Iva Tasheva is the co-founder and cybersecurity lead at CYEN, a micro consultancy established in Brussels in 2018. She helps organisations manage cybersecurity governance, risk and compliance (GRC). CYEN specializes in the banking, medical devices, manufacturing, public and digital sectors.
In addition to her work for CYEN, she is an appointed Member of the EU Cybersecurity Agency (ENISA) Ad-Hoc Working Groups on Enterprise Security and on Cloud Security (Certification), adviser to Obelis, a Board Member of Women4Cyber Belgium and DPO Circle.
Her expertise is recognised, being shortlisted Belgium Cybersecurity Personality of the Year 2022 and listed ‘35 under 35’ by Santander/CODIB. She is a published author and a regular speaker and holds an MBA from KULeuven and a Master in Cybersecurity degree from the New Bulgarian University. She is certified ISO 27001 Lead Implementer and ISO 27799 Lead Manager.
