Roeland van Zeijst

Description: Roeland van Zeijst committed his first ethical hack in 1984, as a 9-year-old. Many years later, he graduated cum laude in the field of Artificial Intelligence. He boosted innovation at the Amsterdam police force, where he implemented its interactive citizens’ alert network. From 2012, Roeland co-developed the renowned multi-stakeholder strategy of the Dutch National High-Tech Crime Unit, which has become a key player in combating advanced international cybercrime. In Singapore, Roeland facilitated the global development of the INTERPOL Cyber Fusion Centre, subsequently assisting the organization and several of its members in joining the GFCE. Since 2019, Roeland and his team coordinate the overall cybersecurity of the Dutch National Police, working with public and private partners from the Netherlands, EU, NATO and further abroad. He is still an ethical hacker and a superintendent in Amsterdam. “There is no such thing as a local cybercrime.”