The Threats of High Power IoT on the Power Grid

More and more devices are being connected to the electricity grid, including High Power IoT. Examples are solar inverters, electric cars, and heat pumps. This presents opportunities, but also many dangers. What are these dangers? What laws and regulations apply to this High Power IoT on the power grid? And what would be possible solutions […]

Power, Trust, Responsibility in Fragmented Digital World

Cybersecurity has evolved into a strategic domain at the intersection of geopolitics, economic stability, and societal resilience. Rising global tensions are shaping cyber threats with real-world impacts, while collective defense through international and public–private cooperation becomes essential. The digital space faces a growing tension between anonymity and accountability, as misuse fuels cybercrime and erodes trust. […]

Police Hack and Pass-the-Cookie: No Crumbs, Full Access

In September 2024, The Netherlands police faced a data breach in which the Russian state-supported threat actor Laundy Bear gained access to the corporate address book. This presentation gives insight into how the attack occurred, how the High Tech Crime Team and the Public Prosecution Service responded and lessons learned.

Knight to C2; The Endgame against ransomware groups

Endgame is an ongoing law-enforcement project tackling the roots of ransomware; Botnets, RAT’s and infostealers. To combat this cybercrime, you need a broad systemic approach. In order to achieve that, we need cyber governance: the collaboration in which multiple public and private partners take their responsibilities on these topics: – Actors/suspects – Financial assets – […]

A Room With a View

WebEx has so called ‘WebEx screens’, devices that are a combination of a screen, a camera, a microphone and speakers. These appliances are edge devices and part of the unified communications solution in both corporate and public organisations. In this deep-dive we explore how an a-symmetric approach leads to bypassing security measures using a living […]

IDRS report demonstrates cyber resilience for NIS2/DORA

Cyber resilience is increasingly a boardroom topic, but how do C-level executives and supervisory bodies actually know whether an organisation is resilient enough? Risk dashboards and audit reports exist in abundance, yet they rarely give decision-makers the holistic, comparable, and actionable insight they need. The International Digital Reporting Standards (IDRS) was developed precisely to address […]

From Radar to Roadmap: High-Tech Product Security

Standard security foresight tools were built for enterprise IT — not for products with 15-year lifecycles, tightly coupled hardware-software architectures, and supply chains where a single compromise can impact thousands of devices. This session presents two complementary instruments developed by the Brabant House of Cyber (BHoC): the Product Security Innovation Radar, a structured prioritization methodology […]