Octavia de Weerdt has been active in the Internet sector for over 25 years in
various roles. Among other things, she was a technical IT consultant and owner of two IT companies, including a hosting company. Her expertise includes cyber security, InfoSec management, fighting internet abuse, ISO 27001 and 9001, auditing, cloud computing and the alignment of business and IT.
Octavia is an outspoken advocate for an open, free and secure Internet for all.
She believes in the power of the Internet community to organize
itself and tackle problems together. Based on the idea that the common good comes before individual interest, Octavia is committed to fighting Internet abuse and strengthening cyber resilience. She actively engages in a broad cybersecurity network and is involved in building public-private partnerships. Octavia is also very dedicated to strengthening the position of women in
the cybersecurity field.
Today, Octavia is the general director of NBIP Foundation (national management organization internet providers). She is also the chair of the NL-anti-DDoS-coalition.
NBIP was founded more than 20 years ago by ISPs. The foundation provides lawful intercept and disclosure services, DDoS mitigation through the largest not-for-profit European scrubbing center NaWas and threat intelligence with the Clean Networks Platform. All these services are on a not-for-profit basis for the Internet community.
