Bouke van Laethem is Senior Project Lead National & Sectoral CSIRT at NCSC-NL and advisor at Digitale Doetank, a mission-driven advisory firm focused on digital sovereignty and the strategic use of emerging technologies. Fittingly equipped with a degree in Ancient History, he brings a broad professional background spanning national cyber incident coordination, CERT and red team leadership, and hands-on experience as an incident responder, ethical hacker, and sysadmin.