SURF Security & Privacy Conference

At this two-day conference, you will hear all about current security and privacy topics, covering technical and policy as well as legal aspects. In addition, it is of course the event to connect with colleagues from other institutions.
podium tijdens de uitreiking van de surf security & privacy award

Security & Privacy Award

Ewald Beekman SPC Award

Ewald Beekman, winner 2025

Every year, SURF presents the Security & Privacy Award in recognition of contributing to keeping or making our sector safe, open, accessible, privacy-friendly and trustworthy. Read more about the awards and past winners in the Hall of Fame.

View the Hall of Fame

Organisation

The SURF Security & Privacy Conference is organised by SURF and SURFcert together with the SCIPR and SCIRT communities.

SURFcert

SURFcert's team offers 24/7 support for security incidents from our experts. They have also developed tools you can use to optimise security at your institution yourself. Together, we minimise the inconvenience of DDoS attacks.

SCIRT community

SCIRT is the community for operational security experts. Members discuss current security challenges and exchange the latest tips & tricks with peers. SCIRT stands for SURF Community of Incident Response Teams.

SCIPR community

Information security officers and privacy officers in education work together in the SCIPR Community. Among other things, the members together draw up policy and guidelines to improve information security and privacy at your institution. SCIPR stands for SURF Community for Information Security and Privacy.