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Our partners

We would be nothing without our partners (we like to call them friends) and therefore we truly appreciate them. Let us know if you would like to become a DIVD partner.

A2B Internet

Erik Bais, owner of A2B-Internet was so kind to help us out getting our own Autonomous System. Since then, we have our own IP addresses to scan from.

Accenture

Accenture supports DIVD financially and with IT workforce.

Atom86

Atom86 is sponsoring connectivity and rack space for our scanning infrastructure.

BIT

BIT is sponsoring hosting space for our websites and mail server capacity.

Bureau Veritas

Bureau Veritas (previously known as Secura) supports DIVD with annual funding and collaborates with us on energy research.

Cisco

Cisco provides free training to DIVD and DIVD.academy.

Cyver

Cyver provides us with their cloud platform, Cyver Core, which enables us to deliver security research reports with ticket handling.

Digital Trust Center

The Digital Trust Center (DTC) provided funding to DIVD in 2022.

ElaadNL

DIVD collaborates with ElaadNL on the Energy project, converting newly discovered vulnerabilities into CVEs.

Elastic

Elastic sponsors DIVD by providing an Enterprise license, enabling our teams to perform large-scale data analysis and power our SIEM solution for effective vulnerability detection and response.

European Network for Cyber Security

DIVD is working together with ENCS on the Energy project to convert newly discovered vulnerabilities into CVEs.

ESET

Dave Maasland, CEO of ESET sponsored DIVD in 2021 by paying most of the costs of our AS. Since 2022 ESET has supported us with a serious donation and free licenses.

Internet Cleanup Foundation

The Internet Cleanup Foundation shares DIVD’s mission, and we collaborate on vulnerability disclosure.

Linprofs

Linprofs provides support for DIVD’s server infrastructure.

LunaVia

We have our office at LunaVia, which also helps us out with administrative tasks and acquiring funding for our DIVD Academy.

Nationaal Coördinator Terrorismebestrijding en Veiligheid

NCTV provides funding to DIVD for the period 2023–2025.

Netlas

Netlas sponsors DIVD by providing an unlimited license, empowering our teams to detect both compromised and vulnerable systems at scale and notify affected organizations to help minimize the impact of cyberattacks.

Passbolt

Passbolt sponsored their Pro license in 2021 to provide our teams with a secure way to share passwords.

Pomerium

Pomerium supports DIVD by providing us with their license free of charge.

Rapid7

Rapid7 supports DIVD by sharing their scanning data for our research.

RED SIFT

Red Sift supports DIVD by offering their service 'OnDMARC' to improve our email security.

Schouten Zekerheid

Schouten Zekerheid Makelaars in Assurantiën is our insurance intermediary and supports us and our cause.

Schuberg Philis

Schuberg Philis has provided us with the support of some of their employees and the equipment we have used for our scanning infrastructure.

SecurityBridge

SecurityBridge supports DIVD with in-depth expertise on SAP security and provides resources to help scan the internet for vulnerabilities in SAP systems.

SIDN Fund

The SIDN Fund has supported DIVD from the very beginning with funding and services, and now also supports our energy research.

SUPERP

SUPERP supports DIVD by allowing some of their employees to contribute to Research and CSIRT activities.

The Green Village

The Green Village is organizing a hack event together with DIVD.

Topsector Energie

Topsector Energie provides financial support to DIVD and collaborates with us on energy-related research.

VMware

DIVD receives support from a VMware team to develop a new scanning infrastructure, funded by the VMware Foundation through licenses and hardware funding.

Dave Maasland

CEO ESET Nederland

“DIVD is not a project or a regular organisation, it’s a movement, one that lives by the Credo “be the change you wish to see in the world” and we need more of those to progress in the field of digital security.”

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Frequently asked questions

If this F.A.Q. doesn’t provide the answer you’re looking for, feel free to reach out to us. We strive to respond to your queries to the best of our ability.

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Is it legal what DIVD is doing?

Dutch jurisprudence is clear: if you address a societal need using appropriate methods, you are permitted to execute minor hacks to prevent more damaging ones. The Dutch Public Prosecution Office and the National Cyber Security Center endorse our approach.

Why did I receive an email from DIVD / CSIRT?

If we find a vulnerability, we’ll set up a case with all the details we know and how to patch this vulnerability. Then we scan known IP adresses to see if they’re vulnerable and if that’s the case we’ll send out an email to every vulnerable IP adress.

Our emails are personally written by one of our researchers and contain a link to the casefile on the csirt.divd.nl site.

Who works for DIVD?

Most of our volunteers work in cybersecurity as their daily job, this could be at a commercial security company, government, or as a freelancer. Some of our volunteers don’t work in security at all but have great interest in making the digital world safer.

All our volunteers are screened, and have provided a certificate of conduct. Our code of conduct is sacred, we do not deviate from it.

What kinds of vulnerabilities do you report?

Any security vulnerability that falls under the category of high risk or high impact. The sequence in which we handle vulnerabilities is influenced by multiple metrics, including the level of exposure online and if the vulnerability is under active exploitation.

How can I contribute to this initiative?

You can join DIVD as a volunteer or as a partner, put security.txt on your website, take action after you’ve received a notification email, and/or make a donation.