Cyber security

Wind farms, airports, train stations, banks and public services, as well as defence and entire production chains: everything these days depends on digital networks and a digital infrastructure. And therefore it is also vulnerable: intruders on this network can do great damage. Cybersecurity is protecting computers, servers, devices, systems and networks from attack and is an increasingly urgent topic for a strong and autonomous Netherlands and Europe.

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We can’t wait for the next crisis before increasing awareness about cybersecurity – for everyone.
Michel van Eeten & Georgios Smaragdakis

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We must secure the digital transition of our society as best as possible.

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Protecting wind farms and power plants from cyber attacks with new AI

From home-heating to power plants, it is control systems that ensure the proper, or even optimal, operation of any physical system that must respond to unpredictable conditions. By adding so-called physics-inspired AI, Riccardo Ferrari believes these control systems can also help provide a next-level defence against malicious, sophisticated cyber-attacks.

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| Cybercrime

Expert: Rolf van Wegberg

When you think of cybercriminals, you might envision someone in a hoodie writing complicated code. In reality, things work differently. Phishing emails come from ready-to-use-kits, ransomware groups are run by officials from Eastern Europe and that ‘son’ just bought your data from a data breach. Cybercrime affects everyone. But how does it really work? And what can we do about it?

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