Freedom AND Security

PHILIPP AMANN(Moderator)

Philipp Amann is the Head of Strategy of the European Cybercrime Centre (EC3). Previously, he held management positions at the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), at the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), and at the International Criminal Court (ICC). He has worked for more than 17 years in the field of information and cyber security management, policy development, electronic evidence management, and intelligence analysis.

MIRKO MANSKE (Panellist)

Mirko Manske is the Teamlead of Cyber Intelligence Operations at the Bundeskriminalamt (BKA), the Federal Criminal Police Office of Germany. With more than 25 years of LE experience, during his career he served on a variety of positions in the field of Software Development, Counter-Money-Laundering operations, Hostage Situations and Counter Terrorism. His current team is the central intake for any international cybercrime-related matters in Germany.

CECILIA VERKLEIJ (Panellist)

Cecilia J.M. Verkleij is the Deputy Head of Unit Police Cooperation and Information Exchange at the Commission’s Directorate General Migration and Home Affairs (DG Home). She joined the then Directorate General for Justice, Freedom and Security in 2005. Her current area of responsibility is to facilitate access to information for law enforcement authorities and agencies within the European Union, with a particular focus on personal data collected by private companies to prevent and fight terrorism and serious crimes. She was a member of the EU teams that negotiated the Passenger Name Records (PNR) agreements for Canada, the US, and Australia. She also was a member of the EU team that negotiated the EU-US TFTP Agreement, and participated on behalf of DG Home in the negotiations with the US on a data protection framework agreement in the law enforcement sector.

GREGORY MOUNIER (Panellist)

Dr. Gregory Mounieris the Head of the Outreach and Prevention team at the European Cybercrime Centre (EC3). He is an experienced Policy Advisor with a demonstrated history of working in the law enforcement industry. He is a member of the GAC Public Safety Working Group of ICANN (PSWG) where he focuses on the reform of the WHOIS.

SONIA DE SOUSA PEREIRA (Chair)

Sonia de Sousa Pereira currently works as a specialist at the Data Protection Function of Europol. She is a former criminal lawyer and a researcher working on the implementation of victim-offender mediation and other restorative practices in Portugal. Sonia worked also in the legislative process of the Portuguese Government. Her areas of expertise include: data protection, law enforcement, penal law, restorative justice and the criminal justice system, gender equality.

NICOLE VAN DER MEULEN (Moderator)

Dr. Nicole S. van der Meulen works as Senior Strategic Analyst at the European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) where she leads the Strategy and Development team. She has worked as Advisor of Security Affairs at the Dutch Banking Association, and has led the cybersecurity side of Defence, Security and Infrastructure (DSI) team at RAND Europe in Cambridge. Prior to those engagements, she worked for the Dutch government where she was co-responsible for the development of the first Cyber Security Threat Assessment, before returning to academia at the start of 2012 as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Transnational Legal Studies at the VU University in Amsterdam.

RIK FERGUSON (Panellist)

Rik Ferguson, Vice President Security Research at Trend Micro, is one of the leading experts in information security. He is also a Special Advisor to Europol’s European Cyber Crime Centre (EC3),. In April 2011 Rik was inducted into the Infosecurity Hall of Fame. Rik is actively engaged in research into online threats and the underground economy. He also researches the wider implications of new developments in the Information Technology arena and their impact on security, both in the enterprise and for society as a whole.

While current statistics show that criminal interest in ransomware has plateaued, with only a 3% increase in ransomware related incidents in the first half of 2018 (compared to 2H 2017), it is important to remember that this plateau comes after years of exponential growth. Ransomware remains a real threat to data and to business continuity, and the criminal actors still innovating in this space are quick to adopt new tools and techniques into their malicious creations.

FRANCESCA BOSCO (Panellist)

Francesca Bosco is Project Lead within the Cyber-Resilience team of the World Economic Forum’s Center for Cybersecurity. She worked for several years in the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI). She has been researching and developing technical assistance and capacity building programs to enhance cyber-resilience through creation of a dedicated workforce, as well as to ensure diversity and inclusion in cybersecurity; she has done research for a long period how to counter the involvement of organized crime within the field of cybercrime, as well as examining the legal implications and future scenarios of terrorist use of the internet and cyberterrorism.

STEFANO FANTIN (Panellist)

Stefano Fantin is a Legal and Policy Researcher at the Centre for IT & IP Law (CiTiP) at the Catholic University of Leuven. He has worked as a civil servant in the British Government at the Cabinet Office, where he focused on compliance and policy making regarding GDPR implementation, national cyber security strategy and Brexit in the context of the Government Digital Service task-force. Currently, he researches in the cyber policy and data protection fields (intelligence, law enforcement and e-Government).

In tackling the spread of ransomware, we cannot forget the crucial role of policies aimed at coordinating a responsible handling and disclosure of software vulnerabilities. This is not a matter of cyber hygiene only. It’s rather a way to hold actors accountable in the cyberspace. From vendors to researchers, from the general public to Governments and security agencies, disclosure policies might truly help sharing responsibilities in Europe and globally.

JURAJ SAJFERT (Panellist)

Juraj Sajfert is a qualified lawyer in Croatia and has joined the Data Protection Unit of DG Justice and Consumers at the European Commission in 2014, moving from the position of a case-processing lawyer at the European Court of Human Rights. Ever since, Juraj works on the development and application of EU data protection law. Juraj has been closely involved in the process of drafting and negotiating the new EU data protection legislation, particularly focusing on the Data Protection Directive for police and criminal justice authorities, the Data Protection Regulation for Union institutions and bodies and data protection rules for the European Public Prosecutors’ Office and Eurojust. He is also the Commission lead expert in Schengen evaluations of Member States in the field of data protection. He publishes regularly on topical issues for data protection in the area of law enforcement.

These are decisive times for the development of data protection culture and high standards of privacy protection across the European law enforcement authorities.

JAN ELLERMANN (Chair)

Dr. Jan Ellermann works as Senior Specialist in the Data Protection Function (DPF) of Europol. He advises the organization in all matters concerning operational data protection. He has been research assistant at the University of Göttingen, lawyer in Hamburg, and public prosecutor in Flensburg.

CHRISTIANE HOEHN (Moderator)

Dr. Christiane Hoehn is the principal adviser to the EU Counter-Terrorism Coordinator, for whom she has worked since 2010. Her previous assignments at the EU were transatlantic relations and non-proliferation and disarmament. Prior to joining Council of the EU in 2004, she was a researcher at the Max Planck Institute for International Law in Heidelberg and an affiliate at the Center for Public Leadership, Harvard Kennedy School of Government. Christiane holds a PhD in international law from Heidelberg University, an LLM from Harvard Law School and the two German State examinations in law. She has published a book and several articles in international law and international affairs.

BEN HAYES (Panellist)

Ben Hayes is a TNI fellow and researcher working on security, counter-terrorism, border control and surveillance. He previously set-up the counter-terrorism programme at the European Centre for Constitutional and Human Rights and worked with the civil liberties organisation Statewatch from 1996 to 2014. He has recently worked as a data protection legal advisor to both the UN Refugee Agency and the International Committee of the Red Cross before establishing his own data protection consultancy. He also works as an ethics advisor to the European Commission and European Research Council.

ILMARI VIRO (Panellist)

Ilmari Viro is the Head of Special Operation at the Telecommunication Unit of the National Bureau of Investigations of Finland. He has an established career in the world of law enforcement, working for the Finnish KRP in Vantaa for more than 14 years.

GERT VERMEULEN (Panellist)

Prof. Gert Vermeulen teaches European and international criminal law, Cybercrime, technology and Surveillance and Data protection at Gent University and is the director of the Institute for International Research on Criminal Policy (IRCP). He is also Privacy Commissioner at the Belgian Data Protection Authority, and member of the Europol Cooperation Board. His scholarly and research expertise is mainly in the areas of European and international criminal law and policy, organised crime, terrorism, trafficking in human beings and (child) sexual exploitation, procedural rights, evidence and data protection.

Irrespective of later access or use restrictions, preventative data retention, collection or storage for protecting internal security or crime fighting must be sufficiently selective, in line with the standards set by the CJEU. The incumbent challenge is to identify selectors and discriminants to guide selective data retention, based on objective evidence, workable and feasible for law enforcement authorities as well as for industries concerned, manageable for oversight bodies, in full conformity with data protection standards, including as regards sensitive data and profiling rules, and not resulting in (either direct or indirect) discrimination. Searching for the Holy Grail or just a matter of more effort and creativity from law enforcement side?

HENRIK SAUGMANDSGAARD ØE (Panellist)

Advocate General Henrik Saugmandsgaard Øe is in the Court of Justice since 7 October 2015. Previously, he was appointed by the Danish Government as consumer ombudsman, where he boldly brought cases against multinational companies. In the context of the joined cases C-203/15 and C-698/15, the Advocate General has stated in an Opinion that a general obligation to retain data imposed by a member state on providers of electronic communication services may be compatible with EU law, but that it is imperative that the obligation is circumscribed by strict safeguards.

LODEWIJK VAN ZWIETEN (Moderator)

Lodewijk van Zwieten joined the public prosecution service of the Netherlands in 2004 and has over 10 years of experience in criminal investigations and prosecutions of cybercrime. As National Prosecutor for cybercrime (2009-2015) he was responsible for all operations of the High Tech Crime Unit of the Dutch National Police, including such ground-breaking cases as the Bredolab takedown, the Diginotar Breach and Blackshades. From 2015 to 2018 he was seconded to Eurojust as cybercrime expert prosecutor, assisting EU Member States in their cases and working closely with Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) and the J-CAT.

HIROSHI MIYASHITA (Panellist)

Dr. Miyashita is Associate Professor of Law, Faculty of Policy Studies, Chuo University, Tokyo, Japan. He specializes in Constitutional Law and Information Law. He served for the Office of Personal Information Protection in the Cabinet Office. He attended the OECD, APEC, APPA and Privacy Commissioners meetings as a Japanese delegate. He received Doctor in Law from Hitotsubashi University. He was a visiting scholar at Harvard Law School, Brussels Privacy Hub, Vrije Universiteit Brussel and CRIDS (Centre de Recherche Information, Droit et Société), University of Namur. He published four books on privacy and over 100 academic articles including many on privacy and data protection.

MIKA LAUHDE (Panellist)

Mika Lauhde works as Vice-President, Cyber Security & Privacy, Global PACD in Huawei Technologies Co., LTD. He leads public relations team to understand and provide insight of governments Cyber security and Privacy policy, public opinions, threads, technologies, laws, regulations, inside information, situation and trends. Previously, he worked in SSH Communications Security as VP, Government Relations and Business Development. Currently he is a member of ENISA (European Network and Information Security Agency) Permanent Stakeholder Group and Europol Cyber security and privacy adviser.

Race between LEA’s chasing cyber criminals can, and will, have collateral damages. How to protect privacy not to be one of those. What is the bigger picture globally.

FRANCOIS PELLEGRINI (Panellist)

Prof. Francois Pellegrini is a commissioner at the National Commission for Information Technology and Civil Liberties (CNIL), the French data protection authority. He is the Chairman of Europol Cooperation Board, and teaches informatics and law at the University of Bordeaux. He is an expert on data protection and on strategic and sustainable development issues for digital technologies.

MAX SCHREMS (Video)

Max Schrems is an Austrian activist and author famous for his campaigns against Facebook’s privacy violation. He is the founder and chairman of None of Your Business (NOYB.eu) – European Center for Digital Rights, a non-profit organization based in Vienna. In 2013, age 25 Max filed complaints against Facebook Ireland Ltd with the Irish Data Protection Commissioner. He then has succeeded in his challenge against the "Safe Harbor" system at the European Court of Justice, based on the disclosures of Edward Snowden.