Update on e-coat forum

17th TF-CSIRT Meeting

Monday — January 23rd, 2006 16:00

Presenters

• Don Stikvoort (S-CURE, NL)

  Don Stikvoort obtained an MSc (Hons) degree in physics in 1987. After an effective management training as Infantry platoon commander in the Dutch Army, he joined SURFnet, the Dutch national research and educational network. Starting out with consultancy he soon found himself lucky to be among the pioneers who built the European Internet, started RIPE, etcetera. Don was involved in the formation of CERTNL in 1991 (today SURFcert) and was its chairman from 1992-1998. Together with Klaus-Peter Kossakowski he started the cooperation of CERTs in Europe which eventually led to both TF-CSIRT and the Trusted Introducer. In 1998 he finished the first version of the "Handbook for Computer Security Incident Response Teams (CSIRTs)" together with Kossakowski and Moira J. West-Brown of CERT/CC – Don’s collaboration with CERT/CC has remained till today.

  Don’s short FIRST history:

  CERT-NL became the second European member of FIRST in 1992 – in total Don has been the rep of three FIRST member teams, and mentored several more towards membership. From 1996-8 Don was member of the Future of FIRST Task Force I (FoFI) and secretary to FoF II. Don was chairman of the Program Committee for the 1999 FIRST conference in Brisbane, Australia. In the same year he set up the FIRST Secretariat (FSS), which he managed till mid 2007. Currently Don is a liaison member of FIRST and member of the FoF III task force.

  In 1998 Don co-founded STELVIO, a Dutch company specialising in Internet related consultancy. Within STELVIO he helped build Kennisnet, the Dutch schools' network connecting over 10,000 schools. Several CERTs were created with his help and guidance, among which GovCERT.NL (the Dutch Government team), and the teams for Philips and several academic institutions. Second opinions and maturity assessments in this area are among his specialties. In 2000 Don set up the Trusted Introducer accreditation for CERTs in Europe (TI). In 2002/2003 Don was co-ordinator of eCSIRT.net, an EU funded research project that aimed at developing pragmatical standards for the interoperation of CSIRTs.

  Don left STELVIO in 2004 to continue with S-CURE. He was among the first two Europeans accredited by CERT/CC as "Certified Incident Handler" in 2004. At this moment, apart from engaging on consultancy and coaching projects for SURFnet and others, Don leads the TI CERT accreditation service. As subcontractor to TERENA, Don supports the development and operation of the TRANSITS courses for CSIRT professionals – a not for profit project meant to educate CSIRT professionals in Europen – and is also one of the tutors there.

  Since 2004 Don acquired the C.M.H., C.Hyp. and CPNLP accreditations in psycho/hypnotherapy and NLP. Don has started taking up work in those areas and the adjacent coaching as well, and is also using this to enrich his portfolio in security and explore new grounds – like the “Techies Can Communicate Too!” workshop he is developing with David Pybus. In March 2008 he will acquire the MPNLP – master practitioner NLP - level.