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Blog: Cybersecurity month October: Keep your colleagues alert
Monday 02 October 2023 For several years now, October has been cybersecurity month. Bring the topic to the attention of your colleagues too; cybersecurity concerns us all! full storyBlog: Demonstrating Ransomware resistance SaaS applications raises question marks
Thursday 24 August 2023 Several members of the CIO Platform Netherlands face the challenge of making their SaaS applications demonstrably resilient against Ransomware attacks. A working group of CIO Platform Nederland has been looking into this issue in recent months. full storyCyber Resilience | ONVZ, CCRC | November 1st | CEG Information Security (online)
Tuesday 27 September 2022 Cyber Resilience is on the agenda at the CEG Information Security on November 1st, 1.00pm – 3.00pm (Online).Meet your peers online and take the opportunity to gain new insights and catch up on recent and ongoing external developments. The CEG offers a good opportunity to find answers to your questions and dilemmas regarding Information Security. During this CEG there is plenty of opportunity to gain new information about new developments within the theme. full story
Urgent call to European Commission regarding the European Cybersecurity Certification Scheme for Cloud Services (EUCS)
Wednesday 22 June 2022 CIO Platform Nederland calls on the European Commission not to adopt the EUCS until the consequences for business users in industry and government in Europe have been thoroughly investigated, a consultation of stakeholders has taken place and the responsible political bodies have weighed up the digital autonomy, costs and benefits of a decision. full storyCIO-associations demand: Microsoft, improve on sustainability and security!
Friday 08 October 2021 On October 8th, 2021, CIO Platform Nederland, Beltug, Cigref and Voice issued a joint press release. In it, we call on Microsoft to address the unnecessary environmental damage caused by its commercial policies and to take more responsibility for safe products, so that business users no longer have to pay the huge costs of its unsafe products. Microsoft is not alone in this, but as the market leader it has a particular responsibility. full storyReaction CIO Platform Nederland to legislative proposal to enable sharing of cybersecurity information
Wednesday 14 July 2021 The State Secretary for Economic Affairs and Climate Change recently submitted the bill on promoting digital resilience in companies for consultation. full storyConcerns CIOs features in FD again
Monday 05 July 2021 Last weekend, based on the results from a survey of CIO Platform Nederland’s members, newspaper FD published an article. full storyAdvisory report NL Cyber Security Council advises an integrated approach to cyber resilience with management at the highest level
Wednesday 07 April 2021 Yesterday, the demissionary Minister of Justice and Security presented the Cyber Security Council's CSR Advisory Report "Integrated approach to cyber resilience" to the House of Representatives. It contains concrete (strategic) measures to be taken in the short term to get our cyber resilience to the necessary level as quickly as possible, including the corresponding investments of € 833 million. CIO Platform Nederland, represented in the council by Claudia de Andrade - de Wit, is pleased with the publication and emphasizes the importance of the central approach full storyDigital security: "The chain is only as strong as its weakest link"
Monday 08 March 2021 "With more than 4,000 parties working closely together in the logistics chain, it is becoming increasingly important to be incredibly well aligned. Not only on a physical level, but also on a digital level. Investing in cyber security is therefore necessary in order to be a reliable partner in this logistics chain." Was said by Claudia de Andrade de Wit, Director Digital & IT at the Port of Rotterdam and chair CC Information Security at CIO Platform Nederland. full storyCall for cyber security measures
Thursday 28 January 2021 CIO Platform Nederland calls on the Minister of Justice and Security and the State Secretary of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy to take measures in the field of cyber security. full storyLaunch cybersecurity guide – cooperation pays off!
Monday 07 December 2020 The ‘Guide for cybersecurity initiatives’ where large organisations, SMEs and self-employed can turn to for help to elevate their digital resilience has been launched! After an intensive cooperation between the Digital Trust Centre and members of the CIO Platform Nederland. ‘We encourage that various initiatives in the field of cybersecurity are increasingly easier to find due to this new guide. Hopefully, it will elevate the security of Dutch corporations’, said Henk van Steeg, CIO Thales Nederland and member of the CIO Committee Information Security. full storyLetter to minister Grapperhaus: strengthen the cyber resilience of the Netherlands
Tuesday 20 October 2020 The CIO Platform Nederland calls for attention regarding the cyber resilience of the Netherlands and Dutch companies, while the National Cyber Security Center didn’t share information timely. full storyDigital resilience affected by NCSC withholding information
Tuesday 18 August 2020 In response to the article in the Financieele Dagblad of last August 17th with the title "The government knew who was vulnerable, but still allowed companies to be hacked. The government throws away information about hacks from companies", CIO Platform Nederland is calling on the government today to never let this happen again. And to take up its role for the digital resilience of Dutch society. full storyJointly analysing cyber security information without sharing
Friday 10 July 2020 On July 7th, 2020, at a webinar organized for members of CIO Platform Nederland, TNO introdced an ongoing research project in the field of the exchange of cyber security information and Secure Multi-Party Computation (MPC). In this blog post, we'll make the information from the webinar more widely available, as MPC and cyber security can be an interesting and valuable combination for anyone who is working on cyber security (threat) information. full storyCyber Risk Management & People driven Awareness
Friday 29 May 2020 May 19, the virtual session for CEG Information Security group took place. For the almost 30 participants in the Teams session, a nice program was presented by Richard Verbrugge, Information Security Awareness Manager at ABN AMRO and Sjaak Schouteren, CIPP-E, Cyber Development Leader at Marsh. The recordings of both presentations has been made available. full storyUrgent letter CIO Platform Nederland to the DPA’s to test software together
Tuesday 24 September 2019 Today CIO Platform Nederland has sent a letter to the board of Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (AP, Dutch DPA) the Dutch Data Protection Authority. In it we call on AP to set up a program together with the other European DPA’s that should lead to better compliance of commonly used software products, services and the associated conditions with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). full storyPractical knowledge about cyber security in one publication
Thursday 18 October 2018 For every entrepreneur who sometimes thinks 'maybe I should also do something about cyber security, but where do I start?' Download the publication now and use it to your own advantage. full storyReal life practice for a crisis situation
Friday 12 October 2018 View the vlog for a brief impression of the Cybersecurity Awareness exercise that we offer our members. full storyCISO's in the discussion panel at Kick-off Alert Online 2018
Friday 05 October 2018 Last Monday, October 1st, the Kick-off of Alert Online took place for its partners. 'The joint enhancement of cyber awareness' is the theme that Alert Online is all about. full storyMaking the Netherlands more safer online together
Wednesday 12 September 2018 October is the 'European Cyber Security Month'. During this month, the CIO Platform Nederland is also paying special attention to cyber security: Cyber security is the responsibility of all of us! full storyIT Duties of Care - more topical than ever
Monday 02 July 2018 On Thursday June 28th the CIO Platform Nederland and VNO-NCW organised a session about the IT Duties of Care for the second time. In this year 2018, we can say that the most pressing examples were related to the AVG implementation. full storyLaunch Digital Trust Center
Thursday 07 June 2018 Today, Friday June 8th, digitaltrustcenter.nl has gone live. This is an important step in making companies more resistant to cyber crime. full storyDevelopment risk model and cyber security quality label
Thursday 07 June 2018 The CIO Platform Nederland collaborates with the business and the government on a new risk model and a cyber security quality label, initiated by the Centre for Crime Prevention and Security (the CCV). full storyGDPR compliant or in control?
Tuesday 03 April 2018 “A very interesting and interactive session in which Aleid Wolfsen, chairman of the Dutch data protection authority, answered directly all questions. Great!” This was one of the reactions of one of the more than 30 participants of the Theme session about the Implementation of the GDPR. full storySURF officially takes over the Elevator Game
Thursday 15 February 2018 On the 13th of February the CIO Platform Nederland officially handed over the Elevator Game to SURF. Elevator is a game for the mobile telephone to improve the awareness for information security of your organization. The Elevator Game is offered by Cybersave Yourself to all institutions connected to SURF. full storyElevator Game transferred to SURF
Friday 08 December 2017 After 2,5 year of intensive development, collaboration and playtime CIO Platform Nederland transferred the Elevator Game (developed by IJsfontein) to SURF. full storyPreservation and strengthening Dutch Cybersecurity Capacity
Tuesday 28 November 2017 We support the emergency plan for Dutch knowledge and cybersecurity! With this emergency plan, three professors are sounding the alarm bells about the stark contrast in financing cybersecurity education & research in the Netherlands relative to surrounding countries. full storyEnriching insights for Cyber Security in the chain
Tuesday 03 October 2017 Yesterday, the session about Digital duty of care took place, which we have organized together with FME and VNO NCW. Reason for the session is the Guide for companies about digital duties of care, which is published by the Cyber Security Council. All three organizing parties have a representation in the Cyber Security Council, the advisory body of the Cabinet to bring cyber security to a strategic higher level in the Netherlands. full storyAttention for cybercrime in Annual Budget
Thursday 21 September 2017 Last Tuesday, the cabinet has shown the great importance of cyber security. That is why there is 26 million euro available for cyber security as of 2018. full storyBronze medal for Elevator Game at Serious Play Awards 2017
Monday 26 June 2017 IJsfontein, a specialized company in developing serious games, proposed Elevator Game for the Serious Play Awards. The Award will be handed over during the Serious Play Conference, held in Virginia July 18-20. This conference is also known as one of the most important conferences concerning playful learning. Elevator Game won the Bronze medal and third place. IJfontein and we are very pleased with this award winning position. full storyCollaborate against Cybercrime
Tuesday 16 May 2017 Today, our chairman Marcel Krom (CIO PostNL) was questioned on BNR Nieuwsradio on this subject, in the run-up to one of the largest international cybersecurity conferences: the One Conference on 16th and 17th May, 2017, in the World Forum The Hague. full storyDebate about the implementation of the privacy regulation
Friday 14 April 2017 There is a lot to do about the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This was also noticed during our privacy debate, organised on Thursday April 13 2017 at the City of Utrecht. full storyEvery company has digital duties of care
Wednesday 05 April 2017 Today a guide on this topic for businesses is being published from the Cyber Security Council to the cabinet. full storyGuest lecture "cyber security" 3rd class gymnasium
Tuesday 07 March 2017 In the context of the Cyber Estafette of the Geef IT Door campaign, Ronald Verbeek has given a guest lecture on February 17th at the Bonaventuracollege in Leiden. full storyInternet of Things: hype? mess? strategy!
Friday 10 February 2017 On Thursday February 9th, we organized an interesting themession on the topic of Internet of Things. In the hospitable B.Amsterdam building we have gathered a lot of inspiration with 30 members on the topic: “How connected are you?”. full storyExperts make students aware of online security
Thursday 19 January 2017 Secretary of State Mr. Dijkhoff (Ministry of Security and Justice) kicked-off the ‘Cyber Estafette’ on schools. full story
Risks of Cybercrime
Wednesday 22 April 2015 This morning our director Ronald Verbeek responded to BNR Nieuwsradio about the risks of Cybercrime. full story