{"id":32880,"date":"2026-07-16T07:52:58","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T07:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.koedijk.com\/about-erik-jan\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T19:43:49","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T19:43:49","slug":"about-erik-jan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.koedijk.com\/en\/about-erik-jan\/","title":{"rendered":"About Erik Jan"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"32880\" class=\"elementor elementor-32880 elementor-19\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cca0c66 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cca0c66\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c37c83c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c37c83c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f1a3de2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f1a3de2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5550a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d5550a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Why call Erik Jan Koedijk?<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-861cf54 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"861cf54\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>You want to move forward with AI. But not at the expense of your data, your people or your reputation. Time for an AI wake-up call.<\/p><p>Cybersecurity expert and AI realist Erik Jan Koedijk cuts straight through the hype and disinformation. He shakes your organisation awake and gives you practical ways to integrate AI safely and build digital resilience.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-962654f elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"962654f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">30+ years of experience with digital transformations<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Trained by Kevin Mitnick<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">3,000+ professionals shaken awake<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Bestselling author on Managementboek.nl<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Verdieping in AI &amp; Business Strategy aan MIT Sloan<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M256 8C119 8 8 119 8 256s111 248 248 248 248-111 248-248S393 8 256 8z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Developer of the P-SEP\u00ae model for safe AI integration<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06a623a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"06a623a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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elementor-size-default\">\u201cPeople are not the weakest link. People are the sensor and the firewall.\u201d<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7318e2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f7318e2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b22526f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b22526f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4e601f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e4e601f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd6aef1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fd6aef1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>01<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-017e7e1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"017e7e1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e878db9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e878db9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Who is Erik Jan?\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5951b41 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5951b41\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Erik Jan has spent more than 30 years at the heart of crises, hacks and digital transformations. When the internet emerged, he was one of its pioneers in the Netherlands. In 1999 he introduced SurfControl to make browsing safer in schools and organisations. Later, at NOKIA, he helped protect some of the world&#8217;s largest companies.<\/p><p>When the GGD data breach made headlines in 2021, he was called in the very next day. He served as the Netherlands&#8217; national crisis manager for ICT &#038; Data Security for three years. Now that AI is on every boardroom agenda, his mission is to shake organisations awake and offer a realistic perspective.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f58d6fc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f58d6fc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a62416 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9a62416\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-027d26c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"027d26c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>02<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-174546a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"174546a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c03d58 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1c03d58\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Erik Jan's impact\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de7b614 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"de7b614\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Technology changes, but we keep making the same mistakes. The tool gets all the attention. People get forgotten. And then things go wrong.<\/p><p>Erik Jan sees time and again how vulnerable organisations become when policy is missing, and what changes when people and leadership are put at the centre. That is the common thread running through everything he does. And why his books, keynotes and masterclasses have real impact.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c8dbfa e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2c8dbfa\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c2a8270 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c2a8270\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3efcf0b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3efcf0b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>03<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7772b91 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7772b91\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f41b637 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f41b637\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What he learned from the world's best hacker\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e31a35 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2e31a35\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Kevin Mitnick, the world&#8217;s most famous hacker, taught Erik Jan how hackers think: how they get into organisations through people, and how to stop them.<\/p><p>They met shortly after Mitnick was released, and together they gave presentations and talks to employees and board members. Mitnick died in 2023. His lessons live on in every masterclass and keynote Erik Jan gives.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8900576 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8900576\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3393cc7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3393cc7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7a59bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a7a59bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>04<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4274e06 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4274e06\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5de7e18 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5de7e18\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The entire Kingdom of the Netherlands\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bead3d3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bead3d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Over the past 10 years, Erik Jan has opened the eyes of more than 3,000 professionals through his books, keynotes and masterclasses on AI and cybersecurity. He also developed the PSEP\u00ae model, a practical framework for safe AI integration that helps organisations assess whether something is safe, fair and future-proof.<\/p><p>Erik Jan works throughout the Kingdom of the Netherlands and beyond. From the Netherlands to Aruba, Bonaire, Cura\u00e7ao, Sint Maarten and, more recently, Barbados.<br\/><br\/>Artificial Intelligence: Implications for Business Strategy at MIT Sloan School of Management Executive Education and MIT Computer Science &#038; Artificial Intelligence Laboratory<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b23b12 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8b23b12\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7bfda1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f7bfda1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06e2c4d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"06e2c4d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h2 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">Enough reading<\/h2><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Your organisation deserves more than a nice story. 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