Cyber Security Management Symposium

We are organising a Cyber Security Management Symposium at University of Twente, an event focusing on current research and advancements in digital security. 

This symposium will mark the official kickoff of the Digital Resilience in Supply Chain (DReSC) project, a new initiative aimed at enhancing digital resilience across logistics, high-tech and health care supply chains. 

In addition, we will feature a parallel workshop showcasing key research findings, including:

• Measuring Security in Cloud Outsourcing (MASCOT): This project aims to develop methodologies for quantifying security risks in outsourced cloud services, enhancing the trustworthiness and security of cloud solutions.
• Socio-Economic Context of Security Research (TUCCR-SES): A review of the critical socio-economic factors that influence cybersecurity research and managing security posture.

 Schedule

Speakers

Dr. Sander Zeijlemaker, Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is a strategist, consultant, and writer who specializes in the predictability and understandability of dynamic, complex, and strategic decisions. He has spent his career advising policymakers and business leaders in the fields of international strategic IT operations, business change, and global cyber risk. Speaking to audiences around the world, Dr. Zeijlemaker provides unique insight into the dynamic and complex nature of cyber risk. He is a research affiliate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, an agenda contributor to the World Economic Forum, and the Ad Hoc Working Group on Security Operation Centers of ENISA. As president of the global Security, Stability, and Resilience (SSR) Special Interest Group(SIG) of the System Dynamics Society, Dr. Zeijlemaker mobilizes and connects a group of professors, practitioners, and students in this field.

Sanne Kuijpers, Principal DevSecOps Security Advisor, Orange Cyberdefense. With over 8 years of experience in the DevSecOps and application security domain, Sanne is experienced in implementing security in the culture of organizations and the approach of DevOps environments. She integrates the principles of people, process and technology in her vision and approach and believes in security as an added value in a fast go to market. Having transitioned from a background in teaching and behavioral science to security, she brings a valuable perspective that combines an understanding of human behavior with security best practices. This enables her to create buy-in for security measures across both business and IT teams.

Erik van Dijk, Managing Security Advisor brings over 14 years of extensive experience in (Counter) Intelligence, gained through his work in intelligence services, the military, and cybersecurity. His expertise lies in security and risk management, with a specialised focus on social engineering. Erik has a personal interest in understanding the intent and behaviour of nation-state actors, particularly in the aria of strategic intelligence. Outside of his professional pursuits, Erik enjoys spending time with his two children, staying active in sports, exploring new destinations through travel, and savouring craft beer.

Herman du Preez, Cyber Security Expert, Orange Cyberdefense has several years of experience in the industry and has recently relocated from South Africa to the Netherlands as he was tired of being a big fish in a small pond, and wanted to try out being a medium fish in a huge pond. Herman has completed over 200 penetration tests and trained more than 55 ethical hackers during his decade in the industry. Herman even owned his own cybersecurity consultancy company in ZA where he dipped his toes in the OSINT (Open-Source Intelligence) industry. In recent years, Herman has turned his focus to the question of how to actually defend and secure organisations and their assets as he noticed that yearly pentests are not achieving that goal. There needs to be something more, and he is trying to find or define that *something more*. 

Dr. Jeroen van der Ham-de Vos (he/him) is an Associate Professor specialising in Cyber Security Vulnerability Management within the Design and Analysis of Communication Systems (DACS) group at the University of Twente. His research focuses on vulnerability prioritization and management, incident response, developments in coordinated vulnerability disclosure, and the ethics of cybersecurity and computer science. From 2015 to 2023, Jeroen served as a cybersecurity researcher at the National Cyber Security Centre Netherlands (NCSC-NL), where he coordinated the NCSC Research Agenda, acted as the national expert on Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure, and participated in crisis teams addressing incidents like WannaCry and Log4J. He continues to hold a guest position at NCSC-NL. Jeroen is a member of the editorial board of the ACM journal Digital Threats: Research and Practice, an active participant in the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) community, and co-editor of the Code of Ethics for Incident and Security Teams. He also serves on several program committees, contributing to the advancement of cybersecurity research and practice.