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 (representation of non-EU based manufacturers in a successful EU Market entry), a Board Member of the DPO Circle (community of GDPR and data security professionals), and a volunteer at the Belgian Chapter of Women4Cyber.
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.