Raimond Bakkes and Roger Bons
Parallel session Speak lot:
10:45 - 11:30 am
Biography Raimond Bakkes:
Raimond is a professional with more than 25 years of experience in IT. His background in software development helps him today to bridge the gap between business and ICT. During his career, he worked for a number of multinationals and scale-ups in various strategic and commercial functions. He uses his expertise to help companies develop new IT services or to improve existing.
Raimond has been working at Route443, the cyber security specialist in the Dutch market since 1 February. In his position he is responsible for advisory services such as CISO as a Service and the setting up and further developing the Cyber Experience Center and the Academy.
Biography Roger Bons:
Roger Bons is an assistant professor and department chairman Information Science at the Open University. He graduated in 1992 at the Computer Science study at the Eindhoven University of Technology, and in 1997 obtained his PhD on the subject of Safe Electronic Business within the Business Administration Faculty of Erasmus University. Between 1998 and 2015 he held various roles at Philips and ING on the interface between "Business" and ICT. Since 2015, he has been responsible for education and research in the field of digitization, in particular on topics related to data science, cyber security and digital transformation, first at the professional -guiding FOM University of Applied Sciences in Germany and since 2023 at the OU. With his broad expertise, he contributes to the establishment of the Cyber Academy of Route443, together with colleagues from the Open University.
Short explanation:
Cyber threats are becoming increasingly advanced, and one thing is clear: without the right knowledge you follow the facts. That is why Route443 and the Open University join forces for an inspiring session and an insight into the plans for the years that come.
During this session we show why knowledge is the key to effective cyber resilience. We explain our plans for theCyber Security Experience and the Cyber Academy- initiatives that not only build up knowledge, but these tooretain within our regionAnd strengthen.
Cooperation is crucial in this. By bundling knowledge, developing talent and bringing companies, educational institutions and governments together, we can have aleading rolePlay in cyber security. This is our chance to not only become safer, but also to stimulate innovation and economic growth.
Curious about how you can contribute to this? Join our session and discover the future of cyber security in our region!