How to increase digital resilience with focus on Digital Security Governance

ISACA member Stef Schinagl recently completed his PhD on the cause of this phenomenon. Suzanne Janse, member of the ISACA Netherlands Review Board and also Digital Security Governance expert, interviewed Stef about his findings and ambitions.

Suzanne: ‘First introduce yourself. What has your career looked like so far, in a nutshell?’

Stef: ‘It started twelve years ago. As green as grass, fresh out of college, I met an established name from the Dutch IT audit community, professor Ronald Paans. He offered me the chance to do the postgraduate study in IT audit at the VU University of Amsterdam, while also gaining experience in practice. After five instructive years with intensive assignments at different companies, I realised that my passion was not in the third line. At UWV, I was given the opportunity to gain second-line experience as a consultant in a security team positioned close to the UWV Executive Board. I fulfilled that role for more than five years. In my current role, I manage the Security Operations Team of the Cyber Defense Centre (CDC) at UWV. Working in the first line is the most enjoyable thing I have done so far. It is very interesting to experience the “concrete reality” of the processes and operations. That is a totally different world from that of policies and standards frameworks. ‘Experience in all three lines of defence is something I can truly recommend to anyone,’ says Stef.

[....]