Indo-Dutch Cybersecurity School 2025 - Students

Start Date: October 2025

End Date: November 2025  

Daily, the classes are organized in the second half of the day for 2 hours tentatively. 

What is the Indo-Dutch Cyber Security School?
The Indo-Dutch Cyber Security School is an annual, large-scale event organised by a number of Dutch and Indian organisations for students interested in cyber security issues. The central goal of this school is to give interested students and young professionals the opportunity to grow professionally as well as academically in the sphere of cybersecurity. For more information, visit the official CCoE website here!

Are you a student interested in cybersecurity?

Register here for the 8th annual IDCSS, taking place from October to November 2025, offering 20 lectures on a wide range of cybersecurity-related topics from renowned experts. Additionally, IDCSS offers the opportunity to work on real case studies provided by leading Indian and Dutch organisations. 

It should be noted that there is only a limited number of places available. You do not need to have a background in cybersecurity or any directly related field of study, but we are looking for candidates who are highly motivated to kick-start or further develop their knowledge in the field of cybersecurity. We furthermore give priority to students who sign up early, so we encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible!

What is the IDCSS25?
The IDCSS program consists of two parts.
The first part takes place in October 2025, consisting of 20 lectures from renowned experts on a wide range of cybersecurity-related topics, such as ethics, accountability, hardware security, incident response, data protection, norms and governance. This year, the new topics of Cryptography and Artificial Intelligence will also be introduced.

The second part will take place from the end of October until November 1st week 2025, where groups will work together on case studies provided by leading Indian and Dutch organisations and pitch their findings to a panel of experts that will subsequently determine the best proposal(s). The members of the best teams will be awarded distinctions and certificates!

 

IDCSS 2025 Topics (Tentative):

Module1: 
1) Governance of the Internet

2) The Internet Way of Networking

3) IIoT Security 

4) The strategic nexus between cyber operations and Artificial Intelligence

5) Network Security

6) Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing

7) The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Cybersecurity

8) API Security

9) DevSecPrivops

10) Governance, Risk and Compliance 

11) Introduction to Identity and Access Management

Module 2: 

1) Digital Forensics

2) EU Legislation (incl. standardisation & financing, etc.) 

3) Cyber Law 

4) Introduction to Data Privacy

5) Privacy Engineering & PETs

Module 3: 

1) AI: A Double-Edged Sword - Threat Actors Leveraging AI for Attacks vs. AI-Powered Threat Detection

2) Cybersecurity of Operational Technology (OT)

3) The Quantum Threat to Cryptography

4) Automotive Security

Registration Fee:
A nominal registration fee will be charged of ₹999+ 18% GST.

Please note by registering for the Indo-Dutch Cyber Security School 2025, you acknowledge and consent to share your data with both the Cyber Security Centre of Excellence, The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies and partners integral to the facilitation of the Indo-Dutch Cyber Security School. The data you provide will be stored and used exclusively for the purposes of organising and facilitating the Indo-Dutch Cyber Security School 2025. All data collected will be handled in accordance with applicable data protection laws and regulations.

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