Cloud and Network Security Consultant

Steven Vercauteren

While my area of focus now lies in Cloud and Network Security, my job experience covers a diverse range of domains. Having started my career in the IT industry 30 years ago, I have had the privilege of working in everything from Security Operations to Business and Incident Management and Customer Support. I have also worked with global and local Belgium companies, in both the private and public sector.

This diversity in work experience has allowed me to build a broad and far-reaching knowledge pool. This has enabled me to specialise in a certain topic in a very short amount of time. More importantly, as a generalist, I am not limited by knowledge silos. While working to understand and negotiate the needs of different stakeholders, I am able to think out of the box and connect dots that other specialists might have blindspots to.

CERTIFICATIONS

  • AWS Certified Solution Architect Professional
  • AWS DevOps Engineer Professional
  • AWS Certified Security Speciality
  • AWS Certified Advanced Network Speciality
  • Alibaba Cloud Professional - Security
  • Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge v4
  • OpenFair Foundationv
  • Certified Ethical Hacker Master
LANGUAGES
English, French, Dutch
EXPERIENCE
30 years
Cloud and Network Security Consultant

Steven Vercauteren

While my area of focus now lies in Cloud and Network Security, my job experience covers a diverse range of domains. Having started my career in the IT industry 30 years ago, I have had the privilege of working in everything from Security Operations to Business and Incident Management and Customer Support. I have also worked with global and local Belgium companies, in both the private and public sector.

This diversity in work experience has allowed me to build a broad and far-reaching knowledge pool. This has enabled me to specialise in a certain topic in a very short amount of time. More importantly, as a generalist, I am not limited by knowledge silos. While working to understand and negotiate the needs of different stakeholders, I am able to think out of the box and connect dots that other specialists might have blindspots to.

CERTIFICATIONS

  • AWS Certified Solution Architect Professional
  • AWS DevOps Engineer Professional
  • AWS Certified Security Speciality
  • AWS Certified Advanced Network Speciality
  • Alibaba Cloud Professional - Security
  • Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge v4
  • OpenFair Foundationv
  • Certified Ethical Hacker Master
LANGUAGES
English, French, Dutch
EXPERIENCE
30 years

Areas of Expertise

SECURITY OPERATIONS

  • Implement security control recommendations
  • Support set up of security operations team
  • Operate cloud security

CLOUD SECURITY CONSULTING

  • Amazon AWS - Rehosting, Refactor and Rebuild
  • Alibaba cloud
  • Design security concepts and architecture
  • Develop security policies and controls
  • Security review of architecture
  • Recommend and support implementation of security best practices

ASSESSMENTS, AUDIT AND GOVERNANCE

  • Assess existing cloud deployments
  • Establish risk profiles
  • Make recommendations for improvements
  • Support for implementation of recommendations
  • Audit - Assessments + verification

TRAINING

  • Cloud security training for starters
  • Technology and tool specific training
  • IAM, Data protection (Encryption keys)
  • VPC, Network routing, Instances
  • Incident detection
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ARTICLES

Virtual Workforce and Workplace, and the role of a vCISO (Virtual CISO) in the Post-Pandemic World

Today, in the midst of a ravaging pandemic, business entities have been increasingly adopting virtual workplaces and virtual workforce solutions. Hence, enterprises globally are feeling a pressing need for hiring a virtual CISO (vCISO). Moreover, the focused efforts from a vCISO, his exp...

How to Hire The Best Cloud Security Consultants For Your Organisation

Cloud security consultancy services provide organisations with tools, technologies, and guidance on policies so they can safeguard their cloud environment from various cybersecurity threats. This article discusses best practices to hire the most suitable cloud security consulting firm for an o...