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A brief BIO
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I’m a worldwide known cyber security expert from Belgium. I'm a board member of three security industry organizations (EICAR, AVAR and LSEC) and independent Security Evangelist at WAVCi, my own company. I am also the current Chief Operating Officer Software (COO) of the Clean Software Alliance (CSA). I studied Computer Science at IHB and VUB and started working as a Systems Analyst in 1984. I became a founding member of EICAR, one of the world’s first IT security organizations, in 1991. I have been working for over 3 decades as cyber security expert for several security companies like G DATA, Kaspersky and Westcon. Several CERTs, press agencies, print and online publications and broadcasting media, for example CNN, Al Jazeera and TRT World, use my advice regularly. In 2013, I published my first book in Belgium and the Netherlands, titled ‘Cybergevaar’ (Lannoo). In 2015 an updated version, ‘Cybergefahr’ (Springer), was published in German-speaking countries. An updated and expanded English edition, ‘Cyberdanger’ (Springer), was launched in 2019 worldwide. In 2020 together with co-author Alain Dierckx I published my first SF Cyberthriller 'Het Virus' (Lannoo). I am a known inspiring speaker and I give lectures (including TEDx) and presentations worldwide for a very diverse audience from children to experts. I have given lectures and keynotes in over 40 countries. I still own one of the last remaining copies of the first ransomware, the AIDS information trojan(1989), worldwide.