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
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 Belgianās internationally most quoted cyber security expert. He became a founding member of EICAR in 1991, one of the worldās 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 āCyberdangerā in English, German and Dutch. He is also co-author of the recent Dutch SF cyberthriller āHet 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
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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