steven maijoor : state of the art - dnb launches a new cyber security test framework speech by mr steven maijoor, executive director of supervision of the netherlands bank, at the advanced red teaming ( art ) launch event, amsterdam, 10 april 2024. * * * hello everyone, and welcome. today, we have good reason to celebrate. because we are launching a brand new framework to test our society's resilience against cyberattacks. we're launching : art – which stands for'advanced red teaming '. usually, when you have something to celebrate, there's cake. maybe even candles. and definitely a card with some nice words. today, there's none of that – but we do have bitterballen. and, we have you – cisos from the financial sector, the healthcare sector, the telecom sector and our government. and we have my colleagues from de nederlandsche bank who put their hearts and souls into developing art. and if we combine this, we've got something far better than candles, cards or cake. we've got a cause. a cause to protect our society against cyber threats, cyberattacks and cyber criminals. unfortunately, that is necessary. you know this. and we know this. all of us here, today, know that all over the world, across all different sectors, cyberattacks have become a standard instrument in both criminal and military toolkits. or, for that matter, in any type of threat - actor's toolkit, regardless of their motivation. the ongoing war in ukraine, for instance, will not only be won in the trenches, with boots on the ground, regaining terrain, step by step. it will also need to be fought online, with hands on the keyboard, defending liberty – bit by bit, byte by byte. like we witnessed recently – when the ukrainian telecom provider kyivstar was attacked. not by bombs. not by missiles. but through cyberspace. this attack hit a vital infrastructure of ukrainian society – and left 24 million people struggling to communicate. the attack also caused significant second tier damage. because the attack on kyivstar also hit atms that used the company's sim cards. leaving people struggling to get cash. closer to home, our military intelligence warned about chinese hackers trying to infiltrate critical dutch infrastructure, planting threats that would lay dormant till activated – and then cause havoc from half a world away. 1 / 4

joanne kellermann : the challenge of diversity in central banks speech by ms a j kellermann, executive director of the netherlands bank, at the european central bank ( ecb ) diversity forum, frankfurt am main, 28 march 2011. * * * within de nederlandsche bank, role models are important for the emancipation of its female staff. as the first and only woman on dnb ’ s governing board, i am glad to act as a role model in that sense. although dnb may appear to be a male bastion, it ’ s good to remember that its continuance – shortly after its establishment – depended on a woman : the widow borski. when king willem i founded de nederlandsche bank in 1814, not all of the 5000 issued shares were sold immediately. however, madam borski had confidence in the newly established bank and, in 1815, she decided to buy the remaining 2000 shares. her purchase was subject to a secret condition that the king would not issue any extra shares for three years. many years later madam borski sold her shares at a tidy profit. introduction – general many women are inclined by nature to wait until the organisation notices their management potential. they only apply for a position if they comfortably meet all the job requirements. when interviewing job candidates of their own sex, recruiters tend to more easily recognise gender - specific aspects and to value them more highly. personal within our organisation too – despite our successful diversity policy – these gender aspects sometimes play a significant role. as a woman member of dnb ’ s governing board, i see it as my task to speak out in such situations. for example, not a single woman was included in a recent list of potential candidates for the position of divisional director. however, i was able to intervene to add the name of a good female candidate to the list. why do we need a diversity policy? dnb is convinced that diversity among its staff will lead to better results. in view of the tighter labour market, dnb is keen to use female potential. finally, as a guardian of financial stability, dnb has an important social role. in keeping with our social responsibility, we wish to pursue a diversity policy that ensures that our workforce is a good reflection of our society. this means that diversity within dnb embraces more than just the gender aspect, which i am focusing on today. cases in point are employees with different cultural backgrounds, an occupational handicap or different sexual preferences. i ’ m glad