The Advice Desk supports staff members with expertise relating to knowledge security. Its tasks include handling specific cases and helping to raise awareness of knowledge security risks. The Advice Desk also develops policy and maintains a network within and outside the university. In addition, it serves as the contact point for the Knowledge Security Committee.

The Advice Desk assists all Leiden University staff members who have questions about knowledge security.

You should contact the Advice Desk if you have any questions about internationally oriented collaboration initiatives and/or general and substantive questions about knowledge security, or if you want to report knowledge security incidents and you’re wondering what to do next. You can also contact the Advice Desk to request workshops or presentations on knowledge security.

The Advice Desk works with a mailbox and in principle will start to process questions and/or requests within two weeks. The processing time will then depend on various factors, such as the complexity of the question or case, and the extent to which the necessary information has been supplied. For example, the assessment of a specific case will often require the CV and project proposal. The Advice Desk may also ask you for additional information. 

The Advice Desk consists of: Head of Security Affairs, Chief Information Security Officer, Head of Internationalisation and Head of Research (Strategy and Academic Affairs directorate), Team Leader of LURIS, Knowledge Security Coordinator and two project support professionals. The Knowledge Security Coordinator is also the coordinator of the Advice Desk and the first point of contact, together with the secretariat.