Maxim Deweerdt
Principal InstructorLeadership Team at NVISO
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Cyber Defense, Cybersecurity Leadership
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Maxim is a SANS Certified Instructor proficient in teaching both SEC511: Cybersecurity Engineering: Advanced Threat Detection and Monitoring and LDR551: Building and Leading Security Operations Centers. Currently part of the leadership team of the Managed Services branch at NVISO, a premier European cybersecurity company committed to safeguarding the foundations of European society from cyber attacks. With over a decade of in-depth experience in cyber defense, Max has garnered comprehensive insights spanning policy and frameworks, risk & compliance, and deep technical areas such as threat hunting, incident response, and SOC operations. As a trusted advisor, he has served numerous governments, large corporations, and businesses throughout the EMEA region.
Max is very good at sharing practical tips and real-life events/scenarios which we can relate and can apply in our environment.
Maxim displayed the traits of an experienced instructor. Very knowledgeable, great timekeeping, enthusiastic about every topic, helpful with every question. Very impressive all around!
Maxim is a really talented instructor and his teaching approach is amazing as it involves everyone in the class to discuss and exchange ideas and knowledge.
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