Cybersecurity in the SME sector
Cybersecurity is an acute and increasingly common problem. Combatting it requires not only fundamental scientific research, but also applied practical research. The Cybersecurity in the SME sector research group is committed to applying practical means to help SMEs in the Netherlands become more digitally safe and aware with the support of evidence-based high-quality research.
SMEs often lack the capacity to counteract cyberattacks and are relatively often victims. The Cybersecurity in the SME sector research group is committed to applying practical means to help SMEs in the Netherlands become more digitally aware and safe in order to reduce the damage caused by cybercrime. This new research group, headed by Rutger Leukfeldt, PhD, has three lines of research: (1) looking at the resilience of SMEs, (2) gaining insight into cybercrime and (3) dealing with cybercrime aimed at SMEs.
Small and medium-sized enterprises have an urgent need for useful knowledge. This is also confirmed by MKB-Nederland (a branch organisation for the SME sector) and the VNO-NCW (the branch organisation for employers). This need has mobilised the NSCR and The Hague University of Applied Sciences to establish a joint programme of applied research into cybersecurity. Rutger Leukfeldt, PhD, serves as a binding factor between the two organisations. He is a lector at The Hague University of Applied Sciences and has been appointed the researcher and coordinator of the cybercrime cluster at the NSCR.
To help fund the research group, an L.INT subsidy request was submitted to the National Taskforce for Applied Research SIA (NRPO SIA), an agency of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NOW) that stimulates and finances applied research at universities of applied sciences. The NRPO SIA’s L.INT subsidies are specifically aimed at stimulating positions for heads of research groups whose research groups focus on a long-term partnership between the NOW institutes and universities of applied sciences as based on a joint research programme. This application was granted. Also contributing to the funding of this research group are the Municipality of The Hague, the Municipality of Zoetermeer and the Ministry of Security and Justice.
dr. Elif Erdemoglu Kiesow Cortez CIPP/E
Elif Kiesow Cortez is a researcher and lecturer in data protection and privacy compliance in the International and European Law Program. Before joining THUAS, Elif was a John M. Olin Fellow in Law and Economics at Harvard Law School. During her doctoral studies at the Graduate School in Law and Economics, University of Hamburg, Elif was a visiting fellow at Harvard Business School and a visiting scholar at Berkeley School of Law. Elif’s research is focused on utilizing economic analysis of law to provide recommendations for solving cooperation problems between public and private actors in the domains of data protection and privacy. Elif is currently a member of the IAPP Advisory Board on CIPP/E Exam Development.
e.erdemoglu@hhs.nlCatherine Garcia-van Hoogstraten
Catherine Garcia-van Hoogstraten, is lecturer and researcher in Data Governance, Cybersecurity Law & Policy, ICT Law and eGovernance in the International Public Management Programme. Her research concerns to Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) countering Cybercrimes. She has pursued advanced studies on Data Protection and Privacy, Information Security, and Philosophy of Technology Design. Over 10 years bridging policy silos in the digital field, working on cutting edge technology-related legal issues, looking at internet regulatory and public policy frameworks around digital media, ICT and emerging technologies. Leading and developing stakeholder engagement programmes, as well as scientific and technical cooperation, with governments, international organisations, think tanks, civil society and private sector. In 2018 she was nominated and invited to join Global Forum on Cyber Expertise (GFCE) as an Advisory Board Member. She was also invited to the European Commission’s Sounding Board of the Multistakeholder Forum on Disinformation that developed a Code of Practice to tackle online disinformation.
06 - 38 29 82 35c.vanhoogstraten@hhs.nl
Juul Gooren
Vanaf 2010 ben ik docent bij De Haagse Hogeschool voor de Faculteit Bestuur, Recht en Veiligheid bij de opleiding Integrale Veiligheidskunde/Safety & Security Management Studies. Sinds 2017 ben ik lid van de kenniskring Filosofie en Beroepspraktijk. Binnen de kenniskring doe ik onderzoek naar ‘Resilience’ als theoretisch model voor zowel industriële als publieke veiligheid. Voor contact kan je mailen naar: j.c.w.gooren@hhs.nl.
j.c.w.gooren@hhs.nlMarco Romagna LLM MA
Marco Romagna is lecturer in ‘Legal and criminological aspects of cyber security’ and researcher for the Centre of Expertise Cyber Security within the Faculty of IT & Design. He is external PhD candidate at Leiden University with a project on “Hacktivism: honorable cause and/or serious threat?”. Before joining the Centre, Marco was an intern at eCrime (Trento University), Cyber Security Academy (The Hague) and Eurojust and he worked as digital commerce fraud analyst at Nike. Marco holds an LLM in Laws (Trento University) and an MA in Global Criminology (Utrecht University). Beside hacktivism and cyber security, his main research interests focus on cybercrime, criminology and the related criminal law. Marco follows with particular attention new developments in technology especially when linked with legal challenges.
m.romagna@hhs.nlAbout the professor
dr. Rutger Leukfeldt
Rutger is the lector of the Cybersecurity in the SME sector at The Hague University of Applied Sciences and senior researcher of cybercrime and coordinator of the cybercrime cluster at The Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement (NSCR). He has more than 10 years of experience with scientific research into cybersecurity and cybercrime for both public and private clients. A few examples are research into the methods used and the characteristics of cyber criminals, into the victims of cybercrime among citizens and into the status of cybercrime cases in the criminal law system. Rutger earned his PhD with a study into the origin and growth processes, as well as criminal possibilities of cybercrime networks, and developed a model for the police and banks that can be used to more effectively combat cyber attacks. Rutger has also been the recipient of two prestigious research grants to conduct research into cybercrime. In 2015, he earned the Marie Curie Individual Fellowship (EU subsidy for promising researchers) and, in 2017, a Veni Grant (Netherlands Initiative for Education Research subsidy for talented researchers). Finally, Rutger is chairman of the Cybercrime Working Group of the European Society of Criminology.
e.r.leukfeldt@hhs.nl