I am cybersecurity expert experienced in driving connected product security development and certification. I am also an active contributor to the standardization of product security at CEN-CENELEC, CSA and ITU.

Expertise

My professional career has spanned twenty-plus years working at Philips, NXP and currently Signify in the field of connected product development with strong focus on product security. My expertise includes:

• Cybersecurity standardization and certification: RED DA, CRA, EN IEC 62443, EN 303645, …
• Operational (OT) and Information (IT) technology product security including integration between OT and IT
• Network access control: 802.1x, 802.11i
• Wireless protocols: Zigbee, Matter, LiFi, WiFi, Bluetooth, NFC
• Smart cards, secure elements and Trusted Platform Modules (TPM) based solutions
• Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) based solutions

Standards

I’m currently contributing to the development of Cyber Resilience Act related standards at CEN-CENELEC and ETSI. I have contributed to a number of standards in the past:

• RED DA standards: EN 18031-1/2/3:2024
• Zigbee Direct standard, now part of the Zigbee Core specification
• LiFi and Power Line Communication ITU standards
• Fairhair specification

White papers

• ELIoT: enhancing LiFi for next-generation Internet of things.
• Security Architecture for the Internet of Things (IoT) in Commercial Buildings

Patents

So far over my professional career I have filed for thirty patents to protect the following

• Inventions

Standardization organizations

I am a contributing member to the following standardization organizations.

CEN-CENELEC

Representing the national committee of The Netherlands: Normcommissie Cybersecurity Privacy, Normcommissie Industrieel meten, regelen en automatiseren (NEC 65).

Memeber of the follwoing committees:

JTC13 Cybersecurity and data protection

• WG8: Radio Equipment Directive DA security standards development
• WG9: Cyber Resilience Act security standards development

TC65X Industrial-process measurement, control and automation

• WG3: Cyber security

TC205 Home and building electronic systems

• WG20: IT security and data protection

Connectivity Standards Alliance

Member of the Security Advisory Group and Product Security Working Group Steering Committee driving Product Security Certification Program.

I am also a liaison between the Connectivity Standards Alliance and CEN-CENELEC.

International Telecommunication Union

Contributor to the LiFi and Power Line Communication ITU standards: enabling enterprise security (IEEE 802.1x network access control)