At Kansrijk Onderwijs Enschede (KOE), digital resilience is no longer an abstract theme. As a foundation with thirty primary schools, one special primary education school, and a language school, KOE operates in a complex environment with large amounts of personal data, many processes, and a wide variety of staff members. In that kind of setting, […]
According to Martin Koopmans, cyber crisis readiness is not about detailed playbooks or theoretical scenarios, but about something far more practical: knowing what to do when things go wrong and having genuinely practised it. “No two crises are the same. But if you practise, you at least know who is responsible for what, how the
FME is the trade association for the technological industry in the Netherlands. A large part of its membership consists of SMEs that are rapidly digitizing, both on the factory floor and in the office. But as digitalization accelerates, so do the risks, especially now that OT is increasingly connected to IT and the internet. The
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SSH Utrecht manages student housing and everything that comes with it, from rental processes and resident data to building-related systems that are increasingly connected to the internet. With such a broad internet footprint, ranging from back-office applications to cameras and solar panels, the potential impact of a cyber incident also grows. That is why SSH
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Martin de Vries is CISO at VDL. Before that, he held the same role at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), where he experienced up close how a cyber crisis can turn an organisation upside down in an instant. In this interview, Martin shares what crisis exercises actually mean when it’s real. How practising ensures you
A cyber crisis rarely announces itself neatly. There’s no starting gun, and almost never immediate, complete clarity. There’s a report, a suspicion, a few signals that don’t add up. And meanwhile, everyone is looking at the same people in the organization with one expectation: take control and fix it. According to Cees Berrens, that is
Cees Berrens: “Cyber crisis readiness isn’t a plan, it’s behavior under pressure” Read More »
Jochem Smit is a Senior Crisis Management Trainer at CCRC and brings hands-on experience from real ransomware incidents. At Northwave, he was one of four senior crisis managers responding to major cyber incidents. “They were all ransomware cases.” In those situations, an organization’s infrastructure is partly or completely down. Companies, often via their insurer, quickly
Jochem Smit: “The aftermath of ransomware is often worse than the attack” Read More »
Platform Veilig Ondernemen (PVO) supports SME owners across the Netherlands in better protecting themselves against crime, from theft and aggression to cybercrime and criminal interference. PVO works regionally with partners such as municipalities, trade associations and entrepreneur networks, and deliberately chooses an approach that stays close to the entrepreneur: practical, easy to understand, and focused
Jelle Niemantsverdriet is a Senior Crisis Management Trainer at CCRC, with more than twenty years of experience in cybersecurity and incident response. He has worked at Fox-IT, Verizon, Deloitte, and Microsoft, helping organizations respond to incidents and build crisis management capabilities. In this interview, he explains where teams often stumble, what makes an exercise truly
Jelle Niemantsverdriet: “The biggest vulnerability in a crisis is silence” Read More »
SIDN operates at the heart of the internet in the Netherlands: as the manager of the .nl domain, they ensure every day that people reach the correct .nl address. With a mission revolving around a promising and carefree digital existence for everyone, the bar is set high when it comes to quality, security, and privacy,
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