ASIS Europe Webinar - A scientific approach to red teaming

Contributed by ASIS Europe
Originally conducted 10 November 2025

Description

Dr. Giliam de Valk has conducted extensive research into threats, specifically from the perspective that no threats are missed. He is one of the pioneers in the Netherlands of the scientific foundation of Red Teaming as a security instrument. Together with two other authors, he published the article ´The Creator Destroyer Method: an Exploration into a Non-Rational Approach of Red Teaming´ in 2024. During his session, he will explore: - how red teaming can be used to responsibly identify threats. - how a scientist define red teaming in a methodological way - what would then be its place in a larger security plan - and - If issues are too sensitive to share with outsiders - how you can prevent a rationality bias.

Speakers 

Dr. Giliam de Valk 
Assistant Professor, Institute of Security and Global Affairs
Leiden University

Dr. Giliam de Valk is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs at Leiden University and an independent consultant affiliated with the Knowledge
Centre for Security Intelligence (KSI). He is specialized in methodology of intelligence
analysis. He wrote his PhD on the Quality of Intelligence Analysis [2005] and is currently
focusing on the methodology on how not to miss threats.

After completing his PhD on intelligence analysis in 2005, he gained extensive experience as a university lecturer in teaching intelligence and analytical techniques. At an academic level, he was the initiator of all three bachelor’s minors in intelligence studies ever offered in the Netherlands. These are: the Intelligence Studies minor at the University of Amsterdam (Ad de Jonge Centre) from 2007–2017; its successor, the Intelligence Studies minor at ISGA, The Hague Campus, Leiden University (2017–present); and the Intelligence Studies minor at the Netherlands Defence Academy (NLDA), Breda, where he taught from 2010–2012. He has also lectured on counterinsurgency and counter-terrorism (Utrecht University and NLDA), humanitarian interventions, military strategic thinkers, and Clausewitz (Utrecht University). In 2021, he was awarded the Scientific Excellence Award by the Zagreb Security Forum.

Moderated by Matti Malkamaki
Head of Enterprise Crisis Management Operations Worldwide
Airbus Group

Topic: Physical and operational security

Credit Information: Completion of this webinar is eligible for 1 CPE credit.  Self-reporting required.