Eddy Willems

Eddy Willems is a worldwide known cyber security expert from Belgium. He is a board member of 2 security industry organizations, EICAR and LSEC, and is independent Security Evangelist at WAVCi, his own company. Eddy has been working for nearly 4 decades as a cybersecurity expert for several security companies like G DATA, Kaspersky and Westcon. Willems is also COO of CSA (Clean Software Alliance) since 2024.

In 1989, Eddy was introduced to the early cyber security industry due to an incident with the very first ransomware, the AIDS information trojan. Willems still owns the last remaining physical copy worldwide.

He became a founding member of EICAR in 1991, establishing himself early in one of the world's initial security IT organizations. Throughout his career, Willems has accumulated extensive experience in anti-malware and security research, consultancy, training, and communication. His expertise is frequently sought by several CERTs, press agencies, and broadcasting media, including CNN, for his respected opinions and advice on cybersecurity issues. Since 1989, he is Belgian’s internationally most quoted cyber security expert.

In 2013 he published his first book ‘Cyberdanger’ in English, German and Dutch. He is also co-author of the SF cyberthriller ‘The Virus’ (Dutch 2022, English version coming end 2025).

Willems is renowned for his ability to explain complex technical issues in an understandable way without compromising the accuracy of the information.