| Bio: | Eric Luiijf M.Sc(Eng) obtained his Masters degree in Mathematics (Informatics thesis) at the Technical University Delft in 1975. After his duties as officer in the Royal Netherlands Navy, he joined the TNO. Since 1995, he works as Principal Consultant Information Operations and Critical Infrastructure Protection. As of 2003, he is also a staff member of the Clingendael Centre for Strategic Studies (CCSS).
Regarding critical (information) infrastructure protection (C(I)IP), Eric was the lead author of the essay ‘Bitbreuk’ (In Bits and Pieces) and one of the two main researchers of the KWINT study which looked at the vulnerability of the Dutch part of the Internet (2001).
From 2002 on, Eric acts as the TNO R&D leader in a sequence of C(I)IP projects commissioned by the Dutch ministries of the Interior (BZK), Transport, Public Works and Water Management (V&W), and Economic Affairs (EZ).
These projects are part of the Dutch Critical Infrastructure Protection programme (“Bescherming Vitale Infrastructuur”), which includes the organisational, physical protection and information assurance efforts of all critical sectors.
Eric is work package leader in the EU CIP projects VITA, CI2RCO, and IRRIIS. Eric is one of the editors of the European CIP newsletter and participates in the NATO/EAPC Civil Emergency Planning/ Critical Infrastructure Protection working group.
Eric has been interviewed many times by national and international newspapers, monthly publications, radio and national TV on topics like information operations (“Cyber warfare”), CIP, and information security. He has published many popular articles as well as scientific publications.
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