Dedicated Hosting Provider LeaseWeb appoints Security Officer

Amsterdam, 2 October 2008 – LeaseWeb (leaseweb.com), one of the Top 20 dedicated business-to-business hosting providers in the world, appointed Alex de Joode (40) as Security Officer. De Joode is co-founder of INHOPE, the European Association of Internet Hotlines.

As Security Officer Alex de Joode will engage in combating cybercrime as well as monitoring the extensive hosting network of LeaseWeb. In this role he will report directly to the Management Team of LeaseWeb.

Hosting Network Security
As Security Officer De Joode will be responsible for Abuse Handling, Information Security, Business Continuity Management and Regulatory Affairs. ‘I have a lot of experience in abuse policy and handling abuse,’ he says. ‘But security is also a real hobby of mine. I am delighted that LeaseWeb offers me the opportunity to be involved in security in the widest sense of the word.’

The new Security Officer will also maintain contact with all the authorities involved, such as the police, Computer Emergency Response Teams (CERTs) and organizations for the protection of intellectual property. He will also supervise ISO 27001 and SAS70 certifications.

Dedicated Hosting Amsterdam
When De Joode saw the vacancy of Security Officer at LeaseWeb, he responded immediately. ‘The international working environment at LeaseWeb appealed to me particularly,’ says De Joode. ‘LeaseWeb is growing fast worldwide, so chances are that I can do something for LeaseWeb in the field of hosting outside of Amsterdam one day.’

The IT technical and legal knowledge and experience De Joode brings to LeaseWeb provide him with a proper basis for his new duties. De Joode: ‘I am familiar with UNIX, Linux, Open BSD, network and system management, for instance, and I studied law at the University of Amsterdam. Obviously, I am particularly interested in the interface between technology and law and I expect to be able to indulge in this extensively at LeaseWeb.’

Internet Industry Jobs
Before joining LeaseWeb Alex De Joode worked as a Senior Systems Administrator with Proteon VIS, a web developer from Delft. He also worked for seven years as a Senior Network Architect with the Trans-European Research and Education Networking Association (Terena). De Joode describes his involvement in founding INHOPE as a contribution in the Internet industry to the balance between combating cybercrime and protecting freedom of speech. Alex de Joode started his career as an Electronic Banking Specialist with ABN AMRO Bank.

LeaseWeb
LeaseWeb (www.leaseweb.com) is an international provider of hosting solutions, mainly focusing on the business-to-business market. The company is among the Top 20 hosting providers in the world and the services provided include domain name registration, webhosting, dedicated servers, co-location, server virtualization and streaming. LeaseWeb owns a first-class network offering a bandwidth of more than 210 Gbps and spanning 4 data centers in the Amsterdam region via the main telecom carriers. Via Internet exchanges LeaseWeb is also present in Amsterdam, Brussels, London, Frankfurt, New York, Vienna, Stockholm, Warsaw, Zurich, Prague and Madrid. LeaseWeb thus enables companies all over the world to create and maintain online presence in a simple and affordable way. Since its establishment in 1997, hosting provider LeaseWeb is now managing more than 12,000 servers. Customers of LeaseWeb include Starbucks, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Royal Joh. Enschedé, Hyves, 123Video and Twenga.

LeaseWeb
Koen Stegeman
+31 (0)6 – 30491407
press.nl@leaseweb.com

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