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BNR Radiointerview: mijn boek ‘Securing Private Communications’ [audio 25 min]

Op 2 augustus 2016 was ik te gast in het programma van Roelof Hemmen bij BNR. Zowaar een interview van 25 minuten over van alles: mijn boek, gehackte Jeeps, Shodan.io, de zwarte markt voor cyberwarfare en ja, aan het einde liet hij me zelfs even losgaan over homomorphische encryptie – of eigenlijk secure multiparty encryption. Goeie journalist, prima vragen, echt een verademing om eens de tijd te hebben in de studio. Hier te beluisteren:

Brexit Exposes Old and Deepening Data Divide between EU and UK

Some folks asked me to translate my latest column for the Dutch Financial Times. This is a somewhat expanded version of the column.

After the Brexit vote, politicians, businesses and citizens are all wondering what’s next. In general legal uncertainty permeates the Brexit, but in the world of bits and bytes Brussels and London have in fact been on a collision course at least since the 90s. And the new British prime minister Theresa May has been personally responsible a deepening divide across the North Sea on data and communication policy. While EU citizens will see stronger privacy and cybersecurity protections through EU law after the Brexit, multinational companies should be particularly worried about how future regulation will treat the loads of data they traffic about customers, employees and deals between the EU and the UK.  Continue reading Brexit Exposes Old and Deepening Data Divide between EU and UK

Here it is: my book Securing Private Communications

After the publication of my Ph.D. thesis in November 2015, at long last my book ‘Securing Private Communications’ is available in stores near you.

Boek

You can order the book here, have a look at the marketing flyer here, download the full academic version for free here and read the odd spiffy testimonial below.  Continue reading Here it is: my book Securing Private Communications

Life After Graduation: Something Old, Something New

So there is a life after graduation?! I’m very happy to announce that I’ve joined law firm De Brauw, Blackstone & Westbroek as of 1 December 2015.  I’ve hit the ground running in the Data & Tech Group, and I have to say working at De Brauw so far has exceeded my expectations. It’s pretty fantastic. There’s a short news report about my move here. In addition, I’m happy that I’ll continue as an affiliate researcher at my academic main base, the Institute for Information Law at University of Amsterdam. I’m also maintaining this blog and my monthly column for the Dutch Financial Times.