Rudi Vandersteen

Rudi Vandersteen is an accomplished Security & Privacy Architect and Data Protection Officer, currently serving at Digipolis Antwerpen since January 2021, with prior experience in the same role at Digipolis from October 2017 to January 2021. Rudi's extensive career spans several positions at ABN AMRO Bank N.V. from October 1999 to September 2017, including Head of Information Security Belgium and Information Security Officer. Rudi also held the role of Chief Security Officer Belgium at Royal Bank of Scotland from March 2008 to January 2010 and has prior experience as a Systems Engineer at XYLOS and Telepolis. Rudi's educational background includes a DPO certification from the Data Protection Institute in 2018 and a post-graduate degree in Information Security Management from the University of Antwerp in 2006, along with an A1 degree in Informatica from Stedelijk CVO (1993-1995).