This research paper concerns itself with the technical and political obstacles of securing the EU cyber space against espionage and surveillance both amongst the member states and particularly those emerging from foreign powers. The scope of the research is limited to signals intelligence (SIGINT) related …

Public lighting’s primary purpose is nighttime visibility for security and safety. How to meet so many requirements of so many stakeholders? The key to developing a good plan is to relate lighting to functions of public spaces, because street lighting is more than a technical requirement, a security …

The transatlantic data transfer between the U.S. and the EU would have been extremely complex and expensive if the European Commission together with the U.S. Department of Commerce had not originated the Safe Harbor agreement in 2000. As recently as the beginning of 2014 the European Parliament, especially …

For a successful public value strategy, the elements “public values/strategic goals”, authorizing environment” and “operational capability” should be coherently aligned. In this paper, we discuss how we have aligned these elements in the context of Open Data. We focus on the relationships between …

In this dissertation, an answer is given to the following question: How can EU Naval Forces contribute to development in the DRC? By means of qualitative research, it has been found that EU naval forces could contribute to development in the DRC in various ways. Firstly, by means of assisting on the …

De versnippering van de internationale samenleving vermindert de kans op een overkoepelend model van global governance. Meer waarschijnlijk is het ontstaan van bepaalde processen van bestuur die zich ontwikkelen als reactie op specifieke mondiale vraagstukken. Dit artikel beschrijft het proces van implementatie …

Cyber crime increases with the advent of new online Internet services (e.g., entertainment, commerce, payment, pubic administration, social networking services). Not only do cyber criminals target governmental or public institutions, they increasingly victimize individuals and smaller organizations. …

De scriptie gaat over de Public Key Infrastructure en digitale certificaten. De afstudeeropdracht betrof het bouwen van een PKI en er voor zorgen dat een melding m.b.t. niet vertrouwde certificaten niet meer voorkomt. Dit laatste is verzorgd door de standaard certificaten op de servers te vervangen door …

Next to sea, land, air and space, cyberspace appears to be the fifth operational domain for the military. This manmade and virtual sphere brings along opportunities and threats. In this book, academics of the Netherlands Defence Academy as well as specialists and military professionals from other institutions …