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In a digital world filled with looming dangers such as ransomware, it is essential that we continue to innovate and collaborate to address these dangers. The recent success in eliminating the infamous Qakbot botnet illustrates this point perfectly and highlights the importance of initiatives, such as Project Melissa.

In a digital world filled with looming dangers such as ransomware, it is essential that we continue to innovate and collaborate to address these dangers. The recent success in eliminating the infamous Qakbot botnet illustrates this point perfectly and highlights the importance of initiatives, such as Project Melissa.

Centric and IT security specialist NFIR are joining forces to support municipalities with cybersecurity services. The collaboration between Centric and NFIR focuses on providing innovative services to strengthen the digital resilience of local governments.

The Public Prosecutor’s Office (OM), the police, the National Cyber Security Center (NCSC), Cyberveilig Nederland and several private parties* from the cybersecurity sector signed the ‘Melissa’ covenant today. Melissa is a partnership between these public and private parties to combat ransomware attacks. The common goal is to make the Netherlands an unattractive target for ransomware criminals.

We know it all too well; the headache of trying to remember all the passwords. Having to change, remember and manage all these passwords can

Data breaches are becoming more common. Consider, for example, the major data breach at market researcher Blauw, in which cybercriminals broke into their software vendor.

As cyber attacks become more sophisticated, it is important to stay informed and know how to protect yourself from online scams such as phishing emails.