MAARTEN AERTSEN

Bio

Maarten Aertsen is an engineer interested in the legal, social and economic factors underlying the Internet's core technologies. He works as senior internet technologist at NLnet Labs, a small, independent public benefit organisation contributing to the robustness, security and reliability of the Internet and the privacy of its users. Its open source software and work on open standards for the Domain Name System and (safe) inter-domain routing are in use globally. Maarten enjoys bridging between technical and policy audiences and brings NLnet Labs' expertise to policy-making bodies, including governments, regulators and multi-stakeholder forums.

Maarten serves on the ICANN Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC) which engages in ongoing threat assessment and risk analysis of the Internet's naming and address allocation services.

He holds an MSc in Telematics from the University of Twente and an MSc in cybersecurity from Leiden University's Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs and previously worked as senior advisor for the Dutch National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-NL) and as advisor on privacy and security for Deloitte Risk Services.