2023 Jury

The jury comprises a panel of independent and impartial experts in digital techniques or cyber security. They bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to the selection process. The jury will evaluate each of the candidates according to a specific set of criteria and following a code of conduct in their rating, placing more value on case studies than on commercial speeches.

President

Jan De Blauwe
Chair of Belgium’s Cyber Security Coalition

Managing Director & COO at NVISO

Private sector

Saskia Van Uffelen
Manager Digital & BeTheChange Agoria

Director of the Cyber Security Coalition

Egide Nzabonimana
President ISACA Belgian Chapter

Sebastien Deleersnyder
CTO & Co-founder Toreon

Cyber Security Personality of the Year 2022

Els Bellens
Technology and Security Editor at Data News

Public sector

Séverine Waterbley
President FPS Economy, SMEs, Middle-Classes & Energy

Director of the Cyber Security Coalition

Taco Mulder
CISO FPS Policy & Support (BOSA)

Finalist Cyber Security Personality of the Year 2022

Academic sector

Olivier Markowitch
Dean of the Faculty of Sciences ULB

Lutgardis Claes
Director General at SHAPE International School

Honorary Major General Air Force

Independent

Ken Ducatel
Director (retired) at European Commission - DG DIGIT

Finalist Cyber Security Personality of the Year 2021

Our jury has established a dedicated scoring system
for each award category.