Experience

NVISO Security

• Belgium
• Computer and Network Security
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Partner, Security Monitoring, Forensics & IR at NVISO

  • Jan 2013 - Present

  Brussels Area, Belgium NVISO was started by a group of security professionals who have been working in the Cyber, IT and Information Security industry wanting to do things differently and better. Their focus is on industry experience and improving how companies prevent, detect and respond to security challenges with a positive business outcome. Each security professional has a specific field of expertise, ranging from security research and risk management to incident response and security testing. This unique "skill… Show more NVISO was started by a group of security professionals who have been working in the Cyber, IT and Information Security industry wanting to do things differently and better. Their focus is on industry experience and improving how companies prevent, detect and respond to security challenges with a positive business outcome. Each security professional has a specific field of expertise, ranging from security research and risk management to incident response and security testing. This unique "skill blend" allows them to analyse and respond to complex client challenges. Built on values of Innovation, Initiative, Quality and Reliability their mission is to be an innovative, trusted and respected security partner for their clients. Show less



SANS Institute

• United States
• Computer and Network Security
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Instructor & Course Author

  • Oct 2020 - Present

  Erik has been involved as an Instructor with the SANS Institute in different roles: -In July 2012, Erik started lecturing classes as a community instructor; -Since December 2016, Erik has been a certified SANS Instructor teaching the offensive security courses, with a focus on the "SEC 560 - Network Penetration Testing & Ethical Hacking"​ and "SEC 542 - Web Application Penetration Testing" courses. -In 2017, Erik further expanded his involvement at SANS and became the lead author… Show more Erik has been involved as an Instructor with the SANS Institute in different roles: -In July 2012, Erik started lecturing classes as a community instructor; -Since December 2016, Erik has been a certified SANS Instructor teaching the offensive security courses, with a focus on the "SEC 560 - Network Penetration Testing & Ethical Hacking"​ and "SEC 542 - Web Application Penetration Testing" courses. -In 2017, Erik further expanded his involvement at SANS and became the lead author of the cyber defence class "SEC599 - Defeating Advanced Adversaries: Implementing Kill Chain Defenses". -In 2019, Erik once again added to his role at SANS and was the lead author for the pentest class "SEC699 - Purple Team Tactics - Adversary Emulation for Breach Prevention and Detection". As an EMEA-based instructor, Erik has taught courses in many places all over the world, including the USA, Australia, UAE, Saudi-Arabia, UK, Germany, Belgium, Czech Republic, Norway, Romania and Ethiopia.

• Certified Instructor & Author

  • Dec 2016 - Oct 2020

  EMEA Erik has been involved as an Instructor with the SANS Institute in different roles: -In July 2012, Erik started lecturing classes as a community instructor; -Since December 2016, Erik has been a certified SANS Instructor teaching the offensive security courses, with a focus on the "SEC 560 - Network Penetration Testing & Ethical Hacking"​ and "SEC 542 - Web Application Penetration Testing" courses. -In 2017, Erik further expanded his involvement at SANS and became the lead author of… Show more Erik has been involved as an Instructor with the SANS Institute in different roles: -In July 2012, Erik started lecturing classes as a community instructor; -Since December 2016, Erik has been a certified SANS Instructor teaching the offensive security courses, with a focus on the "SEC 560 - Network Penetration Testing & Ethical Hacking"​ and "SEC 542 - Web Application Penetration Testing" courses. -In 2017, Erik further expanded his involvement at SANS and became the lead author of the cyber defence class "SEC599 - Defeating Advanced Adversaries: Implementing Kill Chain Defenses". As an EMEA-based instructor, Erik has taught courses in many places all over the world, including the USA, Australia, UAE, Saudi-Arabia, UK, Germany, Belgium, Czech Republic, Norway, Romania and Ethiopia.

• Community Instructor

  • Jul 2012 - Dec 2016

  Since July 2012, Erik has been an instructor for the SANS Institute. He mainly teaches the offensive security courses, focusing on the "SEC 560 - Network Penetration Testing & Ethical Hacking"​ and "SEC 542 - Web Application Penetration Testing" courses. As an EMEA-based instructor, Erik has taught courses in many places all over the world, including the USA, Australia, UAE, UK, Germany, Belgium, Czech Republic, Norway, Romania and Ethiopia.

• Mentor

  • Apr 2010 - Jul 2012

  Erik started mentoring the SANS "SEC 560 - Network Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking" and "SEC 542 - Web Application Penetration Testing" courses in April 2010. During these evening mentor sessions, Erik assisted students in comprehending the SANS materials, provided live demo's and shared insights he obtained during his professional activities.



EY

• United Kingdom
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Manager Information Security Services

  • Aug 2012 - Dec 2012

  Brussels Area, Belgium Erik is a manager at Ernst & Young, where he leads a team of technical security experts in the Diegem (Brussels) office. Together with his team, he delivers technical security advisory services to clients in the EMEIA (Europe, Middle East, India & Africa) financial services industry. Typical projects include attack & penetration and technical vulnerability assessments. His daily activities are equally spread over both technical and non-technical subjects. Technical subjects… Show more Erik is a manager at Ernst & Young, where he leads a team of technical security experts in the Diegem (Brussels) office. Together with his team, he delivers technical security advisory services to clients in the EMEIA (Europe, Middle East, India & Africa) financial services industry. Typical projects include attack & penetration and technical vulnerability assessments. His daily activities are equally spread over both technical and non-technical subjects. Technical subjects include technical quality assurance on fieldwork and deliverables. Non-technical subjects include sales, planning and invoicing of projects.

• Senior Security Consultant

  • Aug 2008 - Aug 2012

  Brussels Area, Belgium As an IT security consultant, I mainly focus on attack & penetration and technical vulnerability assessments. Due to my extended knowledge with regards to attack & penetration projects, I act as a subject matter expert in this field for the EMEIA (Europe Middle East, India & Africa) area. My main responsibility is the management (and partial execution) of attack & penetration projects. This ranges from sales, planning, fieldwork and quality assurance up till invoicing of the projects.



The Hex Factor

• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder

  • Jan 2009 - May 2012

  The Hex Factor is a non-for-profit think tank of IT security experts who enjoy creating hacking challenges for the community. It is certainly not a Miss or Mister World of the most elite hacker(s), nor is it a training camp for malicious individuals. Our mission is to create an environment where people are introduced to the world of hacking in all its different aspects, where vulnerability assessors can enhance exploitation skills in a legal environment and where experienced… Show more The Hex Factor is a non-for-profit think tank of IT security experts who enjoy creating hacking challenges for the community. It is certainly not a Miss or Mister World of the most elite hacker(s), nor is it a training camp for malicious individuals. Our mission is to create an environment where people are introduced to the world of hacking in all its different aspects, where vulnerability assessors can enhance exploitation skills in a legal environment and where experienced professionals can improve their current skill set. Show less



EY

• United Kingdom
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Trainee / Internship

  • Jan 2008 - Mar 2008