Welcome to
Belgium’s Cyber Security Awards 2025
Belgium’s Cyber Security Awards 2025 are a wonderful way to reward and celebrate the incredible skills and talent keeping us safe online and inspire future generations. Apply now and seize this opportunity!
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Mark your agendas: 1 December 2025
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When
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The Belgium’s Cyber Security Awards 2025
will take place on Wednesday, 1 December
in the Africa Palace, Tervuren
Reception
18h00
Gala dinner with the Cyber Security Awards
19h00
Desserts buffet & open bar
22h30
00h00
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Location
Africa Palace
Paleizenlaan, 3080 Tervuren
Throwback awards 2024
Belgium’s Cyber Security Awards programme rewards different types of personalities who make a significant contribution to improving cyber resilience in Belgium
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For this fourth edition, we gave out five awards. We'd like to thank all contestants, and congratulate all winners once again!
Hope to see you back in 2025!
Finalists 2024
Privacy Professional Award
Prof. Dr. Jacques Folon, Co-founder & CEO GDPRfolder.eu
Katia Bodard, Group Data Protection Officer Infrabel
Peter Berghmans, CEO Data Protection Institute
Kristof Verslype, Cryptographer Smals
Vanessa Ling, Head of Group Data Proximus
Cyber Security Personality Award
Johan Klykens, Director Cybersecurity Certification Authority Centre for Cybersecurity Belgium
Eric Van Cangh, Senior Business Group Leader Agoria
Cathérine Van de Heyning, Substitute Prosecutor of the King at the Public Prosecutor's Office Antwerp / Ass. Professor European fundamental rights University of Antwerp
Freddy Dezeure, CEO Freddy Dezeure BV
Kurt Gielen, ICT Manager Ziekenhuis Oost Limburg (ZOL)/ CTO SHIELD vzw
Cyber Security Researcher Award
Professor Axel Legay, UC Louvain
Professor Ingrid Verbauwhede, KU Leuven
Professor Yuri Bobbert, Antwerp Management School (AMS) and ON2IT Zero Trust Innovators
Peggy Valcke, Full Professor of Law & ICT at KU Leuven (part-time); Executive Board Member BIPT
Professor Mathy Vanhoef, KU Leuven
CISO Award
Iwona Muchin, Chief Information Security Officer & Data Protection Officer Ageas
Pieter Van Goethem, Chief Information Security Officer Delen Private Bank
Johan Claessens, Chief Information Security Officer Water-link
Young Cyber Security Professional
Maarten Toelen, Cybersecurity Officer – Market Certification and Standardisation (CSA/CRA) European Union Agency for Cybersecurity
Thomas Vo-Dinh, Manager Cyber Risk Consulting Marsh
Sephora Aherfi, Chef du département cybersécurité SPF Sécurité Sociale
Pierre Lahdo, Deputy CISO itsme®
Reinaert Van de Cruys, Ethical Hacker Fox&Fish Cyberdefense