LSEC - Leaders in Security

Global Security Challenge and LSEC Awards 2009

LSEC encourages Belgian participation in security applications competition and invites SMEs to take part in world-wide security challenge

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Leuven, 27 mei 2009

The Belgian expertise centre for information security, LSEC, invites all Belgian start-up companies and SMEs to compete in the Global Security Challenge 2009, the biggest international competition in the field of security innovation.
LSEC has also launched a call to submit projects for the LSEC Information Security Awards 2009. The organization wants to reward leading-edge projects and technologies in the field of information security.

Global Security Challenge

LSEC is the European partner of the Global Security Challenge (GSC). This competition offers researchers, entrepreneurs and start-up companies the opportunity to showcase their security inventions and compete for some great prizes. All European participants are invited to an event in Brussels on 09.09.09 where other participants, but also investors and interested companies, are given the chance to question them. The closing date to submit proposals for this competition is 15 June 2009.

By showcasing innovative ideas and developments to other Belgian companies, LSEC also wants to launch a broader social debate about current information security challenges. Companies competing in the GSC are not only handed a national, but also an international platform to showcase their innovation to the world. And they are also introduced to international investors who are specialized in the subject and are able to support them. And finally, more than 500,000 dollar in grants and subsidies can be won.

Belgian participants in the GSC are assisted by experts of local partner LSEC, as well as the universities of Leuven and Louvain-La-Neuve. The final will be held in November at the London Business School.

LSEC Information Security Awards

The LSEC Information Security Awards 2009 will also be held on 9 September. The aim is to encourage the local development of innovative and creative solutions to protect valuable information or computer systems.
Varied projects come into consideration for these awards, including solutions for data or network protection, correct user identification, unwanted visitor reports, SPAM or malicious software solutions, identity theft prevention, virtualized computer system protection, etc. The only requirement is that the developer or company where the innovation was created is active in Belgium.
There are awards for solutions which have had a big social impact or are very innovative, as well as awards for specific results or international recognition.
The organizers target companies which have made major investments in improving identity management, companies who have gone to great lengths to raise people’s awareness, who played a key role in a world-wide organization in the creation of security processes, etc.

“Security risks are not bound to an economic crisis,” says Ulrich Seldeslachts, CEO of LSEC. “Quite the contrary in fact. This is when new risks emerge, but also new possibilities to tackle them. We’re increasingly confronted with these risks, which makes it very important to look for new ways to uphold the security of our information. This is how we want to encourage this search.”

The deadline for submitting projects for the LSEC Information Security Awards 2009 is 30 June 2009. More information, and registration forms and subscription to the 9 event are available on the event page.

Application forms for the LSEC Awards

If you like to download the Submission form for the 2009 LSEC Awards, please download and return the following forms:

090909_GSC_Awards/LSEC_Awards_090909.docx

090909_GSC_Awards/LSEC_Awards_090909.pdf

Global Security Challenge Practical Details

Applications to the Global Security Challenge can be entered via the online submission forms available at the Global Security Challenge website : http://www.globalsecuritychallenge.com/gsc_competitions.php#gscc.

More information can be obtained by sending an email with your comments and questions to gsc2009 at lsec.be

About LSEC - Leaders in Security
LSEC is a Flemish non-profit organization, supported by the IWT, which has offered support to the Belgian information security sector in Belgium and abroad since 2002. An expertise centre, LSEC ensures that both large companies and SMEs in Belgium have an edge in terms of technological know-how through knowledge exchange and co-operation. LSEC co-ordinates about sixty companies specialized in products and services for information security and risk management, as well as three hundred professional users of these applications and processes. Through its partners, LSEC is also active in Germany, the UK, Israel and the US.

LSEC - Leaders in Security
Ulrich Seldeslachts, CEO
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E: ulrich at lsec.be

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By Ulrich Seldeslachts

28-May-2009