Jean-Francois Maes

Jean-Francois Maes is a seasoned professional in cybersecurity, currently serving as the Director of Advanced Assessments for Europe at Neuvik since February 2024. Simultaneously, Jean-Francois holds the position of Certified Instructor at SANS Institute, where contributions include co-authoring SANS SEC699 and SANS SEC565, along with instructing courses related to these topics. Previous roles include Researcher at Fortra, Senior Consultant at TrustedSec, and Senior Ethical Hacker at NVISO Security, where Jean-Francois led technical efforts and developed custom malware for adversarial risk emulation services. Early career experience spans a Young Graduate Trainee role at Dimension Data and a Student Ambassador role at Microsoft. Jean-Francois Maes earned a Bachelor's degree in Applied Computer Science with a focus on Network Management from HOGENT.