Hein Dries LL.M is the CEO of VIGILO consult, a Netherlands based consultancy specialising in internet enforcement , cybersecurity, cybercrime and related issues. Although Hein holds a masters degree in Dutch Civil law from Leiden University, The Netherlands, he also has more than fifteen years of technical experience in forensic IT and law enforcement on the internet which he initially obtained as technical officer to the internet safety team of the in the Netherlands Telecommunications agency OPTA (now ACM). He is currently employed as the Key Expert on Cybercrime in The OCWAR-C project which builds capacity on cybercrime and cybersecurity in West Africa. He also consults with the Council of Europe, OSCE, ENISA and the EU, amongst others.
Hein is treasurer and board member of CyAN, the Paris based network of cybersecurity consultants and has a special focus on capacity building within the network.
Because of his background as regulatory counsel and representative of the Netherlands ISP industry association, Hein has an extensive background and many years of experience in internet networking and internet policy as well as enforcement related issues, such as open source and social media investigations and internet based surveillance. He has set up forensics and covert internet labs and regularly trains lawyers and authorities in cybersecurity, cybercrime and related issues (such as Money Laundering, Cryptocurrencies and other subjects). Hein has co- operated with many CERTS, banks, law enforcement agencies, payment providers and ISPs worldwide in a variety of fraud, cybercrime and other, related cases.