Goirle, North Brabant, Netherlands
Strategic SOC advisor with a strong technical foundation, focused on translating cybersecurity capabilities into measurable business resilience and risk reduction. I advise organizations on the evolution of security operations, helping them move from tooling-centric SOCs toward mature, capability-driven security functions aligned with business objectives. Alongside my advisory work, I contribute to the information security domain through research and practical frameworks, including SOC-CMM, the MaGMa use case framework, and the TaHiTI threat hunting methodology. My broader activities include teaching, curriculum development, public speaking, and independent consulting in operational security. My core focus areas are security operations strategy, SOC architecture, and the design of modern detection and response capabilities. Feel free to connect if you want to discuss the future of security operations and how to make SOCs more effective in practice.
As a SOC advisor, I provide guidance for organisations seeking to improve their security operations centers.
Argos CSA helps organisations in growing and maturing their cyber defence teams through assessment and advice.
Teacher of the SOC analyst course, developed in 2019. The course focuses on SOC design, security monitoring, threat intelligence and threat management, security analysis and security incident response. The aim of the course is to train new SOC analysts for a tier-1 / tier-2 analyst role. The course can be found here: https://www.securityacademy.nl/opleidingen-overzicht/seco-institute-certification-tracks/it-security-certification-track/soc-analyst/
Senior Security Advisor within the Security Office of CZ. My primary area of focus is Identity and Access Management. As a security advisor, I am responsible for defining the future for IAM within CZ, outline the IAM roadmap and deploying IAM to optimally support the zero trust environment.
Manager of the Cyber Defense Center / Security Operations Center. Responsible for service delivery of the cyber defense team. My role includes the following responsibilities: - defining, prioritising and managing the workload of the SOC - determining vision, ambition and roadmaps - SOC service delivery, including: security monitoring, vulnerability management, pen testing, threat intelligence, threat hunting, security incident response - supporting the team with specialist knowledge - contract and vendor management - security reporting and stakeholder management - quality assurance of SOC output
Coordinator for the SNS Bank Control & Security Center. Responsible for coordination of day-to-day security operations, security incident response and escalation, vulnerability management and implementation of technical security solutions to increase the security stature of the organisation. Also actively involved in the cyber resilience program for the Bank and managing the maturity level of the Control & Security Center.