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Eddy Willems

Cyber Security Guru | Inspiring Speaker | Author #Cyberdanger | Security Researcher | Director | Security Evangelist at G DATA CyberDefense

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Dutch, English

Cyber security, Cyber crime, Hacking, Malware, Ransomware

Biography

Eddy Willems is a worldwide known cyber security expert from Belgium. 


He is a board member of 3 security industry organizations, EICAR, AVAR and LSEC, and is independent Security Evangelist at WAVCi, his own company.  


Since 1989, he is Belgianā€™s internationally most quoted cyber security expert. He became a founding member of EICAR in 1991, one of the worldā€™s first security IT organizations. 


Eddy has been working for over 3 decades as cyber security expert for several security companies like G DATA, Kaspersky and Westcon. He is also COO of CSA (Clean Software Alliance) since 2024. 


In 2013 he published his first book ā€˜Cyberdangerā€™ in English, German and Dutch. He is also co-author of the recent Dutch SF cyberthriller ā€˜Het Virusā€™ (English version coming soon). 


Eddy is a known inspiring speaker and is giving lectures and presentations (including TEDx) worldwide for a very diverse audience from children to experts.

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Eddy Willems

The real truth behind ransomware and most other malware

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This presentation will give you the real story behind ransomware.

What can you learn from nation-state cyberattacks?

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3 decades of cybersecurity experience bundled in a short pragmatic and passionate view

Keep your smartphone safe!

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Unveiling Smartphone Cyber Dangers and Defense Strategies

Cyberdangers and The Human

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Will we ever learn?

AI Lives?

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Navigating the Realities of Artificial Intelligence

Stalkerware - the spy inside all of us

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What about your privacy?

My wife went to the Dark ā€¦ Web

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A detailed look inside the Underground Economy 4.0

Eddy has the rare gift to explain a very technical problem and solution in a language that everybody understands, without compromising the correctness of the facts.

IEEE Internet Connections Security Group

Richard Zwienenberg, Executive Committee Member

Eddy is one of the few people who combines a thorough knowledge of security and a clear, pleasant and fascinating way of storytelling.

Jeroen Wils

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