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International Cyber Security

Conference 2024

4th of June 2024
The Harbour Club, Vinkeveen (NL)

We are honoured to invite you to Our International Cyber Security Conference 2024

Join us in exploring what's next in cyber security. As your confident cyber security crew, we regularly engage with you about the newest trends and what they mean for our future. Once a year, we bring you together, not only to share knowledge, experiences and best practices in a personal and informal setting, but also to forge meaningful connections with each other that will foster growth. 

How pandas and bears are changing the game 

In this edition of Northwave´s Cyber Security Conference we dive deeper into the upcoming threats from the East. Specifically, the threats coming from Russia and China, respectively called Bears and Pandas in the digital community. What type of threats are these, what risks do they pose on your business on the short and long term and of course what can you do now to stay ahead of the threats coming your way with us at your side. You will be able to find out more about these and other currently booming topics such as AI at our conference.

Speaker Announcement:

Bart-Grothuis

Bart Groothuis
Member of European Parliament

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Pim Takkenberg
General Manager Northwave Investigations

Programme highlights:

The programme will be fully in English.

  • Keynote: Bart Groothuis, member of the European Parliament. Bart will look at Europe's extensive cyber security legislation and the way forward for the new Commission. With insights into the genesis of the NIS2 and the Cyber Resilience Act; what is Europe's philosophy on cyber security? 

  • Stone Panda Research: How does Northwave respond to enhance protection against APTs? By Pim Takkenberg, General Manager Northwave Investigations

  • Panel discussion: Latest cyber threats and developments with focus on nation state actors, led by Inge van der Beijl. On the panel:
    • Jelle Niemantsverdriet, National Security Officer at Microsoft
    • Dave Maasland, Owner & CEO at ESET
    • Tim Sievers, CEO at Cogitanda
    • Christian Reinhardt, Director Sales Enablement at SoSafe
  • The future of cyber security: Vision of Northwave's CTO Christiaan Ottow

  • Breakout sessions
    • Inside Incident Response: From Panic to Control: Surviving Ransomware Criminals and Malicious State Actors 
    • The Golden Standard: When the Panda Bear is dissected, how do you use it to prepare your organisation? 

    • Navigating NIS2 Compliance: Managing Cyber Risks in Your Supply Chain 

  • The future of AI
  • Networking & Drinks afterwards

Register Here:

Please sign up for conference on the 4th of June: 10:00 - 17:00 CET.

 

Hotel:

We have reserved rooms for you at the LEONARDO HOTEL VINKEVEEN at the rate of 149 EUR per room per night (single use) including breakfast, excluding city tax. Payment will be done on individual basis (SelbstzahlerIn).

Please make your booking directly at the Leonardo Hotel Vinkeveen by using the code “0406NOR”:

Further contact details:
Phone: +31 20 5705722 
Email: info.vinkeveen@leonardo-hotels.nl
Website: https://www.leonardo-hotels.de/amsterdam/leonardo-hotel-vinkeveen-amsterdam
Address: Groenlandsekade 1, NL-3645 BA, Vinkeveen

 

Agenda

10:00: Welcome
Steven Dondorp, CEO Northwave Cyber Security
10:10 - 10:15: Moderators´introduction
10:15 - 10:50: Keynote: Europe's philosophy on cyber security
Bart Groothuis - Member of the European Parliament
Bart Groothuis (1981) is a member of the European Parliament on behalf of the Dutch People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), which is part of the liberal political group Renew Europe. He is a member of the Industry, Research and Energy committee and a substitute member for the commiee Security and Defence. In parliament, he focuses on cybersecurity, especially in his role as Rapporteur of the NIS II Directive, the energy transition and disinformation & foreign interference. Before Bart became member of the European Parliament in February 2020, he was head cybersecurity for the Dutch Ministry of Defence.
10:50 - 11:30: Stone Panda Research: APTs are the new benchmark for cyber security
Pim Takkenberg - GM Northwave Investigation & Innovation
11:30 - 11:35: Moderators´ wrap up
11:35 - 12:05: Coffee Break
12:05 - 12:15: Cyber Security Innovations
Inge van der Beijl - Director Innovation Northwave
12:15 - 12:50: Panel discussion
Panel discussion hosted by Inge van der Beijl
Panelists from: SoSafe, Microsoft, Cogitanda, ESET
  • Jelle Niemantsverdriet, National Security Officer at Microsoft
  • Dave Maasland, Owner & CEO at ESET Nederland
  • Tim Sievers, CEO at Cogitanda
  • Christian Reinhardt, Director Sales Enablement at SoSafe
12:50 - 13:00: Wrap up
13:00 - 14:00: Lunch
14:00 - 14:45: Track 1 - Breakout sessions
Parallel block: Choose 2 out of three sessions

  • Option 1: Inside Incident Response: From Panic to Control: Surviving Ransomware Criminals and Malicious State Actors 

    You will learn relevant differences between ransomware actors and nation state attackers. This session will help you understand the impact of this changing threat landscape on your organisation’s preparation and response. Illustrated by tales of the trenches from actual incidents, this breakout session will give you insights into the status of your own organisation's preparedness and how to increase it. Furthermore, you will receive practical crisis management tools you can apply in your organisation immediately. 

    Erwin Maas, Director Northwave Investigations and CERT Crisis Manager and Marcel Vielvoije, Expertise Lead Crisis Communication and Ransomware Negotiator

    Option 2: The Golden Standard: When the Panda Bear is dissected, how do you use it to prepare your organisation? 

    Prepare your organisation against Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) with the latest insights. We bring your IT departments’s concerns to the board level, using knowledge coming from technical findings of a threat intelligence based Red Teaming test and a Crisis Management Exercise. An innovative exercise called Gold Teaming. We had a role in developing the gold teaming method in alignment with the Dutch National Bank. It has shown to be effective. The result: increased preparedness for a realistic cyber-attack.

    Jaimy Thepass, Manager Red Team and Eva Maas, Cyber Resilience Operational lead 

    Option 3: Navigating NIS2 Compliance: Managing Cyber Risks in Your Supply Chain 

    In this session, we’ll guide you through the latest developments of the NIS2 Directive and how it’s being implemented by our government in the form of laws and market supervision. We’ll help you understand what these changes mean for your company operating within Europe. Our key focus will be on one of the most challenging measures of the NIS2 Directive - managing cyber risks within your supply chain. We’ll conclude with a practical 3-step plan on how to manage supply chain security risk and maintain control of your overall ecosystem with suppliers. 

    Renate Hendriksen, Head of Business Security Expertise and Edward Ho, Business Development Manager

14:45 - 15:30: Track 2 - Breakout sessions
Parallel block: Choose 2 out of three sessions

  • Option 1: Inside Incident Response: From Panic to Control: Surviving Ransomware Criminals and Malicious State Actors 

    You will learn relevant differences between ransomware actors and nation state attackers. This session will help you understand the impact of this changing threat landscape on your organisation’s preparation and response. Illustrated by tales of the trenches from actual incidents, this breakout session will give you insights into the status of your own organisation's preparedness and how to increase it. Furthermore, you will receive practical crisis management tools you can apply in your organisation immediately. 

    Erwin Maas, Director Northwave Investigations and CERT Crisis Manager and Marcel Vielvoije, Expertise Lead Crisis Communication and Ransomware Negotiator

    Option 2: The Golden Standard: When the Panda Bear is dissected, how do you use it to prepare your organisation? 

    Prepare your organisation against Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) with the latest insights. We bring your IT departments’s concerns to the board level, using knowledge coming from technical findings of a threat intelligence based Red Teaming test and a Crisis Management Exercise. An innovative exercise called Gold Teaming. We had a role in developing the gold teaming method in alignment with the Dutch National Bank. It has shown to be effective. The result: increased preparedness for a realistic cyber-attack.

    Jaimy Thepass, Manager Red Team and Eva Maas, Cyber Resilience Operational lead 

    Option 3: Navigating NIS2 Compliance: Managing Cyber Risks in Your Supply Chain 

    In this session, we’ll guide you through the latest developments of the NIS2 Directive and how it’s being implemented by our government in the form of laws and market supervision. We’ll help you understand what these changes mean for your company operating within Europe. Our key focus will be on one of the most challenging measures of the NIS2 Directive - managing cyber risks within your supply chain. We’ll conclude with a practical 3-step plan on how to manage supply chain security risk and maintain control of your overall ecosystem with suppliers. 

    Renate Hendriksen, Head of Business Security Expertise and Edward Ho, Business Development Manager

15:30 - 15:45: Moderators wrap up the breakout sessions
15:45 - 16:15: Innovations on using AI
Dr. Jair Santanna, Cloud Security Lead
16:15 - 16:45: Northwave's vision on the future of cyber security
Christiaan Ottow, CTO Northwave
16:45 - 17:00: Moderators' closing
17:00: End
Drinks & Networking

speakers

These speakers will be sharing their insights into What is Next in cyber security:

Bart-Groothuis

Bart Groothuis

Member of the European Parliament 

Bart Groothuis (1981) is a member of the European Parliament on behalf of the Dutch People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), which is part of the liberal political group Renew Europe. He is a member of the Industry, Research and Energy committee and a substitute member for the committee Security and Defence. In parliament, he focuses on cybersecurity, especially in his role as Rapporteur of the NIS II Directive, the energy transition and disinformation & foreign interference. Before Bart became member of the European Parliament in February 2020, he was head cybersecurity for the Dutch Ministry of Defence.

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Christiaan Ottow

CTO at Northwave

Christiaan Ottow MSc. is director of cyber security and CTO at Northwave. Christiaan has a background as ethical hacker, something he started doing at a young age. After having worked as CTO at several cyber security companies, Christiaan has seen the defensive and offensive sides of cyber security and loves to explore and discuss the world of cyber threats, actors and technology. 

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Pim Takkenberg

General Manager Northwave Investigation and Innovation

Pim Takkenberg is a leading expert in ransomware and digital Chinese state espionage. As the leader of the prestigious National High Tech Crime Unit of the Dutch National Crime Squad he used to work at the forefront of large international police cooperations targeting advanced cybercriminals worldwide. As the leader of the Cyber Intelligence Team of the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations he targeted cyber espionage and cyber sabotage by state actors. Currently, in his role as general manager of the international cyber security company Northwave, he strives to reduce digital risks for both organizations and society. 

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Inge Van Der Beijl

Director Innovations

Inge is a human resilience enabler and an expert in threat actor communication. Her goal is to turn people in organisations into human sensors, enabling staff to secure business.She combines a robust scientific basis (degrees in Social & Organisations’ psychology and Change Management) combined with a solid experience at research institute TNO with strong practical skills. She served in the military in Afghanistan and is lead communicator in ransomware incidents. She is Head of Expertise and Director Behaviour and Resilience at Northwave. 

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Dr. Jair Santanna

Cloud Security Lead Northwave

Dr. Jair Santanna is an enthusiastic and passionate Cloud security lead (@Northwave) and an assistant professor (@University of Twente). He is a practical, data-driven and extremely curious person. He loves to spread the knowledge with the scientific community and with cybersecurity practitioners. He prepares his presentations thinking about you (the audience). Therefore, he promises to give an engaging, enthusiastic, and to-the-point presentation. 

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Contact

If you have any questions about the conference or need any kind of assistance, please let us know by sending an email to our conference team:  conference@northwave-cybersecurity.com

Or call our Head Office at:  +31 (0)30 303 1240

 

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