The next generation of CISOs, CTOs and CIOs

Aart Jochem was appointed CISO for the Central Government at the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations in 2020.

He chairs the interdepartmental CISO council, is responsible for government-wide policy and frameworks, and coordinates the joint efforts in the field of digital resilience and privacy within the central government.

Aart was previously CISO at a pension fund provider. Prior to that, he worked as a member of the management team and head of Monitoring and Response at the National Cyber Security Center of the Ministry of Security and Justice, as a managing consultant at Capgemini, and as an innovation manager at Rijkswaterstaat (the Directorate-General for Public Works and Water Management).

Aart Jochem studied Computer Architecture and Digital Technologies at Delft University of Technology.

Arnaud de Vibraye is Manager for Skills and Human Factors at the European Cyber Security Organisation, in the Working Group to develop a European cyber security education & skills ecosystem. As part of ECSO’s mission to strengthen the digital strategic autonomy of Europe and a educate professionals and citizens, he manages the European Cyber Recruitment Initiative to boost the recruitment process, monitors EU policies and initiatives on skills, and contributes to the creation and launch of the platform Road2Cyber to encourage career paths in the field and increase workforce in Europe.

Global Practice Lead – Data Consulting at Plat4mation 

Dylan leads the Data Management capability at Plat4mation, a pure-play ServiceNow Elite partner, advising customers globally on how to manage and improve their data strategy. He’s an expert when it comes to building and leading the right data foundation in ServiceNow.

Program Manager Cybersecurity, Municipality of The Hague

Saida is an entrepreneurial cyber security professional. Her journey within this exciting business started almost 10 years ago with what is today one of the largest bug bounty platforms, HackerOne. Here she has been instrumental in helping grow the European network and business. After this great adventure Saida moved on into the entrepreneurial world by running a start-up herself, advising new entrepreneurs and helping others with their business strategies.

Because of her deeper interest into the public domain, she chartered new waters by joining the Dutch National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) in 2019. Here she was among other things responsible for collaboration with several critical infrastructure sectors, CERTs, public sector and the National Response Network. Currently Saida is working for the Municipality of The Hague where her scope of responsibilities ranges from subjects as innovation, collaboration, knowledge sharing and internationalization, to continue into acquisition, cyber resilience for SME’s and up to talent.

With her extensive experience and large international network, she was one of the initiators of the Dutch chapter of Women4Cybersecurity. She is very passionate in not only remaining a lifelong learner, but also sharing her knowledge and experiences with others to help them grow.

Saida holds a Bachelor’s Degree in European Studies, Master’s Degree in Political Communication and a Master’s Degree in Crisis and Security Management.

Kimberley Telussa holds a Bachelor’s degree in Criminology from Leiden University and a Master’s degree in Intervention Criminology from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. She gained initial experience working briefly with the police as part of a student work program. Currently, Kimberley is a trainee at the Municipality of The Hague, where she is engaged in a two-year personal leadership development program, undertaking three different roles.

In her first role at the Cyber Security Week in The Hague, including the ONE Conference, Kimberley developed a passion for cyber security. Noticing a lack of diversity in the field, she co-founded the Dutch chapter of Women4Cyber with like-minded individuals, striving to promote inclusivity within the cyber security community.

Marc Simons is a self-employed electronics engineer in Eindhoven (Netherlands). After studying electronics at the Polytechnic University of Eindhoven, he worked for several companies in the field of surveillance and security, before founding his own company at the beginning of the century, in January 2000. He has since specialised in the development of analog electronics and embedded platforms and sensors for agricultural applications.

In 2003 he co-founded the virtual Crypto Museum, which has since received international recognition. Crypto Museum has a physical collection of historical cipher machines and equipment for espionage, that is available on-line through its website. It is the goal to analyse, describe and restore as much of the equipment as possible, and share this information with the public.