Miguel De Bruycker
Cybersecurity Made in Belgium
For the past 20 years, we have been investing in cybersecurity. Since the establishment of the EU Agency for Cybersecurity in 2004 and the implementation of various cyber strategies, we have focused on information sharing, collaboration, resilience, and capacity building, among other initiatives. However, can we claim victory in this battle? Unfortunately, not really. Cybercrime rates are increasing by 30 to 40% annually, and projections indicate a continuation of this growth trend. Belgium has devised an Active Cyber Protection strategy with five pillars that may alter this trajectory in the years to come.
Miguel De Bruycker, the head of the Centre for Cybersecurity Belgium, received praise for winning the 2023 Cyber Security Personality Award. His forward-thinking leadership and innovative projects have elevated Belgium’s position in cybersecurity, highlighting a major achievement in acknowledgment of his outstanding contributions to the field.
Marijke Verhavert
Director
TomorrowLab
Miguel de Bruycker
Managing Director General
Centre for Cyber security Belgium
Bjørn Watne
Senior Vice President and Chief Security Officer
Telenor
Anastasiya Tretyak
Senior Cyber Security Consultant
EY Belgium
Dave Maasland
Owner & CEO
ESET Netherlands
Margo Cronin
Principal Solution Architect, Securtiy & Compliance
Amazon Web Services
Anthony Green
Co-Founder
OpenRep
Ivana Butorac
EU Compliance Manager
Sopra Steria
Luigi Rebuffi
Secretary General
European Cyber Security Organisation (ECSO)
Stefaan Hinderyckx
Senior Vice President – Cybersecurity
NTT Ltd.
Jean-Noël de Galzain
Founder & CEO
WALLIX Group
Dieter Van Den Bosch
Founder
ThreatExposure
Cindy Wubben
Chief Information Security Officer Public Segment
Visma
Karel Baert
Chief Executive Officer
Febelfin
Lesley Kipling
Chief Security Advisor
Microsoft
Claudio Solano
EA, ICT & Security Architect
Jan Populaire
Director
Psybersafe
Geert Baudewijns
Chief Executive Officer & Founder
Secutec
Andrew Rose
Chief Security Officer
SoSafe
Marc Laliberte
Director of Security Operations
WatchGuard Technologies
Rob van Dun
Chief Executive Officer
Calculus
Christo Butcher
Executive consultant
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Alexandru Lazar
Program Officer
CyberPeace Institute
Jean-François Simons
VP EMEA
Aviation ISAC