Cyber Security Coalition

🎙️ In this special Be-Cyber podcast, we invite participants to share the insights, ideas and conversations that had the greatest impact on them. From cyber resilience and innovation to collaboration and talent development, discover the key takeaways shaping the future of cybersecurity.

Where does trust really reside in our digital world?In this BE-CYBER 2026 podcast episode, Kristof Tuyteleers, CISO of DNS Belgium, and Jurgen Gaeremyn, founder of BeLibre, explore the growing importance of digital sovereignty in an era of geopolitical uncertainty, cloud dependency and increasing concentration of digital power. Together, they examine how organisations can maintain meaningful control over critical data, infrastructure and services, while continuing to benefit from global innovation. The discussion covers digital trust, strategic dependencies, the role of NIS2, cloud sovereignty, supplier risk, resilience and the difficult balance between trust and control. Through practical examples and real-world insights, this conversation challenges organisations to rethink where digital power resides and what it truly means to remain sovereign in an interconnected world. Join us at BE-CYBER 2026 and discover why trust should never be blind, but always verifiable through transparency, resilience and meaningful choice.

🎙️ AI is learning to act. But who is allowed to decide?Agentic AI represents a major shift: instead of merely performing predefined tasks, AI systems can increasingly determine how to pursue an objective, adapt their approach and interact with multiple tools and systems. This creates exciting opportunities, but also urgent questions about oversight, responsibility and trust. Host Tommy Gontie is joined by Michel Herquet of Yuma and Abdullah Elbi of KU Leuven’s Centre for IT & IP Law and imec. They examine how organisations can prepare for Agentic AI, why autonomy must never become autonomy from accountability, and how innovation can remain aligned with human dignity, fundamental rights and democratic values. From mental well-being and education to European sovereignty and strategic autonomy, this episode looks beyond the technology to ask a bigger question: how do we want to shape our AI-powered future? A special teaser for the Artificial Intelligence, Reimagined track at BE-CYBER 2026, on 22 September at La Sucrerie in Wavre

Labour 12 - Resilience and Future: The Marathon Continues After funding challenges, market validation, internationalexpansion, team building and relentless competition, one question remains: what does it take to keep going?In the final episode of The Twelve Labours of a Cyber Start-up,Tommy Gontie (Proximus) reflects with Lars Veelaert, CEO & Co-founder of XFA, and Mustapha Annouh, CEO & Co-founder of Shield AI, on the lessons learned from the entrepreneurial journey so far. What keeps founders motivated when the road gets tough? What gives them confidence about the future? And what advice would they give to the next generation of cybersecurity entrepreneurs?This closing labour is about resilience—the ability to adapt,persevere and continue building despite uncertainty, setbacks and constant change. Because successful companies are not only built on technology and innovation; they are built on determination, trust and the people who help makethe journey possible. As the series concludes, Lars and Mustapha leave us with a powerful message: entrepreneurship is not a sprint but a marathon, and the strongest ecosystems are those where founders, partners, investors and institutions moveforward together. 🎧 Listen now and discover why resilience may be the mostimportant labour of all.

Labour 11 - Disruption: AI, Speed and Competition What happens when innovation itself starts accelerating at anunprecedented pace?In Episode 11, Tommy Gontie (Proximus) welcomes LarsVeelaert, CEO & Co-founder of XFA, and Mustapha Annouh,CEO & Co-founder of Shield AI, for a conversation about disruption in the age of AI. As technology evolves faster than ever, start-ups must innovate, adapt and execute at a speed that was unimaginable just a few years ago. How do founders stay ahead when ideas can be copied overnight? Does AI create more opportunities or more threats? And what does it mean to build trust and resilience in a world where both innovation and cyber risks areaccelerating simultaneously? Lars and Mustapha share their perspectives from the front line of cybersecurity entrepreneurship.The lesson of this labour is clear: success is no longer determined solely by having a great idea, but by how quickly and effectively you can turn that idea into lasting value.🎧 Listen now and discover why, in the AI era, innovationmoves fast—but resilience must keep pace.