Indo-Dutch Cyber Security School 2025
Programme
Click on the table below to view the different program units.
Kick-off
| Date | 6/Oct 2025 |
| Day | Monday |
| Time (IST) | 16:00-17:30 |
| Time (CEST) | 12:30-14:00 |
| Event | IDCSS25 Inaugural (opening ceremony) |
Week 1
| Date | 6/Oct | 7/Oct | 8/Oct | 9/Oct | 10/Oct |
| Day | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| Time (IST) | 16:00-17:30 | 18:00-19:00 | 18:00-19:00 | 18:00-19:00 | 18:00-19:00 |
| Time (CEST) | 12:30-14:00 | 14:30-15:30 | 14:30-15:30 | 14:30-15:30 | 14:30-15:30 |
| Lecture 1 | Inaugural | Security for AI and AI for Security | Automotive Security | The Internet Way of Networking | |
| Lecturer 1 | Kerissa Varma | Vinod Babu B | Olaf Kolkman | ||
| Time (IST) | 19:30-20:30 | 19:30-20:30 | 19:30-20:30 | 19:30-20:30 | 19:30-20:30 |
| Time (CEST) | 16:00-17:00 | 16:00-17:00 | 16:00-17:00 | 16:00-17:00 | 16:00-17:00 |
| Lecture 2 | No lecture | Data Privacy in Focus: An Overview of GDPR & DPDPA |
Web Application Security | Cyber Game Session 1 | Ransomware |
| Lecturer 2 | Mahi Gupta | Srinivas Naik | Michel Rademaker | Chris Painter |
Week 2
| Date | 13/Oct | 14/Oct | 15/Oct | 16/Oct | 17/Oct |
| Day | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| Time (IST) | 18:00-19:00 | 18:00-19:00 | 18:00-19:00 | 18:00-19:00 | 18:00-19:00 |
| Time (CEST) | 14:30-15:30 | 14:30-15:30 | 14:30-15:30 | 14:30-15:30 | 14:30-15:30 |
| Lecture 1 | Vulnerability Management | Threat Analysis NATO Summit The Hague | Cybersecurity Career Pathways | State Responsibility in Cybersecurity | Cyber Game Session 2 |
| Lecturer 1 | Saikrishna Singupuram | Tom Moester | Blockverse/Cyberpeople | Moliehi Makumane | Michel Rademaker |
| Time (IST) | 19:30-20:30 | 19:30-20:30 | 19:30-20:30 | 19:30-20:30 | 19:30-20:30 |
| Time (CEST) | 16:00-17:00 | 16:00-17:00 | 16:00-17:00 | 16:00-17:00 | 16:00-17:00 |
| Lecture 2 | Digital Forensics | IoT Security: Current Landscape and Future Outlook | Container security | Cybersecurity of Operational Technology | Penetration Testing |
| Lecturer 2 | Hans Henseler | Amit Rao | Ashish Rao | Johan de Wit | ShivBihari Pandey |
Week 3
| Date | 20/Oct | 21/Oct | 22/Oct | 23/Oct | 24/Oct |
| Day | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| Time (IST) | 18:00-19:00 | 18:00-19:00 | 18:00-19:00 | 18:00-19:00 | 18:00-19:00 |
| Time (CEST) | 14:30-15:30 | 14:30-15:30 | 14:30-15:30 | 14:30-15:30 | 14:30-15:30 |
| Lecture 1 | Cloud Security | The Quantum Threat to Cryptography | Accountability in the Digital Age | Cyber Mercenaries | Q&A Session |
| Lecturer 1 | Thomas Attema | Frits Bussemaker | Charlotte Lindsey | Challenge 1 and Challenge 2 | |
| Time (IST) | 19:30-20:30 | 19:30-20:30 | 19:30-20:30 | 19:30-20:30 | 19:30-20:30 |
| Time (CEST) | 16:00-17:00 | 16:00-17:00 | 16:00-17:00 | 16:00-17:00 | 16:00-17:00 |
| Lecture 2 | International Cyber Laws | Cyber Game Session 3 | |||
| Lecturer 2 | Advocate Puneet Basin | Michel Rademaker |
Week 4
| Date | 27/Oct – 31/Oct |
| Day | Monday – Friday |
| Time (IST) | |
| Time (CET) | |
| Event | Working on challenges |
Week 5
| Date | 03/Nov – 06/Nov | 07/Nov |
| Day | Monday – Thursday | Friday |
| Time (IST) | To be announced | |
| Time (CET) | To be announced | |
| Event | Working on challenges | IDCSS25 Closing Ceremony |
IMPORTANT: Strategic Cyber Resilience Game planning
During the Indo-Dutch Cyber Security School (IDCSS) 2025, participants play the Strategic Cyber Resilience Game. This game, developed by The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies (HCSS), commences in week 1 of IDCSS25 and ends in week 3. The game is played in three different phases, some asynchronous and some synchronously with the other players. We move through the different phases in three game sessions.
Please note that in order to obtain your Certificate of Attendance, you will need to:
- Attend at least 75% of the IDCSS25 Lectures (excluding the three game sessions)
- Attend at least two out of the three game sessions, play actively throughout the IDCSS25, and complete the final deliverable for the game.
The planning is as follows:
- 1st session – Thursday 9-10-2025 (19:30-20:30 IST / 16:00-17:00 CET)
- Between session 1 and 2, you will have to fill in the Strategy Card on your own, in the online game portal. This step of the game is done asynchronously and you should finish this before the next session.
- 2nd session – Friday 17-10-2025 (18:00-19:00 IST / 14:30-15:30 CET)
- Between session 2 and 3, you will have to do two things.
- Play the capability cards.
- Vote for the cards you think should have the highest priority. This can only be done in the game portal, during this timeslot: Thursday 23-10-2025, from 19:30-20:30 IST / 16:00-17:00 CET. These steps of the game are done asynchronously and you should finish this before the next session.
- Between session 2 and 3, you will have to do two things.
- 3rd session – Friday 24-10-2025 (19:30-20:30IST / 16:00-17:00 CET)
After this, the IDCSS Strategic Cyber Resilience Game is finished. IDCSS25 will continue with the Challenge period.
The game is played in an online environment, where you can log in via the following link: . Please make sure to log in with the email address you used to sign up for IDCSS25. Only that email address is registered with us and will have access to the game.
