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.
Publication: Dual-Use Quickscan Last year, the Biosecurity Office developed the 'Dual-Use Quickscan'. This new online tool has been available in Dutch and English since the spring.
Biosecurity scenario: cyber attack Here we present another current scenario with regard to biosecurity. This time it is a scenario about cyber attacks.
Bureau Biosecurity international Before the corona crisis, the Biosecurity Office regularly attended meetings abroad with the aim of sharing knowledge, gaining knowledge and networking.
Article: ‘Building biosecurity for synthetic biology’ Synthetic biology is developing at a rapid pace, which means there is a risk that biosafety will come under pressure.
Biosecurity Office international The Biosecurity Office regularly attends meetings abroad with the aim of sharing knowledge, acquiring knowledge and networking.
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
Biosafety and biosecurity aspects of SARS-CoV-2 With the current pandemic of COVID-19, there is a great appeal to laboratories for processing sample materials, diagnostics, but also research into a vaccine against SARS-CoV-2.