE conference visitors to engage with researchers from our ACCSS and PRIO network who will be present to discuss the Human Capital Agenda, NCSRA IV, and our working groups’ activities. Let’s connect and shape the future of cybersecurity together.
SANCS
The Southern Africa–Netherlands Cyber Security School (SANCS) is a dynamic six-week online programme that equips the next generation of cyber talent with the skills to launch their careers. Co-hosted by the Hague Centre for Strategic Studies and Stellenbosch University, SANCS brings together students and young professionals from Southern Africa and beyond.
The programme connects academia, companies, institutions, and thought leaders from the Netherlands, South Africa, and the region. It combines expert-led online lectures with real-world challenges and collaborative teamwork. Topics have included digital forensics, privacy law, artificial intelligence, and quantum cryptography. In 2025, over 3,000 participants took part.
Top performers from Southern Africa are invited to the Cyber Talent Accelerator Track — an intensive, full-time programme that bridges the gap between study and employment. Every graduate of the most recent cohort secured a job in cybersecurity, most before completing the programme.
SANCS offers companies and institutions access to one of Africa’s most promising cybersecurity talent pools. Deloitte, Hunt & Hackett, DataGr8, and Microsoft are just a few of its valued partners — and the network continues to grow. Meet us at the Talent Hub during the ONE Conference to learn more and explore opportunities to get involved
IDCSS
The Indo-Dutch Cyber Security School (IDCSS) is a pioneering initiative that has been cultivating cyber talent since 2016. Co-hosted by the Hague Centre for Strategic Studies (HCSS) and the Cyber Security Centre of Excellence in Telangana, it was the first programme of its kind and now attracts over 3,000 participants annually from India, the Netherlands, and beyond.
In a world facing an urgent shortage of cybersecurity professionals, the need for innovative talent pipelines has never been greater. India leads globally in the number of STEM graduates, offering potential to meet this demand. IDCSS taps into this potential, aiming to serve as a bridge between the supply of cyber talent and the international demand for skilled professionals.
The programme offers a multidisciplinary online learning experience for students and young professionals, with expert-led sessions on topics such as digital forensics, AI, data protection, cyber arms control, and more.
Supported over the years by partners across government, academia, and industry - including, among others, the Governments of Karnataka and Telangana in India, The Hague Municipality, the Embassy of India in the Netherlands, The Hague University of Applied Sciences, the Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace, TU Delft, Verizon, and Symantec – the IDCSS continues to expand its global network.
Meet us at the ONE Conference Talent Hub to learn more.
Connect2Trust/Cybersquad
The Connect2Trust Foundation provides a secure and trusted environment where public and private organizations, who are receiving threat intelligence and/or knowledge exchange forums. This allows them to receive, analyze and exchange sensitive and confidential information about best practices and cyberthreats which Connect2Trust receives from open and closed sources within various governments and private sources.
Bringing together the supply of threat information and the demand from around 2000 often large, (multi)national organizations is not easy. Not all available information is relevant, and too much information is impossible to process or costs too much time and effort. Identifying the appropriate action(s) requires the right information, at the right time, to the right organizations. If these conditions are not met, then the action perspective offered will not lead to an actual action. The non-profit Connect2Trust foundation is, appointed by the Dutch Ministry of Justice and Security, is uniquely positioned to independently connect organizations that offer and require information.
Over the past 10 years, a growing team of volunteers have been allowed by their employers to spend a few hours per week to increase the value of the services provided by Connect2Trust. Some volunteers spent their time developing out ThreatMatcher Platform which is developed to make the process of information sharing faster, controllable, automated, secure and scalable so that information reaches the right organizations on time and as needed. Other volunteers support the building of networks at both the strategic CISO-level or by organizing our annual CyberSQUAD event aimed at young cybersecurity professionals held in The Hague and abroad in cities like Berlin.
In working closely with national and local governments in identifying new projects and opportunities, there is an increasing need to involve more energetic and enthusiastic talent. Want to know more, just visit https://www.connect2trust.nl and visit us at the Talent Hub.
Talent & Youth
Discover initiatives that inspire young people to pursue a future in digital security. Meet organizations that invest in emerging talent and develop the cybersecurity skills of the next generation.
Challenge the Cyber
Challenge the Cyber is a non-profit foundation that helps young cyber talent develop their technical skills through capture-the-flag competitions. Each year, we organize a national competition, the Cyber Bootcamp, and facilitate the participation of the Dutch team in the European Cybersecurity Challenge (ECSC). In 2026, we will be hosting the ECSC in The Hague!
Want to learn more, join our activities, or volunteer with us? Visit our stand at the Talent Hub!
Stichting Cyberbrein.nl
Stichting Cyberbrein.nl – Developing the Cyber Minds of Tomorrow
Stichting Cyberbrein.nl is an innovative foundation dedicated to discovering, guiding, and developing young talent in the world of cybersecurity. Our mission is to introduce young people to digital security in an accessible and inspiring way, helping them explore technology responsibly and preparing them for future careers in this fast-growing field.
We believe that talent can be found everywhere, even among those who do not naturally fit into the traditional education system. That’s why we offer ethical hacking workshops in primary schools and cyber workshop carousels for MBO ICT programs. These sessions give students hands-on experience with cybersecurity concepts in a fun and engaging way. We deliver these programs independently or in collaboration with trusted partners such as HackShield.
What makes us unique is the diversity of our participants, the youngest we mentor is just five years old. Through early engagement and real-world learning, we provide a safe environment for children and young adults to develop both technical and ethical skills. Promising talents can progress through our programs and eventually move on to initiatives such as Challenge The Cyber, opening doors to advanced training and career opportunities.
By participating in the ONE Conference Talent Hub, we aim to connect with cybersecurity professionals, share our approach to talent development, and show how together we can build the cybersecurity workforce of tomorrow.
Hackshield
HackShield uses gamification and storytelling to make children aware of the dangers they face online. They take part in an immersive story, learn about online safety, discover potential threats, and in different episodes, they are taught how to protect themselves. HackShield is not only great fun but also incredibly educational! The game is completely free to play for everyone at www.hackshieldgame.nl.
Originally created as a game, HackShield has grown into a movement that unites children, schools, municipalities, companies, the police, and many other organizations. In just five years, it has developed into a social movement that translates new technologies and digital trends into engaging content, events, and educational programs.
Talent & Diversity
Cybersecurity needs everyone. These organizations focus on increasing inclusion and attracting talent from diverse backgrounds — including women in tech, neurodiverse individuals, and people with a distance to the labor market. Visit initiatives and organizations committed to building a broad and inclusive talent pool.
DIVD Academy
DIVD Academy – Empowering Young Ethical Hackers
DIVD Academy is a unique training and talent development initiative that empowers young people to become ethical hackers and cybersecurity professionals. Our mission is to create equal opportunities for all young talents, particularly those who do not fit the traditional education system or face challenges finding their path into cybersecurity.
Through a combination of hands-on learning, mentorship, and real-world projects, we prepare students to responsibly identify and address digital vulnerabilities. Our online platform already supports nearly 5,000 students with free cybersecurity courses, providing them with a safe and accessible way to develop both technical and ethical skills.
What sets DIVD Academy apart is our strong focus on practical experience. Students work on real cases and collaborate with industry partners, government organizations, and the broader cybersecurity community. We firmly believe that diversity drives innovation, which is why we actively engage young people from a wide range of cultural and social backgrounds.
By participating in the ONE Conference Talent Hub, we aim to connect our young talents with cybersecurity professionals, inspire future careers, and demonstrate how our approach contributes to a safer digital society.
Women4Cyber
We aim to build a diverse and secure cybersecurity world that is accessible to all. Our mission focuses on increasing the presence of women in the cybersecurity job market and fostering workplace environments where women and others feel safe to be their authentic selves. We work to raise awareness about the challenges that continue to limit equitable access to opportunities in the field and actively seek to remove those barriers.
To support women in growing their careers, we offer access to relevant education, skill development, and a dedicated mentoring program. Through mentorship, we connect aspiring professionals with experienced leaders who can guide, support, and inspire them on their journey. By empowering women and promoting inclusive practices, we strive to shape a more balanced, innovative, and resilient cybersecurity landscape for everyone.
ITvitae
At ITvitae, we educate neurodivergent young people to become ICT specialists, with a focus on cyber security, Java development, cloud engineering, or data science. Through coaching, we prepare them to develop both their technical expertise and workplace skills. After graduation, we help them find a job that matches their strengths. Many companies value the focus, problem-solving skills and attention to detail that neurodivergent talent brings. With our experience, we’re able to match the right person to the right role, creating lasting benefits for both the candidate and the employer.
