Name: Rob van der Veer Title: Principal consultant Employer: Software Improvement Group Location: Amsterdam Education: Computer Science MSc Years in IT: 30 years Years in cybersecurity: 30 years Cybersecurity certifications: CSSLP   What made you decide to become CSSLP certified? It was my initiative to get CSSLP certified. I saw the certification as an opportunity to provide our team of software security professionals with an industry recognized accreditation that demonstrates our expertise. We specialise in software engineering quality and help our clients improve the security and maintainability of their software. Therefore, as a company and as a team of software security professionals, we were already