{"id":104652,"date":"2018-12-10T08:15:23","date_gmt":"2018-12-10T08:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/ronald-prins-6\/"},"modified":"2018-12-10T08:15:23","modified_gmt":"2018-12-10T08:15:23","slug":"ronald-prins-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/ronald-prins-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Ronald Prins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ronald Prins slips into his seat at Bodega de Posthoorn \u2014 a restaurant the waiter describes as \u201cthe very center of The Hague\u201d \u2014 and sizes up the other diners in the wood-paneled room. The eatery is famous in the Dutch political capital for its clientele: politicians, diplomats, civil servants, artists, the occasional royal \u2014 and, says Prins, more than its share of spies. \u201cIt used to be the security services favorite place to eavesdrop.\u201d For almost 60 years, the U.S. Embassy sat right opposite the restaurant \u2014 \u201cHow convenient,\u201d Prins jokes.<\/p>\n<p>Hes in a position to know. For decades, the mathematician-turned-hacker ran a cybersecurity firm that served as a parallel intelligence service for the Dutch government. A regular guest on talk shows beamed into the countrys 8 million households, he was a chief advocate of expanding the states online surveillance powers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/politico-28-who-to-watch-in-2019-letter-from-the-editors\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/P28-2019-ad-imageGREY_A_space-.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now hes arguably the most powerful member of the three-person committee charged with advising the interior ministry on cyber spying by the Netherlands intelligence agencies. Any request for online hacking or surveillance must first pass Prins desk. \u201cIts essential that not only jurists look at this, but you also have a technical understanding of whats possible,\u201d he said. His two peers on the committee, both judges, have told him they dont dare to call shots without him around, he says, \u201cbecause they dont always know what theyre saying yes to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With a seat on the countrys Electoral Council, Prins will also oversee measures against cyberattacks on next years European election.<\/p>\n<p>The 49-year-old former hackers position puts him at the nerve center of digital security in the Netherlands, at a time when the country is fast becoming one of the Wests most powerful cyberintelligence powers. Earlier this year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/report-dutch-agency-spied-on-russian-group-accused-of-us-election-hack\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Dutch intelligence revealed it had penetrated Cozy Bear<\/a>, the infamous Russian hacker group, taking over their computers and even the closed-circuit video cameras mounted in their building near Moscows Red Square.<\/p>\n<p>Dutch cyber police have worked with U.S. authorities to take down two of the largest dark-web marketplaces for the trading in illicit goods. And in October, Dutch authorities announced the countrys intelligence agencies had fended off <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/russia-accused-of-planning-cyberattack-on-chemical-weapons-agency\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">an attempt by Russian intelligence agents to hack the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p> \u201cYou can violate someones privacy as long as the safeguards are properly set in the law\u201d \u2014 <em>Ronald Prins<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>To a large extent, the rising profile of Dutch spooks is Prins doing. For nearly two decades, he ran Fox-IT, a private cyberintelligence firm providing security to governments, as well as banks and other large companies. One-third of the companys revenue came from contracts with the Dutch government to secure state secrets with custom encryption.<\/p>\n<p>Before founding Fox-IT, Prins spent a short stint working for the Dutch General Intelligence and Security Service (AVID), where he felt his efforts were unduly constrained by the law \u2014 more so, it turns out, than when he set up his own firm. \u201cIts bonkers that you could do more as a private company than as police,\u201d he says.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>As Dutch authorities took up legislation on cybersecurity, Prins advised AVIDs lawyers. His input led to providing intelligence agencies with new hacking powers in 2002. And last year, the Dutch parliament adopted a new law, expanding the governments ability to hack into computers and carry out mass surveillance.<\/p>\n<p>Prins \u2014 who started his current job last April after selling Fox-IT for \u20ac133 million to the British firm NCC Group in 2015 \u2014 dismisses critics who accuse him of championing measures that undermine civil liberties. \u201cThose who have fears also make a lot of noise,\u201d he says. \u201cYou can violate someones privacy, as long as the safeguards are properly set in the law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dutch citizens, he says, are in safe hands: his. \u201cNo one can just march over and tell me: You have to approve this or else youre endangering national security. To them I say: Bugger off, Ill make up my own mind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Check out the full <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/list\/politico-28-class-of-2019-the-ranking\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">POLITICO 28 Class of 2019<\/a>, and read the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/politico-28-who-to-watch-in-2019-letter-from-the-editors\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Letter from the Editors<\/a> for an explanation of the thinking behind the ranking.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/p28_2019_grid_GIF_btmB.gif\"\/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/list\/politico-28-class-of-2019-the-ranking\/ronald-prins\/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Original Article<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[contf] [contfnew]         <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRMd3Tz2gX9xSa6CJyaOj2dokBVcrdaT4yY3R3RI7YmL18vCLZZ\"\/><\/p>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/&gt;Politico&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/h5&gt;_&lt;\/p&gt;[contfnewc]_[contfnewc]_&lt;\/body&gt;&lt;\/html&gt;\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ronald Prins slips into his seat at Bodega de Posthoorn \u2014 a ..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":104653,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-104652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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