To enhance the transparency, accountability and efficiency of the Dutch Ministry of Justice and Security, the ministry has set up an open data program to proactively stimulate sharing its (public-funded) data sets with the public or with other organi-sations. Disclosure of personal data is considered …

Criminele netwerken gebruiken ICT op tal van manieren: voor onderlinge communicatie, om capabele mededaders en ‘tools’ te vinden, om afzetmarkten te vergroten, om een groter aantal potentiële slachtoffers te bereiken, en ook om criminele geldstromen af te schermen. Het regelen en afschermen van geldstromen …

Computer security incident response teams (CSIRTs) respond to a computer security incident when the need arises. Failure of these teams can have far-reaching effects for the economy and national security. CSIRTs often have to work on an ad hoc basis, in close cooperation with other teams, and in time …

The task of the European Police Office (Europol) is to provide a support service for the national agencies of European Member States. Aside from collecting and exchanging intelligence, Europol cooperates with Member States on counter-terrorism actions by establishing National Units and Joint Investigation …

In order to find out whether victims adequately recover from cybercrime incidents, it is important to gain insight into its effects and impact on users. However, as it stands now, there is not much literature on the impact of cybercrime. We address this gap by qualitatively examining the impact of two …

The main aim/objective of this research is to understand the opportunities for Ethiopia’s Urban Productive Safety Net Program (UPSNP) to promote Urban Agriculture (UA) as an activity to improvefood and nutrition security outcomes for the urban poor. The study was done in two sub-cities of Addis Ababa, …

In May 2018, the new Dutch Intelligence and Security Services Act 2017 (Wet op de Inlichtingen- en veiligheidsdiensten, Wiv) will enter into force. It replaces the previous 2002 Act and incorporates many reforms to the information gathering powers of the two intelligence and security services as well …

The growing appetite of cities is one of the greatest future challenges. There is no set menu for meeting this appetite, but a trend is observed in which city authorities focus on region-based food provision. Regionalism is motivated by the importance of increased self-reliance. Besides, regional food …

Today’s internet has become like Deleuze’s societies of control, media scholars argue. The network’s invisible infrastructure, with near global reach, has amplified hierarchies, and is owned, exploited and surveilled by internet, advertising, and data-analytics companies, and by state security institutions. …

Governments make cyber security related policies to protect citizens’ interests and national infrastructures against cyber attacks. Cyber security related data can enable evidence based policymaking. Data visualisation via dashboards can help understanding of these cyber security data. Designing such …