<img height="1" width="1" style="display:none" src="https://www.facebook.com/tr?id=2528533714139722&amp;ev=PageView&amp;noscript=1">
New call-to-action
be-page-banner (1)

Welcome to CIONET Belgium

Realise your ambition! Connect with your local community of digital leaders.

See what's next

Upcoming Events

 
Banner

Belgium 2-9-25 All TRIBERS Virtual english

What Does It Cost to Host an App? ; A practical guide to calculating hosting costs across infra, licenses, and operations

You’ve been asked a simple question: “What does it cost to host this application?” But the answer is anything but simple. The platform sits across multiple data centres. The app spans a few VMs, shares a backup system, uses licensed monitoring, and touches five different teams. Your CMDB should help, but it’s rigid, outdated, or incomplete. And yet, you still need to provide a number, clear, explainable, and grounded in reality.

Read More
Banner

Belgium 9-9-25 Squad Only Physical english

Fixing the Data Foundations ; Making data trustworthy, consistent, and ready for action

As Belgium navigates the complexities of GDPR and various data sovereignty regulations, organizations across multiple industries face both challenges and opportunities in managing their data across borders. The quest for compliance often intersects with the need for business growth, raising questions about the balance between protection and progress. How can companies effectively own and safeguard their data while ensuring compliance without stifling innovation and expansion in a multi-industry landscape?

Read More
Banner

Belgium 11-9-25 Squad Only Virtual english

Customer Experience at the Frontline ; Designing digital tools that actually work

You’ve built the portal. Added the chatbot. Rolled out self-service. But your support lines are still ringing. And your frontline teams are still improvising. If you want digital services to feel seamless, not just look polished, this session brings you back to where value is felt: at the frontline.

Read More

Upcoming TRIBE Events

 
Banner

September 2, 2025 Squad Session Squad Only Virtual english

What Does It Cost to Host an App? ; A practical guide to calculating hosting costs across infra, licenses, and operations

The platform sits across multiple data centres. The app spans a few VMs, shares a backup system, uses licensed monitoring, and touches five different teams. Your CMDB should help, but it’s rigid, outdated, or incomplete. And yet, you still need to provide a number, clear, explainable, and grounded in reality.

Read More
Banner

September 9, 2025 Squad Session Invitation Only Virtual polish

Talenty w akcji: sekrety pozyskiwania i rozwoju w CIRF

Utrzymanie talentów w organizacji IT ulokowanej na konkurencyjnym rynku pracy to nie lada zadanie. A jeśli do tego mówimy o organizacji z sektora publicznego? O swoich i swojej organizacji doświadczeniach, metodach i programach opowie Anna Wituła z CIRF. Będzie to jak zawsze okazja do dyskusji na temat różnych sposobów na utrzymanie talentów w firmie.

Read More
Banner

September 9, 2025 Squad Session Squad Only Physical english

Fixing the Data Foundations ; Making data trustworthy, consistent, and ready for action

As Belgium tackles GDPR and data sovereignty rules, organizations face challenges and opportunities in cross-border data management. Balancing compliance with growth raises key questions: How can companies protect and control their data while staying compliant—without blocking innovation and expansion across industries?

Read More

CIONET Partner Updates

CIONET Partner Updates

Recent Cases

Please Log In with your CIONET account first

Virtustream secures mission-critical data for enterprise customers with Trend Micro Deep Security

Secures mission-critical data for enterprise customers with Trend Micro Deep Security

Overview

Virtustream is a global provider of mission-critical cloud solutions, providing enterprise-class expertise and innovation to customers worldwide. A Dell Technologies business, with offices in North America, Europe, and Asia, Virtustream helps enterprises, governments, healthcare, and service providers move their mission-critical data and applications to the cloud.

Through its dedicated private cloud, Virtustream manages applications for enterprises of all sizes, including enterprise resource planning (ERP), electronic medical records management, and big data systems. Born in the cloud, Virtustream specializes in mission-critical workloads, expert professional and managed services, cloud software and services, enterprise-class infrastructure as a service (IaaS), cloud management software, and ERP. Virtustream’s experts help enterprises increase performance and availability, modernize IT, reduce costs, enable powerful security, and stay on top of regulatory compliance and reporting requirements.

 

Challenges

Virtustream requires robust security to protect both its own systems and its customers’ data. Since customers often connect their private Virtustream environment to their own corporate networks, Virtustream must constantly work with data coming into its network—creating a unique security challenge. “We have to ensure that we catch and contain all malware coming into our environment to prevent it from spreading and contaminating sensitive customer data,” says Alon Diamant-Cohen, security operations service delivery lead for Virtustream.

Virtustream’s multi-tenant environment requires the ability to easily create and customize new tenants and functionalities for each customer while keeping customer data fully segregated. In addition, safe, easy, and consistent access for customers is a must for any cloud service provider. As a result, Virtustream needs to employ security tools that allow access to mission-critical applications without slowing down customers or causing system outages.

To complement its private cloud services, Virtustream also acts as a security vendor. Originally, the company offered only antivirus and anti-malware services to customers. In 2014, Virtustream looked to expand its line of optional managed security services but found that its existing security vendor limited its ability to accomplish that.

"Customers who are using Deep Security have had tremendous success managing their mission critical data and maintaining compliance within the Virtustream Enterprise Cloud."

Alon Diamant-Cohen
Security Operations Service Delivery Lead
Virtustream

 

Why Trend Micro

Virtustream’s primary concern is to ensure its customers’ mission-critical applications and data are secure. Since Virtustream supports highly-regulated markets like healthcare, government, and education, meeting industry-specific regulatory requirements is critical. In 2015, the Virtustream team met with Trend Micro and discussed a partnership that would allow the company to ensure that customer data and applications are protected, while also allowing Virtustream to expand its managed security offerings to better serve its customers.

After discussing the options, Virtustream chose Trend Micro™ Deep Security™. In addition to enabling best-of-breed security, Deep Security’s modularity and depth of features allows Virtustream to offer its customers customized private cloud solutions tailored to meet their business needs.

 

Solutions

With Deep Security, Virtustream delivers the security its customers need to meet strict privacy, compliance, and regulatory requirements for standards such as Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP), International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). “It’s hard to overstate how important compliance is to our customers across a number of industries,” says Diamant-Cohen. “Deep Security helps us ensure that we are compliant, and that our customers can achieve compliance in our cloud.”

Deep Security offers great flexibility, allowing Virtustream to sell standalone services and customize the policies being enforced in those services to meet customer needs. Deep Security also enables Virtustream to easily streamline, automate, and scale its security and virtual private cloud capabilities. “Along with security, load balancing and failover are critical capabilities when we’re supporting a customer’s critical business functions,” says Diamant-Cohen.

"Trend Micro takes our needs seriously. It’s one thing to say, ‘We hear you.’ It’s another thing to have your needs completely resolved within a week."

Alon Diamant-Cohen
Security Operations Service Delivery Lead
Virtustream

 

Results

Since deploying Deep Security, Virtustream and its customers have successfully mitigated attempted attacks originating from a variety of threat vectors. “Customers who are using Deep Security have experienced nothing but success,” says Alon Diamant-Cohen. “The stability has been excellent, and the number of serious security issues has been minimal.”

Trend Micro’s ongoing research gives Virtustream confidence in their ability to stay on top of new threats, with the level of transparency and support from Trend Micro being a true differentiator. “Early on, we had some big customers we weren’t equipped to manage on our own,” says Daniel Shaul, Virtustream’s team lead for security managed services. “Once we had Trend Micro’s support, those customer relationships blossomed.”

The Virtustream team has developed a strong and productive relationship with Trend Micro, based on mutual support. “We have a direct line to the company,” says Diamant- Cohen. “Trend Micro takes our needs seriously. It’s one thing to say, ‘We hear you.’ It’s another thing to have your needs completely resolved within a week.”

 

What's Next

Virtustream is seeing steady increases in new business and heightened demand for its managed security services. “Now that we have a partner that works with us, we need to continue incrementally automating the service delivery elements of the process,” says Diamant-Cohen. “Trend Micro is a valuable partner that is helping us meet our growing business and security demands. We plan to continue working with them to create more agile and automated security solutions for our current and future customers.”

Partners

CIONET Circles

CIONET Business Circles

Banner
Healthcare Circle

Digital Transformation is redefining the future of health care and health delivery. All stakeholders are convinced that these innovations will create value for patients, healthcare practitioners, hospitals, and governments along the patient pathway. The benefits are starting from prevention and awareness to diagnosis, treatment, short- and long-term follow-up, and ultimately survival. But how do you make sure that your working towards an architecturally sound, secure and interoperable health IT ecosystem for your hospital and avoid implementing a hodgepodge of spot solutions? How does your IT department work together with the other stakeholders, such as the doctors and other healthcare practitioners, Life Sciences companies, Tech companies, regulators and your internal governance and administrative bodies?

Read More
Banner
Telenet Business Leadership Circle

The Telenet Business Leadership Circle powered by CIONET, offers a platform where IT executives and thought leaders can meet to inspire each other and share best practices. We want to be a facilitator who helps you optimise the performance of your IT function and your business by embracing the endless opportunities that digital change brings.

Read More
Banner
Les Rencontres

Découvrez la dynamique du leadership numérique aux Rencontres de CIONET, le programme francophone exclusif de CIONET pour les leaders numériques en Belgique, rendu possible grâce au soutien et à l'engagement de nos partenaires de programme : Deloitte, Denodo et Red Hat. Rejoignez trois événements inspirants par an à Liège, Namur et en Brabant Wallon, où des CIOs et des experts numériques francophones de premier plan partagent leurs perspectives et expériences sur des thèmes d'affaires et de IT actuels. Laissez-vous inspirer et apprenez des meilleurs du secteur lors de sessions captivantes conçues spécialement pour soutenir et enrichir votre rôle en tant que CIO pair. Ne manquez pas cette opportunité de faire partie d'un réseau exceptionnel d'innovateurs numériques !

Read More
Banner
Female Leadership Circle

CIONET is committed to highlighting and celebrating female role models in IT, Tech & Digital, creating a leadership programme that empowers and elevates women within the tech industry. This initiative is dedicated to showcasing the achievements and successes of leading women, fostering an environment where female role models are recognised, and their contributions can ignite progress and inspire the next generation of women in IT. Our mission is to shine the spotlight a little brighter on female role models in IT, Tech & Digital, and to empower each other through this inner network community.

Read More

Check out our latest news

Testimonials

Geert Goethals
Geert Goethals
CIO
Sibelga
Bahadir Samli
Bahadir Samli
CIO
ING Belgique
2-Feb-29-2024-11-35-00-9309-AM
Bart Kerkhofs
Vice President & Head of IT
Bridgestone EMIA
Untitled design (1)-Apr-01-2022-10-58-34-57-AM
Michał Paprocki
Group CIO
Euroclear
1-Feb-29-2024-11-34-59-8990-AM
Manfred Boudreaux-Dehmer
Chief Information Officer
NATO
Untitled design-Nov-22-2023-08-42-05-3178-AM
Annick Faes
Vice President IT and CIO Medical Devices EMEA
Johnson & Johnson
Piet_De_Ceuleners
Piet De Ceuleners
Global IT Director
Melexis
1658251930890
Dirk De Bevere
Large Enterprise Sales Leader
Telenet Business
Untitled design-7
Stef Schampaert
Country Managing Director BeLux
Red Hat
CIONET Belgium - Advisory Board Member - Geert Lejon
Geert Lejon
Vice President Head of Belux / Head of Comms Benelux
Cognizant
Kevin_Ledegen
Kevin Ledegen
Group IT director
SDWorx
Gunter-Van-Craen_Small
Gunter Van Craen
Chief Digital & Information Officer
Bekaert
Thomas Kessler
Thomas Kessler
Partner | CIO Programme Leader
Deloitte
Emmanuel Gob
Emmanuel Gob
CIO
DPD
pascal pauwels
Pascal Pauwels
CIO
Colruyt
Untitled design (4)-Dec-13-2023-10-53-15-5032-AM
Koen Segers
Managing Director Belgium and Luxembourg
Dell Technologies
benoit dewaele
Benoît Dewaele
Group IT Directo
Vandemoortele
Dirk Deridder-1
Dirk Deridder
CTO - Technology Services & Practices
SMALS
Thierry Driesens
Thierry Driesens
CIO
TVH
Untitled design-Sep-18-2023-11-59-29-7866-AM
Koen Vandaele
CIO
Delen Private Bank
Untitled design (4)-Jun-12-2023-01-23-11-7540-PM
Liesbet D'hoker
Managing Director
Kyndryl BeLux
steven-vermeulen
Steven Vermeulen
CIO
Digitaal Vlaanderen
Jack Hamande
Jack Hamande
Director General Digital Transformation
Federale Overheidsdienst Beleid en Ondersteuning
Tom Tomczak
Tom Tomczak
Chief Commercial Officer (CCO)
NRB
1726588748718
Cassandre Laurent
Directeur général
Agence du Numérique
an swalens
An Swalens
Head Of IT (CIO)
National Bank of Belgium
Untitled design (2)-Apr-01-2022-10-58-34-68-AM
Elke Laeremans
Chief Digital & Supply Chain Officer at Casa International
CIONET Belgium - Advisory Board Member - Koen Van Loo
Koen Van Loo
CIO
Group S.
Peter Sany
Peter Sany
Executive Advisor
Zoom
CIONET Belgium - Advisory Board Member - Steven De Haes
Steven De Haes
Dean
Antwerp Management School
Marleen Thorré
Marleen Thorré
Head of Digital EMEA
Mitsubishi Chemical Group
christel-plessers
Christel Plessers
Head of IT European Markets
Mercedes-Benz Europe
bauduin cor
Baudouin Corlùy
Chief Market Development Officer
LCL Data Centers

Team

Luc Hendrikx
Luc Hendrikx
CEO
Inès De Bien
Inès De Bien
Partner - CCO
1-Feb-08-2022-10-22-08-68-AM
Daniel Eycken
Partner - COO
Hendrik Deckers
Hendrik Deckers
Founder - MD
Untitled design (1)-2
Jelte Scheys
Tribes Sales Director Belgium
foto Herman
Herman Roelandts
Tribe Master
Joseph Antoun
Joseph Antoun
Senior Program Director
1-Dec-16-2021-02-15-57-02-PM
Eman De Sutter
Program Manager
4-Feb-08-2022-10-22-09-03-AM
Shelly Deracourt
Program Manager
Untitled design (5)-Sep-01-2022-02-47-55-60-PM
Charlotte Coen
Partner Success Manager
Untitled design (1)-Nov-22-2023-08-56-42-6802-AM
Ivana Bradvica
Junior Event Manager
ML B-W-1
Martine Lefevre
Financial Controller
Vlera Berishaa (1)
Vlera Berisha
Junior Community Manager
Phaedra Vanhaeren
Phaedra Vanhaeren
Programme & Event Manager

Contact us

Would you like to know more about CIONET Belgium, membership or partnership opportunities? Do you have feedback or any other question? Send us a message!