Biosecurity scenario: Spyware on smartphone by foreign app Nowadays (almost) every employee has a smartphone in their pocket. But have you ever thought about who could potentially have access to the information on your smartphone?
Biosecurity Office international The Biosecurity Office regularly attends meetings at home and abroad with the aim of sharing knowledge, acquiring knowledge and networking.
Epidemiology of Pathogens Listed as Potential Bioterrorism Agents, the Netherlands We recently contributed to an article describing the incidence of potentially bioterrorist agents in the Netherlands. Almost all reported illnesses were linked to a travel history.
Export control seminar On September 18, 2023, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will organize an Export Control Seminar at the Ministry.
The combined pathogen list has been revised and is now available in English The Biosecurity Office has updated and translated the combined list of biological agents into English.
November 10, 2022 Biosecurity Knowledge Day We hereby invite you to the eighth Biosecurity Knowledge Day, which will take place in person on Thursday, November 10th at the Mercure hotel in Amersfoort.
Parliamentary Questions Biosecurity On May 30, 2022, Member of Parliament Van Haga (Groep van Haga) submitted a series of twenty questions to the Minister of Health, Welfare, and Sport regarding high-risk bio-laboratories and gain-of
Biosecurity Office international The Biosecurity Office regularly attends international meetings with the aim of sharing knowledge, acquiring knowledge, and networking.
Biosecurity scenario: Espionage If you find a USB stick in the parking lot at your workplace, you already know that you should never plug it into your own laptop or PC to check if a colleague may have lost it.
Article in Science: ‘Embrace experimentation in biosecurity governance’ In a Policy Forum article in Science last week, the eighteen authors of the article, including employees of the Biosecurity Office of the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (R