Common Belgium Cybersecurity Day
(An in-person event)
Monday 22 September 2025, 12:30 – 22:00 hours CEST
Venue – Brussels or Antwerp (within easy reach by Public Transport)
Agenda –
- 12:30-13:30 hrs – Lunch
- 13:30-18:10 hrs – 4 sessions with a coffee break
- 18:10-19:00 hrs – Drinks
- 19:00-22:00 hrs – Dinner
Education sessions (topic speakers subject to readjustment as there is overlap) –
- State of IBM I Cybersecurity in 2025 and beyond – Carol Woodbury, CISSP, CRISC, IBM i Security SME and Senior Advisor, Kisco Systems
- General security & CERT.BE – Johan Galle, Professor, Howest Applied University, Belgium
- Power 11 HW announcements focused on security feature, MFA, Cybervault with Power 11 and Storage – Fabian Michel, Senior Power Systems & Storage Technical Specialist, IBM Technology, Belgium
- Panel discussion – Carol Woodbury, Johan Galle, Fabian Michel and others
Session abstracts –
State of IBM I Cybersecurity in 2025 and beyond – Carol Woodbury, CISSP, CRISC, Kisco Systems
Abstract – During this session Carol Woodbury will explore the world of IBM i Security. She will highlight recently added capabilities, the benefits of using IBM i features to secure your data as well as the security challenges facing the system and IT as a whole.
Other abstracts – Coming soon
Speakers:
Carol Woodbury – With over 30 years’ experience in the area of IT security, Carol is known worldwide as an expert in the area of computer security. During her career, Carol has architected security solutions for Fortune 100 companies as well as small and medium-sized organizations. Carol is passionate about sharing her knowledge of IBM i Security and helping clients make improvements to their IBM i Security one-step at a time. Carol is currently IBM i Security SME and Senior Advisor to Kisco Systems. Previously, she co-founded two companies, SkyView Partners, and most recently, DXR Security, a firm specializing in performing IBM i penetration tests. Carol has been an IBM Power Champion since 2018.
Carol is an educator, architect, designer, implementer and an award-winning speaker, specializing in IBM i Security.
Carol is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC) and a member of the ISACA organization.
Carol has written many books. IBM i Security and Administration, 3rd edition is available at MCPressOnline or amazon.com. Her latest book, Mastering IBM i Security is a ‘how to’ guide for implementing and managing security using SQL Services, New Nav and ACS. It includes all the latest in IBM i 7.5 and can be ordered from MCPressOnline https://www.mc-store.com/products/mastering-ibm-i-security or amazon.
Johan Galle – Johan is lecturer in the cybersecurity section of the Applied Informatics department of Howest University in Brugge. He teaches cryptography, security management and privacy. In these courses, his main goal is to construct the bridge from theory to practice. Before joining Howest, he has worked in various CTO, CISO, CEO and CIO roles in Belgium, and always with an emphasis on security and governance.
Fabian Michel – Fabian is a Certified Consulting IT Specialist at IBM Belgium. He holds an M.Sc. in Electronics Engineering. His area of expertise is infrastructure solutions design. He has over 25 years of experience in Power Systems. Fabian wrote the first technical article about Flash storage & IBM i and developed the FLiP tool to predict Flash storage impact on IBM i workloads. Both, the article and the tool, earned him worldwide recognition. Often sought by clients as a trusted advisor, he is also a frequent speaker at national and international customer events.
