Who is Bart Jacobs?

Bart Jacobs is an expert in computer security and its associated societal issues. His expertise concerns chip cards, and especially their use in privacy-friendly scenarios. He is best known for his group’s work on the national chip card for public transport in the Netherlands. Together with his students, he discovered a serious security flaw in the Dutch OV-chip card, which allowed it to be easily copied. Bart is a government advisor on the future of electronic voting in the Netherlands.

Bart Jacobs is a Professor of Software Security and Correctness at Radboud University. He is also a member of the Cyber Security Council of the Dutch Ministry of Security and Justice.

More about this speaker

You can find out more about Bart on his Radboud University-profile page.

Recently, Bart commented on security risks associated with online banking, following attacks on major Dutch banks (in Dutch):