LSEC - Leaders in Security

Membership

How to become LSEC Member ?

LSEC's main objective is to create awareness, inform people, enterprises and government about information security and mitigation of risks related to use of electronic systems such as IT and the use of electronic applications. We have created four different Membership levels: 1. Expert 2. Enterprise 3. Individual 4. Web

Expert Membership

To become an Expert Member, a company has to Qualify for it. Once registered, Expert Members will be invited or granted access to all LSEC activities. These include, but are not limited to : seminars, conferences, special interest groups, industry roundtable, ... Besides the visibility, the networking and the ability to share expertise with peers; being an Expert Member there are also more tanglible member benefits: Aside from the fact of being a not-for-profit organization itself, LSEC does understand that its members are seeking a return on investment for time, money, effort and energy spent into the organization. It is accepted by most members that most of this value is typically intangible by means of relations, building image, presence and references; but it is still sensible to demand from the organization a clear overview of member benefits. Free entrance up to 5 persons (vouchers) on national public LSEC events Reduction or free entrance (vouchers) on international LSEC events Invitation to actively participate on events (speakerslots) Discount to participate in partner conferences (SANS, EEMA, …) Up to 3 pages, company logo, company picture and 3 videos of representation on the LSEC website Facilities :Access to virtual office on LSEC facilities, Private meeting space with partners and potential partners, Right to use seminar / conference facilities with support of LSEC Access to participate to the exclusive online forum of the LSEC website Access to all market research, whitepapers and documents published on the exclusive members only website. These include industry specific market research reports, up to 180 industry research reports and related research documents, ... Exclusive “invitation only” participation to thematic workshops Free entrance to 2 private LSEC events and the annual Member meeting for your company Access to editiorial contributions to a thematic published Report Meet industry peers and potential partners Be the first to learn about innovative projects and receive invitations to participate to them Pricing for The Expert Membership for 2008 is : - 2.500 € excl VAT : for companies with more than 25 employees or similar - 1.250 € excl VAT : for companies of up to 25 employees or similar - 625 € excl VAT : for companies up to 3 persons For 2009, Expert Membership prices will be indexed and increase with respectively 500, 250 and 125 €.

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On a periodical basis, LSEC distributes a newsletter indicating its activities and other information of interest regarding the Information Security Market in Belgium and abroad. Subscribe to the newsletter by filling in your details here.

About the Members of the Board and the Committees

The following people are daily working very hard improving LSEC, the security market in Belgium and Europe in general and some of our events and activities.
If you would like to support us in our mission and/or our activities, please feel free to contact us and indicate your interest and desired contributions.

the LSEC Board of Directors

• Non-Executive Chairman of the Board : Dr. Prof. Bart Preneel, head of COSIC Research Group

  

  Bart Preneel received the Electrical Engineering degree and the Doctorate in Applied Sciences in 1987 and 1993 respectively, both from the K.U.Leuven (Belgium). He is currently full professor at the K.U.Leuven. He has been visiting professor at the Technical University of Denmark (2007), T.U.Graz in Austria (1997-2006), University of Bergen in Norway (1997-2001), Ruhr-Universität in Bochum (Germany) (2001-2002) and at the University of Ghent (1994-2002). He is a scientific advisor of Philips Research (the Netherlands). During the academic year 1993-1994, he was a research fellow of the EECS Department of the University of California at Berkeley. His main research interests are cryptology and applied information security.
  Bart's Motivation : LSEC is an excellent way for COSIC and Bart to be connected to the industry of IT security. Interested in innovative developments and research projects through LSEC. Bart's Contribution : Providing his wide range of contacts and relations to the benefit of LSEC, As expert in the field of Informatoin security, he is a true asset to LSEC on an international level for his strategic advise, link into the academic research and capable of providing resources for special projects.

• Ulrich Seldeslachts is CEO of LSEC

  
  
  Ulrich joined LSEC late 2006, to support the organization in its future growth strategy. Prior to LSEC, he has started the European branch of Clearwire the North-American WiMAX operator, founded by Craig Mc Caw. Ulrich was responsible for the development of 7 broadband wireless operations throughout Europe. Ulrich has an experience in business and corporate development, and company innovation. He led the Venture Capital company of the Belgian incumbent telecoms operator between 1998 and 2003. He aims to use his experiences to solidify the further growth of Information Security business throughout Europe. Belgium is worldwide recognized for its teams of experts in Information Security because of technologies such as eID and AES-Rijndael.

• Member of the Board : Eddy Cormon, Director Strategic Partnerships at Vasco Data Security

  
  Mergers & Acquisitions : Defining, exploring, evaluating different acquisition targets. Market analyses, Product evaluations, Company assessment, Financial Forecasts (P&L,…), Due Diligence; Business Development Managing partnerships: integrate Vasco authentication solutions, integration initialization, contracts, defining combined offering, writing marketing documents. Business Development: authentication products to new markets: geographical (for online Banking) or new applications (non-online banking). Prior to Vasco, Eddy was also active as Business Unit Manager with Desk and Logistics and Operations with Option.
  Eddy's Motivation : To support L-SEC in being an “enabler”, to support anybody with a security idea to develop and enforce his entrepeneurial spirit Ensure that LSEC remains a not for profit, independent organization that represents the Information Security sector

• Member of the Board : Dr. Marijke De Soete, Managing Director Security4Biz

  
  Dr. Marijke De Soete is currently working as an independent consultant. She established her own consultancy company Security4Biz in April 2004. She offers consultancy services on risk management and security for Corporate Governance, business development in ICT security and security aspects of systems and applications based on emerging technologies. Until the end of 2003 she was holding the position of Vice President Emerging Technologies Product Security with MasterCard International since its merger with Europay. Before she was Director of Payment System Security at Europay from 1995 till 2001. Her team was responsible for the security architectures of payment products based on magstripe and chip.
  Marijke's motivation : As a strong believer in LSEC and its mission since its foundation, she was for the first time involved in its board since 2005. With 20 years of experience in ICT security in its broadest sense, from research over technical development and operations and last but not least business development, she was able to offer her expertise, vision and (international) network which she acquired over these years in support to the further development of LSEC. A further development of LSEC as a possible appropriate extension with new types of membership, maybe even internationally through associations; the further development and creation of new activities that are attractive and beneficial for its members both from a business and technical perspective while maintaining an appropriate level of innovation; its coordination and relation with governmental, industry and standardisation bodies while keeping it a profitable organisation.
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• Member of the Board : Kees Plas, Head of Security Practice Benelux, BT

  
  Based in the Netherlands and working from BT’s offices in Amsterdam and Brussels, Kees Plas manages BT’s security practice in Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxemburg. In this capacity, he is responsible for business development and the delivery of BT’s security, business continuity and compliance products and services in the three Benelux countries.Kees is responsible for the launch of the practice’s new products and services and adapting them to local market needs and requirements. He works closely with BT’s Benelux-based customers. He has more than 10 years’ experience in the ICTservices industry. In the Benelux he is responsible for shaping BT's strategy and security approach in the market, with specific focus on the region Belgium and Netherlands. With LSEC he wants to create ties with the Belgian Industry experts to establish and determine views on where the Security playing field is going and also shaping that creation.

• Member of the Board : Carlo Schupp, partner Deloitte Advisory Services

  
  Carlo leads Deloitte’s audit and advisory services related to ICT risk, governance, security, control, compliance and certification. His clients typically seek for security assessments, business continuity planning, application audits, IT governance questions, computer forensics and incident response, and compliance reviews. Carlo has had a career managing business lines and new initiatives. He served twelve years at Swift as a leader in product and market management. He participated in The Way Forward programme to transform Swift from a passive institution to a commercial enterprise. He built Swift’s first data warehouse to analyse 6 million messages a day and he helped transform Swift from a proprietary network to a service provider embracing the internet. He conducted process audits and provided top-management consultancy to banks in the global top-100, etc. He also served five years at Ubizen (today Verizon Security Business Solutions) as CIO in a leading Outsourcing Service Provider. Carlo was part in founding LSEC together with K.U. Leuven - COSIC en K.U. Leuven LRD , from a clear need within Ubizen to position Leuven as a center of expertise on Information Security, with worldwide recognition of this expertise. Upon his departure at Ubizen, Carlo had to resign as Member of the Board of LSEC but rejoined not so long after that as an independent Member of the Board. The objective remains to create LSEC as a pole of attraction; to enable collaboration between members and to promote our Belgian expertise on a national and international level.

• Member of the Board : Chris Van den Abbeele, Solution Manager, Atos Origin

  
  Chris Van Den Abbeele is Solution Manager for Identity and Security solutions at Atos Origin. He is responsible for defining and managing the Identity and Access Management offering at Atos Origin Belgium. Chris has over ten years experience in designing Identity and Access Management solutions. He has a clear view on the technology, the market and the players. Prior to joining Atos Origin, Chris worked as a Technology Specialist at Novell for about ten years. Chris brings to the table +10 years experience in Identity and Access Management. He knows the technology, the market, the players, their offerings, their strengths and weaknesses.

Should you be interested in participating to the activities of LSEC, as an Expert Member or as an Individual or Enterprise, we are welcoming your thoughts and contirbutions.

LSEC International liasons and Partners

LSEC International Partners and Affiliates

LSEC is constantly exploring collaboration opportunities with other markets and international expertise.
Most of the LSEC activities are taking place in Belgium, hence our specific relations both to the community of companies specialized in Information Security products and services and to the people and communities from many companies of experts working in a variety of vertical markets such as Finance, Telecom, ICT, Government, Media, Healthcare, Industry, Pharma, ... Collectively LSEC reaches out on a frequent basis to almost 4000 individuals, with a specific interest in Information Security.

Besides all of our local activities, LSEC and its Expert Members are frequently present at events of our international partners, and reversely. We have established a mutual exchange of Experts and expertise on a number of topics which are of interest to our specific communities. There are participants of seminars, conferences, workshops, working groups and special interest groups from all Members across the different communities, being either more on a regional, or on a thematic level.

Hereby a short overview of some of the international partners :

KTN Cybersecurity - UK
The Cyber Security KTN is be the single focal point for UK Cyber Security expertise, to collaboratively identify universal challenges and develop effective response, influence UK investment strategy and government policy, accelerate innovation and education, harness and promote UK capability internationally and help improve the UK security baseline.
The UK already possesses a wealth of cyber security expertise, within industry, academia and government, but the effort is fragmented and focused on point solutions by technologies and sectors. Only by joining together can we understand the breadth and depth of the cyber security challenge essential to planning effective protection and response. We need to provide a UK-wide focus to address challenges holistically; identifying the gaps in the work already being undertaken across the community and planning how to bridge them; unifying the pool of UK expertise in a manner which amplifies the efforts of the community and makes the results more accessible to all.

Teletrust

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Partners

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Disclaimer

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Contact & Address

Grotere kaart weergeven

LSEC Main Office
Kasteelpark 10
3001 Heverlee - Leuven
tel. +32.16.32.85.41
fax +32.16.32.19.69
VAT BE 478 045 395

Driving Directions
- Using a GPS enter "Heverlee, Kantineplein" in order to be driven to the right direction. Follow further instructions upon arrival on Kantineplein below. - Coming from Brussels - Luik / Liège (E40) : take exit Leuven on E40 highway (exit for E314), continue with instructions
- Coming from Aachen - Hasselt (E314)
Exit Leuven on Highway E314
Follow direction Leuven until the third traffic lights, crossing with Celestijnenlaan
Drive right into Celestijnenlaan until the end of the street
Turn left into Willem De Croylaan until Kantineplein
Continue Kantineplein into Kardinaal Mercierlaan for about 20 metres and turn left into parking of Arenbergkasteel
Car park facilities are on the right side of the park.
Enter the KU Leuven University ESAT building
Announce yourself as a visitor for LSEC (this might take some time).

Become a Member

Are you a leader in Security ? Do you want to share your expertise and join the Leaders in Security as a Core Expert Member ?
Contact us via email! Or call +32.16.32.85.41 for a direct contact and more information.
An information set and your Membership Welcome Pack awaits you.

 

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LSEC vzw Kasteelpark 10 - 3001 Heverlee - VAT BE BE 478 045 395 - fax. +32.16.32.19.69 - info @ lsec.be

Objectives

• To provide a forum to give voice to and discuss topics of general interest of L-SEC member companies.
• To promote the visibility of the L-SEC members in the international security market.
• To raise the awareness of the importance of e-security in different application fields.
• To engage in initiatives which make Leuven-Brussels the leading region for e-security research, development and manufacturing.
• To further extend e-security specific education and training, research and development, technology transfer.
• To create opportunities for members to connect with other entities and networks giving

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Activities

• Annual security review meeting focusing on new trends, challenges and solutions in e-security. This is combined with a fair where L-SEC members present their latest developments.
• Bi-annual open events focusing on e-security developments in specialised application fields intended to promote the use and advance of e-security.
• Advanced internal workshops, training programs and publications. Representing L-SEC and its members at international meetings and conferences.
• Participation in initiatives that enhance the profile of Leuven-Brussels as a leading center of e-security expertise.

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Our Mission

L-SEC provides a single point of entry to a unique geographic concentration of world-class e-security expertise and e-security professionals in Belgium. Formed in January 2002, it is an independent not-for-profit network organisation uniting all contributors to the e-security value chain: users, hardware and software vendors, service and knowledge providers, experts in information technology law, research institutions and governmental organisations.

The Leuven Security Excellence Consortium wants to promote Belgium as an international centre of excellence within the e-security market and to ensure that its members stay at the forefront of innovation by stimulating and supporting knowledge exchange and collaboration. L-SEC wants to create a positive environment and forum to speak for the security professionals that have created numerous internationally accepted standards and that make the region a trendsetter for e-security.

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LSEC is about becoming a Leader in Information Security

LSEC is an internationally renowned Information security cluster, a not for profit organization that has the objective to promote Information Security and the expertise in Flanders and Belgium. It is supported by the Flemish institute for sciences and development (IWT) and has a broad membership base of over 60I Information Security specialized companies, and more than 500 individual Information Security Professionals , frequently accessing over 4000 Information Security specialists in Belgium.

The organization represents a unique platform of world-class e-security expertise and professionals and contributes to innovation and high-tech entrepreneurship through its synergy with other organizations and networks. This is to support the members staying at the forefront of innovation by stimulating and supporting knowledge exchange and collaboration. The main mission for L-SEC has been to create IT security awareness in the industry at large. This has resulted in the organization of major IT security events in Belgium.

LSEC will continue to organize a series of events on a yearly basis on important IT Security Topics, but will also increase awareness by divulging information on its diversity of expertise via its web portal that will consist out of a wide range of Information and topics of Information Security.

LSEC is also supporting the future growth of the market by supporting innovation at large in the industry. This will be reflected by a number of start-up projects, and an incubation facility to host small start-up companies. Finally LSEC participates as an active member in a number of research programs such as ADAPID (Advanced Applications for electronic Identity Cards) and SEC SOA (Secure Service Oriented Architectures).

The diversity of the expertise that is reflected upon L-SEC is actually a representation of the experts that are LSEC Members. These include large Flemish and Belgian companies such as Vasco Data Securities, Zetes International, but also Norkom, Utimaco, Safeboot, RSA – EMC², IBM, Verizon Business Solutions (previously Cybertrust), BT, ATOS Worldline, Belgacom Telindus, Novell, Alcatel-Lucent, Microsoft, NXP Semiconductors (previously Philips Semiconductors), and distributors such as Netdirect / Exclusive Networks.

Today, LSEC and the Leaders in Security are focused on a wide range of Information Security themes such as :
1. eID & Identity Management
2. VoIP Security
3. Malware
4. NAC
5. Business Continuity / Compliance & Storage
6. Biometrics
7. Embedded Systems (CALIT)
8. DRM
9. RFID / Wireless & Mobile
10. Standardization, Regulation & Policy
11. Trends & Evolutions
12. UTM & Appliances
13. Forensics & Security Information Management

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• Whois? : about the Members of the Board and the Committees

Are you a leader in Security ? Do you want to share your expertise and join the Leaders in Security as a Core Expert Member ?
Contact us via email! Or call +32.16.32.85.41 for a direct contact and more information.
An information set and your Membership Welcome Pack awaits you.

 

Copyright LSEC vzw 2007-2008 with the support of the IWT.

LSEC vzw Kasteelpark 10 - 3001 Heverlee - VAT BE BE 478 045 395 - fax. +32.16.32.19.69 - info @ lsec.be