Cybercrime and cybersecurity: The need for International Cybersecurity Law

Due to globalisation and the fast-growing development of the internet across the world, the rapid increase in cyberattacks such as cyberespionage and cyberwarfare has made cybercrime a key national security issue.

Reeda Al Sabri Halawi • February 26, 2020 • 5 comments

Policing a digital world

Computers have been around for decades and since the 1970s so has digital crime. What began as tinkering and searching for vulnerabilities, evolved into organised crime and serious threats to our interconnected world: law enforcement was forced to change.

Nina van der Knaap • September 02, 2014

Can you steal an exam without taking it?

Can you actually steal something without physically taking it? This question was put before the district court of Rotterdam in the case of the 'stolen' final exams at Ibn Ghaldoun secondary school.

Bart Schermer • May 01, 2014 • 2 comments

Finding the theory behind a practical science

Digital forensics has become a practical skill used by Law Enforcement Officers and IT professionals. It has evolved into a science involving experts and education at many levels. What is the theory behind this practical science and does it exist already?

Nina van der Knaap • April 24, 2014

Backlog in digital forensics: Is justice being done?

Digital forensics is an ever- increasing source of information in many investigations, for both law enforcement and enterprises. Unfortunately, digital forensics suffers from the same problems as other forensic sciences, one of the biggest being backlog.

Nina van der Knaap • December 12, 2013 • 4 comments

Ordinary crime? Digital investigation!

Digital forensic investigation is currently mostly used for online and computer crime, but experts agree it can be of great use for everyday, ordinary, real world crime. Especially with new digital forensic tools developed for detectives.

Nina van der Knaap • September 05, 2013

Some thoughts on the EU cybersecurity directive

The new EU cybersecurity directive aims to improve cybersecurity by establishing a central authority for network and information security. The question is whether this is the right approach to improve cybersecurity.

Jan-Jaap Oerlemans • February 16, 2013

Report Dutch Safety Board on ‘DigiNotar incident’: Why Digital Safety Failed in Government Agencies

On 28 June 2012 the Dutch Safety Board published a report on the ‘DigiNotar incident’, in which it concludes that the public executives of many government agencies in the Netherlands do not exercise sufficient control to ensure proper digital security.

Marga Groothuis • July 31, 2012

EU Cybercrime Proposal

The new EU proposal for the directive on attacks on information systems criminalises the use of hacking tools. This created some concern among security professionals and ethical hackers.

Jan-Jaap Oerlemans • April 12, 2012 • 1 comment

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