FINALISTS.
Discover the finalists of the Belgium's Cyber Security Awards '26
Once again, this year, we were overwhelmed with an impressive array of high-quality applications. The selection process proved to be quite challenging, but it is with great enthusiasm that we unveil the fortunate finalists.
Cyber Personality of the Year
Vincent Defrenne
Director Cyber Strategy & Architecture - NVISO
Mathieu Verschraege
Managing Director & Founder - MEDIAVISTA
Dieter Sarrazyn
Industrial CyberSecurity Advisor, Director - SECUDEA
Alex Driesen
Chief Executive Officer - TOREON
Chair Cyber Made in Belgium - AGORIA
Chair Cyber Sounding Board - GUBERNA
Pierre Dewez
Author & Cybersecurity, Digital Trust Expert, CTO - ENFORIS
President & Co-founder ANANKELIS
C(I)SO of the Year
Sharvind Appiah
Chief Information Security Officer - AVIQ
Karolien Dewit
Cybersecurity Manager - BRUSSELS AIRPORT COMPANY
Dirk Beynaerts
Chief Information Security Officer - COLRUYT GROUP
Laurie-Anne Bourdain
Chief Information Security Officer - CHU SAINT PIERRE
Gert-Jan Wille
Cybersecurity Manager (CISO) - AZORG
Cyber Security Researcher of the Year
Carlos Cardal Alves
CISO Advisor & Mentor - CRS LDA
Eduardo Ribas Brito
Security Engineer & Researcher, CEPS/Research Fellow - ECSO
Palina Shauchuk
Research Manager - SOLVAY BRUSSELS SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS & MANAGEMENT
Laurens Singier
Security Researcher & Lecturer - HOWEST UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES
Florentin Rochet
Assistant Professor - UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR
Young Cyber Security Professional of the Year
Babette De Decker
Co-founder - PERSISTENT SECURITY INDUSTRIES
Gert-Jan Wille
Cybersecurity Manager (CISO) - AZORG
Oceane Dieu
Lawyer - VS ADVOCATEN
Nathan Pembe
Senior Application Security Consultant - NVISO
Linde Nouwen
Scrum Master Offensive Security Team - KBC
Privacy Professional of the Year
Jacques Folon
External DPO, Scientific Director, Author - FOLON AND PARTNERS
Kim Wuyts
Manager Cyber & Privacy - PwC Belgium
Frank Mangelschots
Data Protection Officer - POLITIEZONE HERZELE, SINT-LIEVENS-HOUTEM, ZOTTEGEM
Stephanie Witters
Consultant & Data Protection Officer - PRIVACO VOF
Nicolas Roland
Partner - YOUNITY LAW FIRM
Assistant Professor - UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES