The upcoming Cyber Security Assessment Netherlands 2026
The Cybersecurity Assessment Netherlands (CSAN, CSBN in Dutch) is published annually. It provides insight into digital threats, national security interests, and resilience. The report is produced by the National Coordinator for Counterterrorism and Security (NCTV), in cooperation with public, private, and academic partners. This Talk about the CSAN 2026 will highlight the key findings of […]
CISO survey insights: trends & priorities for 2026
This presentation draws on a 2026 survey and interview series with 27 cybersecurity leaders in the Netherlands to show how CISO priorities are evolving under pressure from regulation, AI, operational complexity, and growing reliance on cloud and third parties. The findings reveal a shift away from traditional control-focused security toward stronger auditability, resilience, monitoring maturity, […]
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 […]
The good, the bad, and STIX/TAXII
Standards are essential; without them, the internet would not exist. In open source, organisations like the Linux Foundation drive such standards, as seen with OpenTelemetry, now widely adopted despite early scepticism. In cybersecurity, STIX/TAXII plays a similar role. Though often criticised, it remains vital, particularly for cyber threat intelligence and detection rule sharing. Its value […]
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 […]
Why Cybersecurity Starts with the Brain
Cybersecurity is often approached as a technical challenge, yet many breaches originate from human behavior. This session explores the human element in cybersecurity through a neuroscience lens, examining how stress, cognitive bias, and decision-making impact security-related actions. Participants will gain insight into why awareness alone is not enough, and how brain responses under pressure influence […]
The Ins and Outs of Residential Proxies
Residential proxy networks monetize end-user bandwidth, reselling access to millions of consumer IPs for scraping and, increasingly, abuse. From a network-operator vantage point these flows are hard to characterize: the traffic blends with normal residential activity, and the underlying client software is rarely documented. This talk combines two perspectives on the problem. Through reverse engineering […]
Staying in Control When Geopolitics Becomes the Crisis
Geopolitics has long been treated as background noise in cybersecurity, relevant for strategic discussions, but rarely for day‐to‐day operational decision‐making. That assumption no longer holds. Rising geopolitical tensions increasingly spill into the digital domain, affecting public organizations not only through cyberattacks, but also via sanctions, legal orders, supplier disruption, and political pressure on technology providers. […]
What Yesterday’s Cyber Ops Tell Us About Tomorrow
1. Opening: Europe on the digital frontline: from spillover to systemic exposure 2. The DynoWiper case (Poland, 2025): destructive cyber as strategic signalling 3. From cyber to hybrid warfare: the convergence of cyber, AI, drones and information operations 4. The Ukraine doctrine: how Sandworm operationalised cyber as a wartime capability 5. Spillover into the EU: […]
Humor, The Secret Weapon for Cybersecurity Awareness
Humor can be a powerful tool in cybersecurity awareness because it makes messages more memorable and engaging, ultimately supporting real behavior change. In this presentation I’ll explain why humor works. Research shows that humor can enhance understanding and retention when applied thoughtfully. However, humor must be used carefully: it should clearly reinforce the desired behavior, […]