CV - Prof. Dr. Ir. Harm van Beek

2024 — Present Endowed Full Professor of Digital Forensics Open Universiteit (OUNL), Faculty of Science. link

2009 — Present (Senior) Digital Forensic Scientist Netherlands Forensic Institute (NFI). link

1998 — 2009 Founder, Co-owner and CTO ISAAC Software Solutions & Web Solutions BV.

2000 — 2005 PhD (Formal Methods) Eindhoven University of Technology. Faculty of Mathematics & Computer Science. DOI

1995 — 2000 MsC (Computer Science, with honors) Eindhoven University of Technology. Faculty of Mathematics & Computer Science.

Sep 2025 Inaugural Lecture: Digital Traces – Clearly Unclear H. van Beek. Open Universiteit, Heerlen. DOI

Jul 2025 Criminalistic zoom levels: Unravelling the hierarchy of forensic traces H. van Beek, C. van den Pol, J. van der Weerd. Forensic Science International. DOI

Apr 2025 SOLVE-IT SOLVE-IT: A proposed digital forensic knowledge base C. Hargreaves, H. van Beek, E. Casey. Digital Forensic Research Conference (DFRWS). DOI

Dec 2020 Hansken ChatGPT as a copilot for investigating digital evidence H. henseler, H. van Beek. LegalAIIA 2023, in conjunction with ICAIL 2023. link

Dec 2020 DFaaSHansken Digital Forensics as a Service: Stepping up the game H. van Beek, J. van den Bos, A. Boztas, E. van Eijk, R. Schramp, M. Ugen. Forensic Science International: Digital Investigation. DOI

Nov 2018 A forensic visual aid: traces versus knowledge H. van Beek. Science & Justice. DOI

Sep 2017 CASE Advancing coordinated cyber-investigations and tool interoperability using a community developed specification language E. Casey, S. Barnum, R. Griffith, J. Snyder, H. van Beek, A. Nelson. Forensic Science International: Digital Investigation. DOI

Dec 2015 DFaaSHansken Digital Forensics as a Service: Game On H. van Beek, E. van Eijk, R. van Baar, M. Ugen, J. Bodde, A. Siemelink. Forensic Science International: Digital Investigation. DOI

May 2014 DFaaS Digital Forensics as a Service: a Game Changer R. van Baar, H. van Beek, E. van Eijk. Forensic Science International: Digital Investigation. DOI

Verschoningsgerechtigde informatie verwerken met Hansken Hansken NFI Information Paper, Dec 2024. link

Vernietigen van digitale sporen met verschoningsgerechtigde informatie NFI Information Paper, Mar 2023. link

Forensische waarborgen in Hansken Hansken NFI Information Paper, Nov 2021. link

Workshop | Oct 2025 SOLVE-IT SOLVE-IT: Improving the Quality of Investigations Hansken.io 2025, The Hague, The Netherlands.

Workshop | Oct 2025 DFaaSHansken Expanding DFaaS: Insights and Innovations in the Hansken Platform EAFS 2025, Dublin, Ireland.

Keynote | Sep 2025 DFaaSHansken Hansken – Transforming Digital Investigations CINTIA 2025, AGH University, Krakow, Poland.

Techtalk | Jun 2025 How digital evidence works Cyber Warfare Centre, Ministry of Defense, Huis ter Heide, The Netherlands.

Keynote | Mar 2024 How digital evidence works DevConf 2024, Heerlen, The Netherlands.

Workshop | Mar 2024 CASE CASEWorks! DFRWS EU 2024, Zaragoza, Spain.

Workshop | Jul 2023, Mar 2023 Hansken Providing digital forensics as a service with code notebooks DFRWS USA 2023, Baltimore, USA. DFRWS EU 2023, Bonn, Germany.

Keynote | Mar 2022 DFaaSHansken Lessons learned from implementing digital forensics as a service DFRWS APAC 2022, Adelaide, Australia.

2024 Hansken European Public Sector Award (Digital Transformation) For high-impact innovation in evidence processing.

2022 CASEHansken Annual TNO ICT Impact Award For high-impact knowledge sharing in cybercrime fighting via Hansken/CASE.

2018 Hansken Ministry of Justice & Security Innovation Award For a successful innovation to improve the processing of digital evidence from crime scene to court.

2000 Civi graduation prize for industry 2000 Master Thesis award by the Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities.

2000 Excellent Student Program 2000 Excellent student award by Internet Society Nederland (ISOC).

Article | Jan 2026 Je telefoon weet of je liegt: wij keken mee in het lab De Stentor, M. Simons. Article

Article | Sep 2025 Oratie Harm van Beek: van digitale sporen naar betrouwbaar bewijs NFI.nl, E. Marijt. Article

Article | Sep 2025 Hoe maak je van digitale sporen betrouwbaar bewijs? OU.nl, I. Willems. Article

Article | Aug 2025 Hansken NFI-platform Hansken actief in zeventien landen ICT/Magazine, K. Loohuis. Article

Interview | May 2025 Hansken Hansken helpt bij filteren toegang tot digitale sporen NFI.nl, M. van der Molen. Article

Interview | May 2025 Privacy en digitale opsporing, een lastig parket Open Magazine, OUNL, E. Hollman. Article

Interview | Feb 2025 SOLVE-IT NFI ontwerpt internationale kennisbank over digitaal onderzoek NFI.nl, M. van der Molen. Article

Interview | Dec 2024 Harm van Beek benoemd tot hoogleraar Digital Forensics Security Management, vol 6, M. Jelgersma. Article

Interview | Aug 2024 Zoeken naar een digitale speld in een hooiberg Computable.nl, T. Molenaar. Article

Interview | Aug 2024 In databrij bergen bewijs van criminele activiteiten De Limburger, C. van Dyck. Article

Article | Dec 2023 Het NFI stelt de inhoud van het werk centraal Platform O, M. Spaan. Article

Article | Sep 2023 Expressing Uncertainty Without Confusing the Fact Finders Forensic Horizons, C. Miller. Article

Article | Jul 2023 Hansken Forensic Institute provides Hansken viewing method for Dutch lawyers Computer Weekly, K. Loohuis. Article

Article | Mar 2023 Hansken Advocaten kunnen nu ook vanaf eigen werkplek berichten doorzoeken over zware misdrijven Het Parool, W. Laumans & P. Vugts. Article

News item | Sep 2022 Live meelezen met de onderwereld Nieuwsuur. Video

Article | Jul 2022 DFaaSHansken DFaaS: Not a Silver Bullet, but a Crucial Tool Police Chief Magazine, vol 89, nr 7, IACP. Article

Podcast | Feb 2022 CASE CASE, universele cybertaal NOS op 3 Tech Podcast, C. Meijer. Podcast

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