LSEC: Connecting Experts in the Cyber Security Network

Cyber ​​security is a broad and important theme that is receiving increasing attention. But every day we still expose ourselves to the consequences of cybercrime by clicking on phishing links, not updating, making full use of cracked passwords and neglecting two-factor authentication. How do we achieve actual behavioral change?
That is one of the topics that Eddy Willems, Security Evangelist at G DATA, talks about with Ulrich Seldeslachts, CEO of the organization LSEC (Leaders In Security) in the latest episode of the podcast series My Precious Data.

Keeping Knowledge Together

LSEC was founded more than twenty years ago at the University of Leuven, when the accumulated expertise in the field of security threatened to end up in separate knowledge islands. LSEC was simply created out of the need to safeguard and keep together the available knowledge. Twenty years later, a lot has changed, but in essence this is still what LSEC does: linking and bringing together different domains within the security network.
LSEC connects experts from the security industry, research institutes and universities, government agencies, end users and technical experts driving national and European research agendas.
According to Seldeslachs, this is about more than just security, it’s about digitization. LSEC therefore not only organizes events (more than 100 per year), but also supports startups in developing innovations and helps companies to better distinguish themselves from their competition. Or, in the words of Seldeslachts: “It is not only about pulling the cart, but also about pushing the cart.”

Shared Responsibility

In their conversation, Willems and Seldeslachs conclude that there is a constant need to keep innovating and to anticipate possible new challenges. And that’s not just the job of security organisations, governments or end users: it is a shared responsibility.
Listen to the full conversation between Willems and Seldeslachts and find out, for example, which type of two-factor authentication is best to use and how Seldeslachts protects its own e-mail domain name. You can find the podcast My Precious Data in the following places:
The Leaders in Security (LSEC) organization was founded more than twenty years ago at the University of Leuven, with the goal of safeguarding and keeping together the available knowledge in the field of cyber security. Over the years, the organization has evolved to become a network of experts from the security industry, research institutes, universities, government agencies, end users and technical experts driving national and European research agendas.
LSEC is not only about security, but also about digitization. The organization organizes events (more than 100 per year) and supports startups in developing innovations, helping companies to better distinguish themselves from their competition.
Eddy Willems, Security Evangelist at G DATA, and Ulrich Seldeslachts, CEO of LSEC, recently discussed the need for actual behavioral change in the podcast series My Precious Data. They concluded that there is a constant need to keep innovating and to anticipate possible new challenges, and that this is a shared responsibility between security organisations, governments, end users and other stakeholders.
In the podcast, Willems and Seldeslachts discussed which type of two-factor authentication is best to use and how Seldeslachts protects its own e-mail domain name. You can find the podcast My Precious Data in the following places:
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