Max van Haastrecht

Max van Haastrecht is a PhD Candidate in Cybersecurity at Utrecht University in The Netherlands. Before joining Utrecht University in June of 2020, he worked in the fraud detection department of a large Dutch bank. There he developed machine learning models to detect irregular behaviour in the nine million customer accounts of the bank, in order to prevent victims of phishing from losing their money. Through the extensive experience he has built up with real-world use cases, he has developed a passion for pushing cybersecurity research towards practical solutions. He is now applying this passion in his role as Lead of Cybersecurity Indicator Development in the EU Horizon 2020 project GEIGER.