Renate Verheijen is a double qualified lawyer: she has a master's degree in International & European Law and obtained a master's degree in Private Law (specialization in business law with bar qualifications). With a solid back ground in consulting sector (EY) she built up her professional career as strategic advisor for the Board of Directors of a large hospital. She specialized in Cyberlaw and worked as legal counsel for Secura B.V. (Cybersecurity Services), respectively as Data Privacy Manager Europe for Fox-IT B.V./NCC (Cybersecurity Services) located in the Netherlands, before joining the EU Agency for Cybersecurity in Athens, Greece. Cybersecurity and more specifically EU Cybersecurity, is her true passion. She is a lead Implementer for ISO/IEC 27002 and 27701 and is CIPP/E certified. She guided Cybersecurity Certification teams and their Ad Hoc Working Groups of experts that develop an EU Cybersecurity Certification Framework, from legal perspective and guided and supported the Member States (the EU Cybersecurity Certification Group: ECCG) and the European Commission in this respect. She was the central contact point for the EU Stakeholder Cybersecurity Certification Group (SCCG) on behalf of the Agency and as such closely involved in their activities. Recently she has been promoted as Head of Resources of the Agency dealing with legal, privacy and cybersecurity matters from the Agency’s internal organization as well as procurement, finance and HR matters"