Christian Prickaerts is CEO of Sentyron, a company that delivers High Assurance cryptographic products and services to organisations requiring the highest level of preventive security, including defense agencies, central government and NATO, as well as a growing number of critical infrastructure operators in the oil and gas and industrial control systems sectors.

Prior to this, he spent 17 years at Fox-IT, progressing from IT security expert and principal forensic investigator, including expert witness work for the courts, to leading its penetration testing, incident response and Managed Services teams, while also serving as a trainer in digital forensics.

His work is characterised by reducing complex challenges to their essence and building teams and solutions for high-assurance environments that deliver societal value, with a commitment to strengthening Europe's digital foundations and reducing its dependence on non-European technology.