2026 Shortlist of the Awards Finalists
Vincent Defrenne
Director Cyber Strategy & Architecture
NVISO
Pierre Dewez
Author & Cybersecurity, Digital Trust Expert, CTO
ENFORCIS
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President & Co-founder
ANANKELIS
Alex Driesen
Chief Executive Officer
TOREON
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Chair Cyber Made in Belgium
AGORIA
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Chair Cyber Sounding Board
GUBERNA
Dieter Sarrazyn
Industrial CyberSecurity Advisor, Director
SECUDEA
Mathieu Verschraege
Managing Director & Founder
MEDIAVISTA
Sharvind Appiah
Chief Information Security Officer
AVIQ
Dirk Beynaerts
Chief Information Security Officer
COLRUYT GROUP
Laurie-Anne Bourdain
Chief Information Security Officer
CHU SAINT PIERRE
Karolien Dewit
Cybersecurity Manager
BRUSSELS AIRPORT COMPANY
Gert-Jan Wille
Cybersecurity Manager (CISO)
AZORG
Carlos Cardal Alves
CISO Advisor & Mentor
CRS LDA
Eduardo Ribas Brito
Security Engineer & Researcher, CEPS/ Research Fellow
ECSO
Florentin Rochet
Assistant Professor
UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR
Palina Shauchuk
Research Manager
SOLVAY BRUSSELS SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS & MANAGEMENT
Laurens Singier
Security Researcher & Lecturer
HOWEST UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES
Babette De Decker
Co-founder
PERSISTENT SECURITY INDUSTRIES
Oceane Dieu
Lawyer
VS ADVOCATEN
Linde Nouwen
Scrum Master Offensive Security Team
KBC
Nathan Pembe
Senior Application Security Consultant
NVISO
Gert-Jan Wille
Cybersecurity Manager (CISO)
AZORG
Jacques Folon
External DPO, Scientific Director, Author
FOLON AND PARTNERS
Frank Mangelschots
Data Protection Officer
POLITIEZONE HERZELE, SINT-LIEVENS-HOUTEM, ZOTTEGEM
Nicolas Roland
Partner
YOUNITY LAW FIRM
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Assistant Professor
UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES
Stephanie Witters
Consultant & Data Protection Officer
PRIVACO VOF
Kim Wuyts
Manager Cyber & Privacy
PWC BELGIUM