Dr. Ronald de Bruin, Head of Cooperation and Support Department, ENISA

Dr. De Bruin is the Head of Cooperation and Support Department with ENISA. In this capacity, Dr. De Bruin is heading the Agency’s department responsible for awareness raising, computer incident response handling, relationships with Member States’and EU bodies and relationships with industry and international institutions. Previously, Dr. De Bruin worked as senior advisor of ECP.NL, a public-private partnership platform for the Information Society in the Netherlands. Beside general manage-ment responsibilities, he fulfilled the role of programme director of the national public-private partnership programme on internet security. Until recently, Dr. De Bruin was seconded by ECP.NL to assist the Executive Director of ENISA in the general management of the Agency. Prior to that,he held several management positions with private sector e-security and e-business companies. He started his career as policy advisor for the Dutch government in the field of network and information security. Dr. De Bruin holds a B.Sc. in electronic engineering, an M.Sc. in Technology Policy Sciences and a Ph.D. in Law. He is the author of several world-wide published books and articles in the fields of network and information security, online consumer trust, digital television and e-commerce.