Always switched on
Incidents, escalations and board-level expectations create sustained pressure.
How do you stay sharp without constantly running on adrenaline?
Cybersecurity leadership coaching
Keep leading when the pressure rises.
Digital resilience starts with personal resilience.
One-to-one coaching for CISOs, security leads and resilience professionals who want to keep thinking, communicating and deciding clearly when the stakes are highest.
Leadership under pressure
The hardest cybersecurity challenge is often not technical.
Cybersecurity professionals are trained in risk and technology. Senior leadership demands something different.
Deciding with incomplete information
During incidents, information is incomplete, experts disagree and the full impact remains uncertain.
How do you remain decisive when certainty is unavailable?
Everyone looks to you
Executives, regulators, suppliers and teams all expect something different. Technical expertise alone is not enough.
How do you retain influence when competing interests, emotions and pressure converge?
Ultimately, digital resilience depends on people who can continue to make sound decisions under pressure.
— The foundation of CybersecurityCoach.nl
The approach
A 360° approach to cybersecurity leadership
No standard programme, but experience from cybersecurity, crisis management, behaviour and communication.
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Personal Resilience
Mental flexibility when pressure and uncertainty increase.
You cannot control every circumstance, but you can control how you respond to uncertainty, pressure and responsibility. Where useful, I apply principles from Acceptance & Commitment Training (ACT) to strengthen mental flexibility, focus and agency.
- navigating uncertainty
- focus under pressure
- recognising boundaries
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Leadership Under Pressure
Thinking and acting clearly when the situation becomes complex.
We examine how you respond as pressure rises, and how to improve your decision-making, communication and recovery. As a certified running therapist, I add expertise in stress regulation and physical recovery: where appropriate, we use Walk & Talk or movement to process adrenaline after incidents.
- decision-making during incidents
- managing stress
- recovery after intense periods
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Influence & Stakeholder Management
Being technically right is not the same as bringing people with you.
Executives, experts and teams view risk through different interests. Behavioural profiles such as TMA and DISC reveal motivations and communication styles, enabling you to adapt your communication with intent.
- board communication
- difficult conversations
- influencing without authority
For whom
For people who carry responsibility for digital resilience.
CISO's & security leaders
For leaders responsible for security, risk and digital resilience who recognise that the complexity of their role extends beyond technology.
Senior security professionals
For experienced specialists and leads with substantial subject-matter responsibility who want to influence, advise and collaborate with stakeholders more effectively.
Key talent & emerging professionals
For key security professionals and high potentials moving into strategic leadership and learning to navigate between technology and the boardroom.
1-op-1 coaching
We do not start with a standard programme, but with your leadership context.
01
Introduction
A confidential 15–20 minute conversation to understand your challenge and whether working together is a good fit.
02
Understand the context
We explore your role, stakeholders, pressure points and the situations in which you want to operate more effectively.
03
Coaching
Focused conversations about real situations from your work, using reflection, behavioural models or Walk & Talk where useful.
04
Apply
Each session leads to changed behaviour, better decisions or a sharper perspective in your work.
About
Coaching grounded in the reality of cybersecurity.
I have worked across government, financial services and critical infrastructure. At de Volksbank, I was responsible for Cyber Defense and worked on digital resilience for organisations including UWV and Drechtsteden. I now lead Information Security Officers and Resilience Specialists within a Digital Resilience Center. I also teach and speak about digital resilience and human behaviour, and share knowledge through the platforms Cyberschaamte.nl, Cybercrisis.nl and Spearphishing.nl.
I have been at the controls during security incidents, complex audits and board-level escalations. You do not need to explain what a critical audit finding or complex security challenge does to you and your organisation. I know the context, so we can focus immediately on what matters: your leadership in that situation.
My approach combines practical crisis-management experience with insights from organisational psychology and leadership development across three levels: mental (ACT), relational (TMA, DISC and behavioural analysis), and physical recovery and stress regulation, drawing on my certification as a running therapist.
Expertise, certifications & background
The foundations of my coaching and advisory work
At the intersection of technology, psychology and leadership.
Cybersecurity & strategic management
Master IT Management & Architecture
Strategic perspective on complex IT landscapes and transformation.
CISSP, CISM & CCSP
Recognised expertise in information security, cloud security and strategic security management.
Crisis & resilience
Years of practical experience in crisis management and in building and leading defensive security organisations.
People, behaviour & organisation
Postgraduate Work & Organisational Psychology
Evidence-based knowledge of workload, stress and human behaviour within organisations.
ACT (Acceptance & Commitment Training)
A method for strengthening mental flexibility and focus in uncertain or highly complex situations.
TMA & DISC
Certified to create insight into personal motivations, behavioural styles and effective communication.
Resilience & knowledge sharing
Certified running therapist
Applying the science of physical movement, load and recovery to remain mentally resilient under chronic pressure.
Executive education & speaking
Extensive experience translating complex subject matter into what matters for boards, management teams and security professionals.
Frequently asked questions
Introductory conversation
Email directly
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