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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.

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.

Cyver

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

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.

LunaVia

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

Passbolt

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

Protect4S

Protect4S has supported DIVD with expertise in the security of SAP systems and resources to scan the internet for vulnerabilities related to SAP systems.

Schouten Zekerheid

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

SIDN Fund

SIDN Fund provided financial support in 2020 to kick-start DIVD.

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.

VM Ware

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.