Podcast
An informal conversation series around cybersecurity topics: tooling, incidents, career paths, and whatever else comes up. Guests may be named (or not), depending on what they're comfortable with. Some episodes stay private, the ones that can be shared land here.
Latest episode: Cyber Command at Belgian Defence
About this episode
Recorded for the Howest IT Student Podcast, co-hosted with Wout. We interviewed Jean-Jacques from Belgian Cyber Command, the cyber intelligence branch of the Military Intelligence Service (ADIV/SGRS), about how the unit is structured and how its cyber threat intelligence team operates as a multi-source analysis capability inside Defence.
Topics covered:
- Cyber Command's role within Defence, and how it relates to the broader Cyber Force that spans Land, Air, Navy, Medical, and Space components
- Reservist and civilian career paths into Defence cyber roles, and how the Cyber Defence Factory at Howest fits into recruitment and outreach
- Coordination with national partners through the CCIV umbrella (CCB, VSSE, FCCU, NCCN, OCAD, federal prosecutor, M4) and with industry via the Strike IT programme
- International cooperation, especially with French and Dutch cyber commands
- Cyber exercises such as Locked Shields, Cross Swords, Cyber Coalition, and a recent maritime tabletop exercise involving the Port of Antwerp and the Princess Elisabeth energy island
- Current threat landscape: Russia as the noisiest and most destructive actor (APT28, APT29, disinformation), China as the quieter espionage operator, and where NATO Article 5 sits relative to cyber attribution
Episode in Dutch.