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Ashkan Vila is the SOC Manager for the DACH region with Eye Security. Hunting and researching Threat Actors with a background in Threat Intelligence and Incident Management, he now focuses on keeping the backbone of our society safe.

Brenno is a well-known ICT researcher in the Netherlands with a special interest in information security and privacy. At only 5 years old, Brenno wrote his first computer program. He gained national fame in the Netherlands for hacking the OV-chipcard and has reported many complex problems. He currently holds the position of Chief Security and Privacy Operations at the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport.

Melissa is a passionate security evangelist whose academic and professional background in human psychology and technology align to educate, advocate, and remediate the difficult security problems faced by businesses and individuals. She currently works as Director of Endpoint Security Research at Tanium where she analyzes emerging threats, zero-days, and CVEs to provide subject matter expertise for internal and external customers. Prior to Tanium, she held positions in operations and security across the hospitality, casino gaming, and industrial/manufacturing industries.

Sanne Maasakkers works as a security specialist at the National Cyber Security Center (NCSC). After working as an ethical hacker for several years and breaking into various parties, she now uses this ‘hacker mindset’ to protect vital infrastructure and government against threats. In addition, she is active in organizing crisis exercises, lectures, workshops and live hacking demonstrations, she has introduced more than 10,000 children and young people to hacking and coaches the European CTF team during international competitions.

Robin Sommer is a Co-Founder at Corelight, a San Francisco-based startup providing network security solutions based on Zeek. He used to lead the open-source development team behind Zeek for many years. At Corelight, Robin’s been wearing various hats over time: CTO, Head of Engineering, Open Source. Before Corelight, Robin was a Senior Researcher at the International Computer Science Institute (ICSI) in Berkeley, California, where he led a range of research projects on network security and privacy. Robin has served on many review committees for academic conferences and funding organizations and has a doctorate from Technical University of Munich, Germany.

Don Eijndhoven is a highly experienced Chief Information Security Officer. He has a long and distinguished professional record in the Cyber Security field advising globally operating enterprises as a thought leader, interim-CISO, cyber security strategist and enterprise architect. Don holds a Master’s degree in Crisis & Security Management and a Bachelor in Computer Science. He also holds multiple certifications from the prestigious Nyenrode Business University, where he is also a guest lecturer, teaching cyber security strategy and management within the Cyber Resilience curriculum. His articles on the state of affairs in the cyber security sector are regularly published both nationally and internationally. In 2011, Don founded the Dutch Cyber Warfare Community, a non-profit networking organisation which is dedicated to providing a platform for the Dutch Cyber Warfare industry.