Increasing the Netherlands’ DDoS resilience together, part II of III Last week, we spoke about the Dutch Anti-DDoS Coalition, how it came about and its goal of realising a cooperative DDoS mitigation strategy by using a combination of five instruments. This week, we’ll take a closer look at one of...

First lessons learned from setting up a national anti-DDoS initiative, part I of III The Dutch Anti-DDoS Coalition is a national consortium of seventeen organisations from various sectors (e.g. ISPs, banks, government agencies and law enforcement) committed to fighting DDoS attacks together. In this series of three blogs, we’ll first...

In the era of mass Web monitoring, users are being tracked and their behavioral data collected and used, typically for ad-targeting purposes. The tracking happens when users visit a publisher (first-party) to consume content (e.g., news, video, music, etc.), but it is performed by third-party entities such as online trackers,...

Nowadays we read in the media discussions whether or not to trust Huawei for our new 5G network. But isn’t this discussion focusing on the wrong question? Instead of questioning whether we can trust companies like Huawei, should we discuss whether we can trust 1) nation states, and 2) “boxes”...

Almost overnight, most companies had to severely limit physical access to their offices all over Europe. As more and more employees start working from home, connecting to their company network infrastructure, security becomes an immediate concern. Keeping IT systems up and running has never been more important than in this...

Main Priority Recently, Commissioner Breton stated the following: ‘As a European Commissioner, the question I've been probably asked the most in the last few weeks is: what is your priority? Is it 5G? Is it artificial intelligence? Is it industry? Services? Audiovisual? Tourism? Space? Defence? Obviously, all these topics are...

Be part of the European Education Ecosystem for Cybersecurity. Are you a professional providing cybersecurity related services, a Chief Technology Officer, an HR representative, a mid-manager, or a cybersecurity professional working in a company? Get involved in shaping the certification framework for cybersecurity skills and in developing relevant courses for...

Are our homes becoming smart homes in the near future? Are hospitals and patient care moving to our homes soon? Innovation means different things to different people, depending on the context in which it is being reviewed. This blog reviews the emerging concept for new values for cybersecurity in Europe...