Cybersecurity Governance

Public-Private Partnership ‘Melissa’: Combatting Ransomware

Over the last decades, ransomware incidents have surged all around the globe. To address this growing threat, a public-private partnership (PPP) called ‘Melissa’ was initiated in 2022 in the Netherlands, uniting Dutch public entities (e.g., police, NCSC) and private cybersecurity firms.

Securing Humanitarian Operations: Preparedness and Response to Cyber Crises in Aid Delivery

How can humanitarian organizations prepare for and respond to cyber threats? This project explores cyber strategies and develops actionable recommendations to help humanitarian organizations safeguard their operations in the cyber domain and protect the people they serve.

The way forward for cybersecurity training programs

Operational Implications of the Cyber Security Threat Stack

Security teams have to start preparing for attacks that rate as ‘advanced’ now in order to deal with them tomorrow, and they have to start automating incident response. Using a threat stack as a tool allows the time to do just that.

Two cyber security driven scenarios for the (infra-) structure of future cyberspace

The initial neglect of bad intentions while creating cyberspace infrastructure now opens up possibilities of cyber warfare, spionage and terrorism.

Debating cyber- surveillance

The important debate on the balance between privacy and security, in itself not new, does not seem to be progressing in a balanced fashion. Important issues are still not being addressed.

Keeping an Eye on Big Brother

The international dimension of intelligence operations does not only refer to international cooperation between intelligence services, but increasingly to the internationalization of intelligence collection.

Watch this Space

More countries and corporations vie for a piece of the galactic pie. It will be interesting to see if attempts at developing mechanisms to oversee responsible behaviour in Space can ensure that these small steps for man equate to giant leaps for mankind.

The nature of intelligence in the Digital Age

Intelligence gathering and espionage are perhaps as old as civilization itself. Has the Internet, in its virtual and borderless glory, brought a new dimension to these ancient trades?