Photos from past SITCEL Cybersecurity Boot Camp

• The education activities include the foundation and the operations of the Master in Cybersecurity management classes at a leading European Business School, Solvay Business School of Economics and Management and Solvay Lifelong Learning.

Education is also delivered in Luxemburg within the scope of the House of Training and the Luxemburg Chamber of Commerce. 

Education is delivered on a wider European  scope through the classes to the  European Federation of Board members associations. 

Education is also planned for the European Security and Defence College.  

Advisory activities to the Belgian Governance in 2005- to 2005 for the development of the leading Electronic Identity Card (E-ID) acting as the EU appointed audit team for the whole project.  

In 2007-2008, Advisory activities to the French Government ( Directorate for Network and Information Security or DCSSI, precursor of the current ANSSI for the development of the Directives on Information Security to be used at the French Public services. 

In 2025, Advisory activities to the government of Montenegro for the development of the CISO Team for the Ministry of Public Administration serving the national  government. 

From 2020-2025, advisory to the office of the Prime Minister of Belgium as member of the Federal Audit Committee.

Professor Georges Ataya acted as member of the advisory board of AGORIA Digital industries, past member of the board of directors of BECI. 

He co-founded  and is vice-chair of the Belgian Cyber Security Coalition. 

He is member of the European Cyber Security Organisation, member of the European Security and Defence College, and member of the Ad-hoc working group on Cybersecurity Skills Framework at ENISA, the European Cybersecurity Agency. 

In 2001, the development of the curriculum for the series of Digital Governance and trust courses at Solvay Business School, namely the IT Governance series, the IT Management series, the Information security series and the European Program in Data Protection.  

from 2002 to 2003, it involved the co-development of the CISM credential (Certified Information Security Manager) from ISACA, the CGEIT Credential (Certified in the Governance of Enterprise IT) from ISACA, the COBIT framework (the framework for the governance of Enterprise digital activities). 

In 2007, the co-development of the Value Governance of IT Enabled investment publication from ISACA.

In 2025, the development of the curriculum for the three modules within the digital4security EU funded project. 

In 2025, the development of the leadership classes for the NIS2 and DORA Eu regulations tageting Board members and general Managers.   

Involved in the CyberHubs project launched by Digital   EUROPE, co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union and leaded by Agoria at   the Belgian level.  It aims to improve the quality and relevance of education   and training programmes in cybersecurity and to provide an   innovative methodology for anticipating skills needs.  

Digital4Security, a €20 million   EU-funded project launched in October 2023, equips European SMEs with   cybersecurity expertise through collaboration among 35 partners from 14 EU   countries. The program focuses on protecting economic prosperity by offering academic   accreditation and industry certification to professionals, managers, and   business leaders, aligning with ENISA's European Cybersecurity Skills   Framework (ECSF) to enhance the security and success of European   businesses. 

COcyber is   a 2-year project that aims to enhance the exchange, coordination, and   collaboration between the cybersecurity civilian and defence  spheres. COcyber  will maximise  the project impact by developing toolkits, ready-to-use material, and   flagship events and engaging a group of ambassadors and renowned experts on   its advisory board.