Roles
The TF-CSIRT Chair is elected every three years. The other elected representatives also serve three year terms, but the terms are staggered so that two representatives are elected each year.
Elections are normally held electronically before a TF-CSIRT Meeting in early September each year . If you are interested in participating as a member of the TF-CSIRT Steering Committee, we have prepared some information that might be useful to understand the commitment involved.
Responsibilities
The Steering Committee has the following responsibilities:
- Coordinating the activities of TF-CSIRT and recommending courses of action where issues occur.
- Making decisions on TI Accreditations and TI Certifications in accordance with the guidelines agreed by the TF-CSIRT community.
- Overseeing the development of the TRANSITS training curricula and course materials, monitoring tutoring standards, and registration of tutors.
- Reviewing the performance of the Trusted Introducer service and making recommendations to modify or expand it.
- Advising on future developments and strategic directions in computer security.
- Providing input on meeting agendas.
Contact the TF-CSIRT Steering Committee
You can reach out to all SC Members via email!
Věra Mikušová, TF-CSIRT Chair
Vera is a Representative of CSIRT.CZ, with a primary focus on legal and procedural aspects of cybersecurity and on fostering a national cybersecurity community. She has been actively involved in cybersecurity policy since 2015 and possesses a rich professional background. Vera has previously served as a project coordinator at CZ.NIC and as a cybersecurity consultant at EY. She has a strong track record in organizing events, ranging from conferences and workshops to training sessions and small national or international meetings.
Vera holds a Master’s degree in Security and Strategic Studies from the Police Academy. In addition to her professional skills within the cybersecurity community, she is the founder of a non-profit organization dedicated to organizing summer camps and providing education to children. She has also produced a film focusing on animal agriculture and serves as a city councilor in Sušice.
Dana Ludviga, Steering Committee Member
Dana Ludviga holds an MSc in Computer Science from the University of Latvia and works as a cybersecurity incident analyst at CERT.LV, Latvia’s national and governmental CSIRT. In this role, she coordinates engagement with international stakeholders and represents CERT.LV at both national and global events.
Before joining CERT.LV, Dana managed projects at the .LV registry NIC.LV, focusing on domain name security. She also served as co-chair of the CENTR Marketing Working Group, fostering collaboration among European registries to strengthen and grow the domain industry. Earlier in her career, she contributed to IT research at the University of Latvia, including large-scale EU-funded network development projects.
Dana is also a member of the program committee for the Baltics’ largest cybersecurity conference, CyberChess. She combines a researcher’s curiosity with a project manager’s precision and an analyst’s vigilance. Dana believes that digital security goes beyond tools and technologies - it is a shared responsibility of both individuals and organizations.
Ivo Dijkhuis, Steering Committee Member
It’s great to be back in the TF-CSIRT community after a short absence! Some of you may remember me as representative of the RIPE NCC CSIRT, and as an active member in the TF-CSIRT Futures working group, helping to pave the way for an independent TF-CSIRT organisation. Nowadays I’m a member of mIRT (mnemonic IRT); a Norwegian based cybersecurity provider with offices throughout Europe.
I have been working in IT/Security for 25+ years, and been a member of TF-CSIRT for about a decade. Currently living in the Netherlands with my family, while travelling regularly to lovely Norway for work.
What I aim to do for our community: explore new opportunities to work with other communities (for example: joint meetings with like-minded communities or groups, smaller local events), and develop new activities where the TF-CSIRT community can benefit from (for example: more workshops and training opportunities). Needless to say that your input and ideas are very much valued and needed! I think we have a challenging but bright future. It’s important that we invest in a strong CSIRT community in Europe (and beyond) – and provide opportunities for all teams to bond, share experiences, cooperate and build trust.
Michael Perzi, Steering Committee Member
Michael Perzi is working at the Vienna University since 2002. He studied Information Technology and already started working for the University in the department ACOnet – the Austrian Research and Education Network – and the Vienna Internet Exchange for his Master’s degree. At this time providing a stable national backbone and developing a working monitoring system were his main tasks. This was followed by the implementation of the first AntiDDoS appliances and also introducing several security mechanisms in the network. He has been attending TF-CSIRT meetings for nearly 10 years now, and the experience he has gained and the people he was able to meet during that time was amazing. Meanwhile he is taking over a team lead in the department and his daily business still consists of providing NREN services, network administration, DDoS detection and mitigation, but also being a link between the NOC- and the CERT-team for an effective joint work.
Vilius Benetis, Steering Committee Member
Dr. Vilius Benetis is member of NRD CIRT (@NRD Cyber Security), where he leads a team of experts to consult, establish, and modernise CSIRT/SOCs for governments, organisations, and sectors in Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. He is an active contributor to the development of CSIRT methodologies for ENISA, FIRST.org, and ITU. He is an official CIS Controls Ambassador.
Petra Raszková, Steering Committee Member
Petra Raszková is a security analyst at Switch with nearly a decade of experience and a strong interest in cybersecurity with a focus on CSIRT/CERT and SOC teams, with a wide & diverse academic background.
In the past years, she had been working for the National CSIRT of the Czech Republic with a focus on the national and governmental level. She held the position of Chair of the WG Cyber Weather at CSIRTs Network.
She is currently leading a notable initiative, the DNS-Resilience program in Switzerland. Petra also maintains a leadership role as an agile coach for Domain Security (.ch/.li) and works as a security analyst for NREN at Switch.
Besides, Petra contributes to the development of the CSIRT/CERT community as a SIM3 auditor for the Open CSIRT Foundation (OCF), who combines theoretical experience gained as a trainer for establishing and operating CSIRT/CERT teams and practical knowledge from operations such as incident handling.
Her commitment to strategic focus, continuous improvement, and deep passion for cross-industry intelligence drives her everyday work.
Beyond her professional role, she enjoys an active lifestyle & exploring new limits.
Dave Monnier, Steering Committee Member
Dave Monnier is the Chief Information Officer, Chief Evangelist, and a Team Cymru Fellow at Team Cymru, Inc., a specialized Internet security research firm based in Florida, USA. Before joining Team Cymru in 2007, Dave worked with UNIX and Linux administration in academic and high-performance computing environments where he helped build some of the most powerful computational systems of their day. He later served as a Lead Security Engineer for a Big ten University and later helped to launch the Research and Education Networking ISAC, part of the formal U.S. ISAC community.
In 2010, Dave was granted the title of Team Cymru Fellow, a highest honor of Team Cymru. Dave has lead multiple teams as part of Team Cymru ranging from Engineering, Outreach, Threat Intelligence, Sales, Marketing, and Client Success. Dave helps organizations to fully consider their security and policy decisions in real-world terms. As a result, he has traveled the world presenting security ideas and solving organizations hardest problems.
