European CISO of the Year 2024 | Visionary Cybersecurity Leader & Executive Coach

I help organisations transform the way they think about cybersecurity — shifting from compliance & controls to culture & resilience.

With over 20 years of experience in information and cybersecurity, I’ve built and led global programs that fuse strategic vision with pragmatic delivery, pairing academic insight with real-world leadership. As a coach and trainer, I’m passionate about turning cybersecurity professionals into trusted business leaders.

📌 What I bring to the table:
•	Recognised as European CISO of the Year 2024, reinforcing my credibility as a top-tier practitioner.
•	A track record of designing and delivering global infosec programmes and teams, driving measurable business impact and fostering organisational transformation.
•	A unique intersection of leadership, organisational behaviour and cybersecurity culture — enabling companies to embed security into their DNA rather than treating it as an add-on.
•	A dynamic speaker and trainer praised for authenticity, inspiration and pragmatism — my sessions blend storytelling, research and leadership lessons to engage diverse audiences and bridge cultural/organisational divides.
•	A mindset of “yes!” to innovation and change — challenging the status quo and driving transformation beyond traditional boundaries.

🔍 How I can help you:
Whether you are looking for a strategic executive to lead cybersecurity through complex change, a coach who can elevate your leadership in a cyber context, or a speaker/trainer who can engage senior teams and multiply their impact — I bring the experience, the network, and the dedication to make it happen.

Let’s connect if you’re seeking a visionary executive or coach who can orchestrate cutting-edge cybersecurity strategy, embed innovation and resilience in your organisation, and help elevate your people and culture for sustained success in today’s digital landscape.

Certified as: CISSP, CISM, CISA, CRISC, CGEIT, CSX-P, CDPSE, CCT, C|EH, E|CSA, L|PT, C|CISO, C|HFI, C|NDA, CIPP/e, CIPM, CIPT, FIP, CCSP, CCSK, S-ISME, S-DPP, C31000, PCS, SABSA

I am a Cybersecurity Rockstar!

Patric Versteeg

Hadrian

Defensive security should be validated by offensive security. Hadrian provides the hacker perspective, revealing the targets and methods that could be used in a real-world data breach. Hadrian’s continuous and comprehensive testing discovers and validates risks completely autonomously. Hadrian’s platform combines attack surface discovery, automated penetration testing, and threat exposure management technologies in a cloud-based and agentless platform. The cutting-edge technology is constantly updated and improved by Hadrian’s in-house hacker team.

Autonomous
Risks validation across the entire organization using the same techniques as a penetration tester. The zero-touch design simulates a security expert with no configuration, no scheduling, and no manual intervention required. Results are automatically triaged for accuracy and reliability.

Continuous
Real-time visibility of threat exposure to the environment. The event-based architecture monitors the attack surface 24x7x365 for changes a threat actor could exploit. Investigative scans are triggered the moment a potential threat is detected.

Comprehensive
Hadrian tests in breadth and depth to uncover and validate exploits. The platform’s Orchestrator AI is trained and updated by our in-house hackers to emulate attacks and discover threats that other tools can’t. The automated penetration testing capabilities rival that of human operators. 

Key use cases
Automated Penetration Testing - Prevent data breaches by simulating cyberattacks continuously to uncover exploits before cybercriminals.

Continuous Attack Surface Discovery - Identify attack vectors in dynamic environments with real-time monitoring for internet-facing assets.

Threat Exposure Management - Efficiently mitigate security threats with end-to-end automation of risk finding, validation and remediation workflows.

Risk-based Vulnerability Management - Eliminate risks with intelligent prioritization that considers impact and likelihood of exploitation.

Regional Director Benelux

Semperis

Semperis protects hybrid Active Directory environments—the common attack vector in 9 out of 10 cyberattacks—with patented technology purpose-built to prevent, mitigate, and recover from identity-based attacks. 

Semperis provides security and rapid disaster recovery for Microsoft's Active Directory (AD) - before, during and after an attack. AD is used by over 93% of organizations and is where all accounts, privileges and permissions are created, stored and authorized. 

A 90% faster disaster recovery plus full monitoring and documentation of changes and their reversal ensures IT operational continuity even in malware crises.

Regional Director

BankVault Cybersecurity

BankVault has pioneered web security since 2015, creating a Jetstream of over 20 new technologies, which include filing 6 patents worldwide, releasing 5 products into market, and has high-caliber Partners/Shareholders including Turing Laureate Whitfield Diffie. (The Diffie-Hellman is the algorithm underpinning internet encryption).

BankVault's product, MasterKey, is an intelligent new approach to creating Passwordless Authentication on websites. It is invisible to users with (i) No client software or users setup. (ii) No change management, and (iii) No backend system changes. This makes it 10-100x faster and simpler to deploy than other solutions. 

MasterKey's secret sauce and sustainable competitive advantage are in the Deep IP behind a new protocol (Patents pending). This enabling technology that is being applied to User Authentication today will be used for Transaction Authorization next. The vision is to make MasterKey the trusted default for website security with the brand as ubiquitous as “Intel Inside”.

Advisory Board Member

Onapsis

As SAP Premium Endorsed solution for cybersecurity, Onapsis delivers a next-generation business application platform that provides comprises five products (Assess, Defend, Control for Code, Control for Transport, Comply) to uniquely deliver vulnerability management, continuous threat monitoring and response, DevSecOps, secure change, and automated governance to protect critical SAP applications. 

Onapsis’s holistic approach empowers enterprise organizations to embrace and accelerate SAP and Oracle EBS modernization, cloud and mobility initiatives, while keeping their ERP, CRM, PLM, HCM, SCM, BI and cloud-based business-critical applications protected and compliant. As the leading experts in ERP cyber-security, Onapsis enables security and audit teams to have visibility, confidence and control of advanced threats, cyber-risks and compliance gaps affecting their enterprise applications. Through open interfaces, the platform integrates with leading SIEM solutions, Cloud Computing, Network Security, Vulnerability Assessment Tools, Incident Response, Risk Management and more. 

Onapsis Research Labs house over 60 security experts who combine in-depth knowledge and experience to deliver security insights and threat intel affecting business-critical applications from SAP, Oracle, Salesforce and others. They discovered 800+ zero-day vulnerabilities and multiple critical global CERT alerts have been based on their research. The findings form the foundation of The Onapsis Platform. To date, the Onapsis Research Labs has responsibly disclosed hundreds of SAP and Oracle vulnerabilities and security advisories. 

Onapsis proudly serves more than 300+ of the world’s leading brands and organizations, including many of the Global 2000. Through our unique strategic alliances with leading consulting and audit firms such as Accenture, Deloitte, IBM, Infosys, PwC and Verizon, Onapsis solutions have become the de-facto standard in helping organizations protect what matters most.

Territory Manager

Valcon

A software developmer that delivers state of the art, highly scalable and dynamic cyber security software solutions, running in the cloud or on-premises. We help businesses create, update or improve existing products in response to new opportunities and evolving cyber security market demands. Our model brings together the best of all worlds: partner-centric, distributed Agile, English bilingual, E.U. time-zones and provides solid, creative software solutions across the software development lifecycle.

Delivering value to partners and responding to ever-changing security requirements, our focus is to supply solutions to complex problems. Digital transformation services make our partners move faster than the competition, unlocking business growth and financial health. Our technical experts adapt to the technological challenges of software development and we deliver every project fast and with results, no matter the size and complexity. 

Our partners operate in all industries from travel and hospitality to the financial sector, insurance, energy, healthcare and many more. When you partner with us, you will have the benefit of immediately improve customer satisfaction, drive cost savings and the ability to scale up quickly. We believe true partnerships benefit all involved and invest in creating long term relationships to create success together. Our partnerships are modular, tailor-made, and long-lasting. 
 
VC backed, and with a team of over 1250 professionals, the company specializes since 2017 in Information Technologies, contributing to major projects throughout Europe. Last year, Typeqast experienced exponential growth and continues to grow on daily base. The company was founded by entrepreneurs, run by developers, powered by technology and driven by talent and results.

Strategic Advisor

EclecticIQ

EclecticIQ is an applied cyber intelligence technology provider, enabling enterprise security programs and governments to mature a Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) practice empowering analysts to take back control of their threat reality and to mitigate exposure accordingly. In the face of increasingly fast-moving and advanced cyber threats, organizations need the ability to detect, prevent, respond quickly and efficiently per demand from internal stakeholders as well as a larger community of organizations.

We include built-in integrations with top providers of threat intelligence, technical data, and IT security solutions deployed within the enterprise. Across industries, CTI practices, Security Operations Centers and Incident Response Teams rely upon EclecticIQ to maximize the successful application of Threat Intelligence.

Overview of both commercial and open-source products:

EclecticIQ Fusion Center
Available as a managed service, EclecticIQ Fusion Center enables the acquisition of thematic bundles of cyber threat intelligence, giving you the freedom to re-align your source portfolio when needs and business realities change. Fusing open-, community- and commercial sources into a unified delivery model that includes qualification, unified tagging, relevancy determination and multi-format delivery.

EclecticIQ Platform
EclecticIQ Platform is a Threat Intelligence Platform (TIP) that delivers analyst-centric technology to consolidate, analyze, manage, action, and disseminate intelligence and reports. EclecticIQ Platform connects and interprets intelligence data from open sources, commercial suppliers and industry partnerships.

Headquartered in Amsterdam, we hold offices in London and Moldova. Partner of the NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCIA) and a member of OASIS CTI TC and affiliate member of FS-ISAC. The company won the EU IPACSO’s Cyber Security Award, and Deloitte’s Technology FAST50 Rising Star Award for “Most Disruptive Innovator”.

Enterprise Sales Manager

Palo Alto Networks

As concern over cyber attacks continues to grow, you need to secure your network while continuing to enable your business. Our next-generation firewall delivers comprehensive visibility into network traffic based on applications, users and content, while allowing you to embrace and address your business needs. 

Our natively integrated platform brings network, cloud and endpoint security into a common architecture, with complete visibility and control, ensuring your organization can detect and prevent attacks. This next-generation enterprise platform streamlines day-to-day operations and boosts security efficacy, and the one-of-a-kind, multi-layered defense model prevents threats at each stage of the cyber attack life-cycle.

Corporate Sales Manager

Swarmmer

Music Intelligence is hottest topic in digital streaming services marketplace directly threatening the security of some of the biggest music services today. Swarmmer looks to take advantage of this opportunity by delivering a next generation discovery API that utilises a users music influences as well as historical listening behaviour to deliver more relevant and humanised recommendations to better engage music savvy audiences worldwide

Founder

I love to dig into customer problems and solve them with modern technology. I create, scale and optimize sales efforts that matter. To accomplish this, I focus on key results, build amazing partnerships and quickly adapt to new insights. 

I have enjoyed executive positions throughout my career in business development, product marketing, sales, channel management, and strategy. My personal and professional experiences have taught me the following about myself:

I can successfully create, scale and optimize relationships.
- I put customers & partners at the centre of all that I do.
- I excel at the execution of big ideas with given constraints
- My gut instinct is good but I seek data for my decisions.
- I love to learn about dreams & visions. 

I can align, lead and grow world-class partnerships.
- I love to win, but helping the partner win gives me greater joy.
- I speak tech and exec.

I educate, refine and drive myself to be a better person
- I am constantly learning because I never settle.
- I stay calm when faced with adversity.
- I focus on making high-quality decisions.
- I crossfit and practice mindfullness.

I enjoy meeting new people and hearing new perspectives. Reach out if you want to talk to me about emerging tech, creating software products, self-improvement or soaring the dunes.

Professional Skills
Sales Lyfe Cycle Management | Proposal Design | Product Sales | Partnership / Channel Development | Market and Pricing Analysis | Strategic Planning | Marketing Automations | Sales Roadmap | Portfolio Strategy | Business Development | Agile Approach| Sales Hunting | Social Selling | Negotiations 

Domain Knowledge
IT and Data Security | SaaS Solutions | Sales Leadership | Enterprise Software | Digital Marketing | Cyber Security - Endpoint Solutions | Entertainment | Partner & Relationship Management | Spirituality | Self Improvement

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