Ben Kokx

Ben Kokx joined Philips in 2001 as a software designer before transitioning into product security and privacy leadership roles across multiple businesses and markets. Since 2013, as Director Product Security within the central Philips Product Security Office, he has been responsible for the global Philips Product Security Policy and Process Framework and has played a key role in cybersecurity-related standards and regulations. In 2023, he moved to the Regulatory Affairs department to focus more extensively on his external roles as a healthcare and IoT cybersecurity expert, contributing to public-private partnerships, industry associations, and standards development organisations.

Ben leads and actively contributes to several industry associations and standards organisations, including ISO, IEC, CEN-CENELEC, and ETSI. He is deeply involved in the development of the ISO/IEC 80001 series and ISO/IEC 81001 series healthcare cybersecurity standards.

He serves as convenor of CEN/CENELEC JTC 13 Working Groups 6, 8, and 9, focusing on the development of European harmonized cybersecurity standards supporting the RED Delegated Act and the Cyber Resilience Act. Ben is also an eHealth cybersecurity expert for ENISA and a member of the ENISA Advisory Group. In addition, he holds leadership positions within the cybersecurity working groups of MedTech Europe and COCIR, and through DITTA participates in international public-private initiatives such as the IMDRF Cybersecurity Working Group.