The Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands is following the example set in Antwerp, Belgium and testing out a blockchain-based application for processing containers.
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CEO- en Factuurfraude, ook wel BEC-Fraude genoemd, is voor veel mensen een onbekende vorm van fraude. Toch staat deze vorm van fraude in de top drie van vormen van cybercriminaliteit met de meeste financiële schade. Het schadebedrag van 2016 tot 2019…

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The Alzheimer’s Society in the Netherlands has created an app that promotes social interaction between people with dementia and their families and carers.
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Waarom beveiligen Nederlandse organisaties hun netwerk en data onvoldoende?

Dutch research organisation TNO is investigating concrete applications of self-sovereign identity (SSI) technology to make citizens’ lives easier, and enable organisations to make considerable savings in administrative processes.
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'Nederlandse bedrijven zijn onomkeerbaar afhankelijk van technologie'

Prior to the Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak, the Rathenau Institute published its findings on the digital skills of Dutch people for technological citizenship. It found that, in general, the Dutch have good digital skills.
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The Netherlands’ digital infrastructure is an important driver for digitisation, jobs and economic growth, and in 2019 it generated about €15 in added value for the Dutch economy for every €1 of turnover, according to research.
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Netherlands digital sector yearns for government recognition

A lack of cooperation between IT, operations and security teams is the biggest stumbling block to General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliance in the Netherlands.
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The cyber security of border controls carried out by the Dutch Royal Military Police at Schiphol is inadequate and not future-proof, according to a report.
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Thuissimulatoren worden door coureurs onder meer gebruikt om de circuits goed te leren kennen. Maar de echte simulatoren in de Formule 1 worden vooral gebruikt voor reverse engineering, zegt Atze Kerkhof, professioneel simracer en racemaatje van…

Hoe de simulator de basisopstelling voor een raceweekend oplevert

The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center received nearly 24,000 reports of business email compromise (BEC) fraud last year, involving sums totalling more than $1.7bn worldwide. To tackle this highly damaging form of cyber crime – and other types of…

Dutch organisations address business email compromise fraud

Apple iPads are already in regular use in Dutch secondary education, but Griftland College, in the municipality of Soest, which considers children’s digital development of paramount importance, is extending the use of a wider range of Apple products…

Netherlands schools harness Apple technology

Het Openbaar Ministerie voorziet een toename van digitale aanvallen nu veel mensen thuiswerken door de coronacrisis. Het gaat dan niet louter om cybercriminelen die aanvallen uitvoeren, maar ook om jongeren die uit verveling bijvoorbeeld…

OM waarschuwt voor toename cybercrime tijdens coronacrisis

The Dutch have a natural preference for cooperation and sharing risks and profits. They also value fair trade, trust and liquidity, so it is no surprise that the Netherlands offers a good environment for financial technology (fintech) companies,…

Dutch landscape attracts fintech exploration

A Dutch company that was created when gamers thought the Football Manager computer game concept could work in real life helped to support the Belgian national team at the last World Cup in 2018.
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Dutch tech firm transforms real-life football through video game concept

Martijn Scheele has been Head of Data & Analytics at De Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS) since 2016, and has helped establish a data strategy for the first time in the company’s history.
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Smart use of data takes Dutch railways further

The Netherlands wants to be at the forefront in areas such as artificial intelligence (AI), yet the country’s government itself lacks a solid IT architecture and knowledge about technology and digitisation. So how can the government steer its IT into…

Sorting out the Dutch government’s IT mess

Na inmiddels vijf jaar als CIO bij Rijkswaterstaat, kijkt Perry van der Weyden tevreden terug op wat hij heeft weten te bereiken bij de overheidsorganisatie. Het bedrijf bevindt zich midden in de digitale transformatie die Van der Weyden heeft…

‘Ik heb zekerheid en vertrouwen in de organisatie gebracht’

 The Dutch Cyber Security Council (Cyber Security Raad – CSR) wants the government to better protect its citizens and businesses by making secure logins more widely available. Computer Weekly's buyers guide to data protection In this 14-page buyer’s…