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Bernd Achatz
Senior Director, Solutions Engineering CEE
F5
Bernd Achatz has held the position of Technical Director at F5 Networks for the Germany, Austria, and Switzerland (DACH) region since November 2014. In this capacity, he assumes responsibility for...
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Sray Agarwal
Senior Director
Fractal AI
Sray Agarwal has applied AI and analytics from Financial Services to Hospitality and has led the development of Responsible AI framework for multiple banks in the UK and the US. after completing...
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Alasdair Anderson
VP
Protegrity
Alasdair Anderson has spent over 20 years working with data technology. Alasdair has spent much of his career in Financial Services with the likes of HSBC, Nordea, ABN AMRO, JP...
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Andy Aplin
VP, Solutions Engineering EMEA & LATAM
Netskope
Andy leads the Solutions Engineering team at Netskope, he was the first person in Europe when Netskope first started in the region in 2014, he has led the technical team’s evolution and acted...
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Dr.-Ing. Steven Arzt
Head of Secure Software Engineering department
The Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology (SIT)
Dr. Steven Arzt leads the Secure Software Engineering department at the Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology (SIT) in Darmstadt. He also oversees the software security research...
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Warwick Ashford
Senior Analyst
KuppingerCole
Warwick Ashford is a Senior Analyst who researches cybersecurity and identity-related topics, including emerging technologies and trends. He has been writing IT news and analysis as a journalist...
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Abhinav Bajaj
IAM Lead
Delivery Hero SE
Abhinav has over a decade experience in conceptualising, designing, implementing & managing IAM solutions across industry verticals. AB has been working with Delivery Hero for the last 5...
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Alexei Balaganski
Lead Analyst & CTO
KuppingerCole
Alexei is an analyst with specific focus on cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence. At KuppingerCole, he covers a broad range of security-related topics: from database, application and API...
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Fabian Bauer
Lawyer
SKW Schwarz
Fabian Bauer is a lawyer at SKW Schwarz in the IT & Digital Business department. He advises companies of all sizes on all IT and data protection law issues and assists them with all legal...
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Peter Beuth
Minister of the Interior and Sports
Hessian Ministry of the Interior and Sports
Peter Beuth, born in Cologne in 1967, has been Hesse’s Minister of the Interior and Sports since January 2014. A member of the Hessian state parliament since 1999 and lawyer by training, he...
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Jonathan Blanchard Smith
Director and Fellow
SAMI Consulting
Jonathan is a Fellow and Director of SAMI Consulting, where he heads the Government consulting business. Jonathan is leading the GO-Science Futures Toolkit refresh project. He led SAMI’s work...
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Christian Borst
CTO, EMEA
Vectra AI
Christian Borst, EMEA CTO at Vectra AI has more than 15 years of experience in IT and Cyber Security. Before joining Vectra AI in 2022 he built and executed the global cyber security strategy for...
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Kai Boschert
Senior Advisor
KuppingerCole
Kai Boschert joined KuppingerCole Analysts AG as Advisor in September 2021. Background & Education: Kai is holding a master’s degree in management and technology with focus on...
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Robin Brandenbusch
Director
Stephens
Robin Brandenbusch is a Director in Investment Banking at Stephens with a focus on software/technology. Prior to joining Stephens, Robin was in the M&A, Corporate and Leveraged Finance team at...
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Alexander Bünning
Regional Director DACH
AppOmni
Alexander is the Regional Director for DACH at AppOmni and has 20 years of experience in the IT security industry. He always strives to have a deep understanding of the ever-evolving IT security...
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Stijn Vande Casteele
Founder
Sweepatic, an Outpost24 company
Cyber Personality of the year 2021 finalist. Stijn holds several industry certifications and obtained a Masters degree in Information Security from Royal Holloway, University of...
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Pascal Cronauer
Head of EMEA
ShardSecure
Pascal has worked in the cybersecurity industry for over +20 years, both in technical & commercial roles with numerous years focusing on security operations in particular SIEM. Pascal has...
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Dr. Scott David, LL.M.
Executive Director - Information Risk and Synthetic Intelligence Research Initiative
University of Washington - APL
Scott David, J.D., LL.M., is the Executive Director - Information Risk and Synthetic Intelligence Research Initiative (IRSIRI) at the University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory and was...
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Mohamad Easawy
Head of IT Excellence, Independent Advisor
Dubai Customs
Mohamad is a visionary with more than 28 years of experience in the technology, leadership, strategy and digital transformation domains. He achieved diverse successes in key industry...
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Tilman Epha
Sales Director
XM Cyber
Tilman Epha is Sales Director for Germany, Austria and Switzerland at XM Cyber, based in Munich. Tilman Epha has been working in the IT industry for more than 23 years. After studying economics in...
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Sergej Epp
Chief Security Officer EMEA Central
Palo Alto Networks
Sergej Epp is tech-savvy Chief Security Officer at Palo Alto Networks in EMEA Central. In this role, he develops cybersecurity strategy, overseeing cybersecurity operations and threat intelligence...
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Dr. Meisam Eslahi
Executive Director – Cybersecurity
EC-Council Global Services
Dr Meisam is a technical cybersecurity practitioner with solid expertise in providing strategies and technical directions, building new service/business lines, diverse teams, and capabilities. He...
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Dr. Xinxin Fan
Head of Cryptography
IoTeX
Dr. Xinxin Fan is the Head of Cryptography at IoTeX, a Silicon Valley-based technology platform that empowers the emerging machine economy with innovative combination of blockchain and IoT. He is...
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Michael Fichtner
CIO | Direktor IT & Tech
FC Bayern München
Michael Fichtner embarked on his professional journey in December 1999, assuming the role of Head of the IT Department at FC Bayern München AG. Over the years, he held various prominent...
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Carsten Fischer
Deputy Group Chief Security Officer
Deutsche Bank
Carsten is the Deputy Group Chief Security Officer and runs the Office of the CSO. In addition he is the regional Lead for Technology, Data and Innovation (TDI) for Germany. For the majority of...
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Paul Fisher
Lead Analyst
KuppingerCole
Paul Fisher is a Lead Analyst who researches primarily on cybersecurity and identity and access management (IAM). He also studies trends in AI, IoT and data governance for different industry...
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Maria Fladung
IT Security Officer
EDAG Engineering GmbH
Maria Fladung is IT Security Officer at the independent automotive service provider EDAG. After training as an IT specialist, she gained extensive professional experience as a system engineer in...
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Francisco Gaspar
Lead CyberSecurity Architect
Francisco Gaspar is an engineer by training, CyberSecurity architect by trade and a ’team player’ by nature. With a genuine passion for raising awareness, he is an influential leader and...
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Philipp von Grawert
Managing Director
Stephens
Philipp von Grawert is a Managing Director in Investment Banking at Stephens with a focus on software/technology. Prior to joining Stephens, Philipp was a member of the corporate finance team at...
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Daniel Grice
Senior Sales Engineer
Axonius
Dan Grice is a Senior Sales engineer with over 20 years experience in the IT Industry and over a decade in Cyber security. He uses his experience of traditional IT asset management and cyber...
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Gary Harbison
Global Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
Johnson & Johnson
Gary Harbison is the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Johnson & Johnson with global ownership of managing enterprise technological risks, protecting company data and information and...
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Daniel Hartert
CxO Advisor
Netskope
Former CIO of Bayer AG, Philips and Bertelsmann AG with a rich history of working across various industries (Healthcare, Medical Devices, Consumer Electronics, Media, Semiconductors) and different...
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Dr. Ing. Sibylle Hick
Head of Section Cyber Protection
Deutsche Börse
Starting 2022 she joined Deutsche Börse AG as the Head of Section Cyber Protection . 2011 Sibylle worked at German Bank as technical expert to design and develop a Data Leakage Protection...
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Klaus Hild
Principal Identity Strategist
SailPoint Technologies
Klaus Hild has been working in the field of identity and access management since the late 1990s. In various positions he has initiated many customer projects, described tasks in these projects and...
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Dr. Marc Hofmann
CSO
Nordea
Marc is the Nordea’s Group Chief Security Officer and is responsible for providing oversight on information security, cyber and physical security. He relocated to Copenhagen from London in...
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Daniel Holzinger
Founder & Managing Director / Keeper Security Partner
Colited Management Consultancy
Since mid-2011, Daniel Holzinger has been accompanying companies and organizations on their journey to new working environments. As an architect of new ways of working, he works with a...
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Marina Iantorno
Research Analyst
KuppingerCole
Marina joined KuppingerCole as a Research Analyst in April 2022. Her main areas of expertise are Business, Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence. Background & Education Marina holds a...
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Max Imbiel
Deputy Group CISO
N26 AG
Max Imbiel is considered one of Germany’s Top CISOs. He’s in the IT and Security business for nearly 20 years. He has built Security and Privacy processes, products and services throughout all...
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Florian Jörgens
Chief Information Security Officer
Vorwerk SE & Co. KG
Florian Jörgens initially developed his professional interest in information technology in 2002. Whilst working as an IT specialist for system integration at T-Systems International GmbH, in...
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Andrzej Kawalec
Head of Cybersecurity
Vodafone Business
Andrzej Kawalec is the Head of Security at Vodafone Business. Andrzej manages Vodafone Business’ global portfolio of security offerings. An inspirational and creative leader in the use of...
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Berthold Kerl
CEO
KuppingerCole
Berthold Kerl, born 1960, studied economics at the University of Nürnberg and performs as CEO of KuppingerCole since 1st July 2020. Before that he had been with Deutsche Bank AG for 17 years....
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Mary Kissel
Executive Vice President and Senior Policy Advisor
Stephens Inc.
Mary Kissel is Executive Vice President and Senior Policy Advisor at Stephens Inc., where she provides advice on geopolitical risk and macroeconomic trends to Stephens clients and the Stephens...
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Dr. Alexander Klimburg
Senior Fellow, former Head of the Center for Cybersecurity at the World Economic Forum
The Hague Center for Strategic Studies
Dr. Alexander Klimburg is an author and adviser on cybersecurity and Internet governance. Currently he is a Senior Fellow at The Hague Center for Strategic Studies (The Hague) and the...
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Gideon Knocke
Director Information Security
realworld one GmbH & Co. KG
Gideon Knocke holds the position of CISO at realworld one and is co-founder of the FAIR Chapter Germany, an organization dedicated to promoting data driven decision making. Gideon specializes in...
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Aris Koios
Technology Strategist - Central Europe
CrowdStrike
Aris Koios is a trusted leader with over 16 years of experience in the cybersecurity industry in Europe, ANZ and Asia. As a Technology Strategist for CrowdStrike, he is part of the CTO...
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Anastasiya Kornitska
Senior OT Security Specialist
AFRY
Anastasiya Kornitska is a senior cyber-physical security specialist at Afry. Previously, she was a Lead of OT/ICS Security at Orange Cyberdefense Sweden. Anastasiya has extensively worked with...
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Dr. André Kudra
Board Member
IT Security Association Germany (TeleTrusT)
On a mission for decentralized identity & bit-heat confidential cloud. Decentralization visionary. Passion for information security since turn of millennium. Business-driven yet tech-savvy...
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Martin Kuppinger
Principal Analyst
KuppingerCole
Martin Kuppinger is Founder and Principal Analyst at KuppingerCole, a leading analyst company for identity focused information security, both in classical and in cloud environments. Prior to...
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Bob Lam
CEO and Co-Founder
ShardSecure
Bob Lam is a seasoned entrepreneur in early-stage cybersecurity companies. Bob has developed a wealth of knowledge of global enterprise operations, geopolitical risk, cybersecurity, privacy and...
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Emilie van der Lande
Cyber Risk Consultant
Independent
Emilie combines expertise in Digital Identity, Data Privacy, and Cyber Strategy, offering a multifaceted perspective at the crossroads of technology, law, and business. Emilie is equipped with a...
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Peter Lassig
Group CISO & Divisional Board Member - Cyber Risk & Information Security
Commerzbank AG
Peter has been working as Group CISO & Divisional Board Member - Cyber Risk & Information Security since January 2023 and is responsible for the Group-wide management of cyber and...
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Prof. Dr. Paul Lukowicz
Scientific Director
German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence, DFKI GmbH
Prof. Dr. Paul Lukowicz is Full Professor of AI at the RPTU in Kaiserslautern, Germany and at the same time is Scientific Director at DFKI Kaiserslautern, where he heads the Embedded...
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Apostolos Malatras
Team Leader, Knowledge and Information Team
ENISA
Dr Apostolos Malatras is the Team Leader for Knowledge and Information Team at the EU Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) where he is in charge of emerging technologies cybersecurity, threat...
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Dr. Beverly McCann
Director of Analysis
Darktrace
Beverly is Director of Analysis at Darktrace. She works closely with strategic clients to investigate and respond to sophisticated and emerging cyber threats. She also works closely with...
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Navroop Mitter
CEO
ArmorText
Navroop Mitter is the CEO and founder of ArmorText. Before founding ArmorText, Navroop was a senior manager at Accenture’s North American Security Practice, specializing in governance, risk,...
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Jorge Monteiro
CEO
Ethiack
A space engineer and entrepreneur on a mission to secure technology through ethical hacking. He is a the CEO and Co-founder of Ethiack, an autonomous ethical hacking platform for vulnerability...
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Heinz Mäurer
Security Sales Specialist
HP Inc. Wolf Security
Based in Kevelaer, Germany, close to the HP Ratingen Office Heinz has 33 years of sales experience across different markets and roles. 12 years in the security sector working for some of the top...
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Mike Neuenschwander
VP KuppingerCole US and Global Head of Research Strategy
KuppingerCole Analysts AG
Mike has 25 years of experience in identity, access management, privacy, and security technologies, stemming from his time at Novell (now OpenText) where he introduced some of the first identity...
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Ron Nissim
CEO and Co-Founder
Entitle
Ron Nissim is the CEO and Co-founder of Entitle. Prior to founding Entitle, Nissim served in 8200, the elite intelligence unit of the Israeli Defense Forces. Nissim is an entrepreneur in spirit...
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Martin Nolte
Deputy Head of the Cybercrime Division
Bundeskriminalamt Deutschland
Martin Nolte is a seasoned law enforcement professional with over 30 years of experience. He currently serves as the Deputy Head of the Cybercrime Division at the Bundeskriminalamt, the Federal...
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Joe O’Donnell
GM OT/IOT-SVP Corporate Development
Cyolo
Joe has held senior management positions over his plus 30 years in cyber security. He has built programs, teams, and lines of business at many market leaders such as Cisco Systems, Nortel,...
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Alexander Peters
Senior SE Manager DACH
Mimecast Germany GmbH
Alexander Peters joined Mimecast in April 2021 as Sr. Manager of the Sales Engineers Team responsible for the DACH region with a focus on enterprise customers. Previously, he was responsible for...
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Asdrúbal Pichardo
CEO
Squalify
Asdrúbal is a senior technology executive with a broad and unique combination of experience in growing solutions, business units, markets and revenues. He’s currently the CEO of...
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Adam Preis
Director Solution Marketing
ForgeRock
Adam leads solution marketing at ForgeRock across the EMEA and ASEAN and has over 5 years experience with digital identity, and over 12 years experience of driving various digital transformation...
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Christie Pugh
Product Manager
KuppingerCole Analysts AG
Christie joined KuppingerCole in December 2022 as the Digital Products Manager. She is passionate about setting her colleagues, partners, and customers up for success by providing them with the...
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Stefan Rabben
Sales Director DACH
WALLIX GmbH
Stefan Rabben is Area Sales Director DACH & Eastern Europe at the WALLIX Group. The graduate information technology engineer previously spent more than seven years at Quest and Dell in various...
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Matthias Reinwarth
Head of Advisory
KuppingerCole
Matthias is Head of Advisory and oversees and leads the KuppingerCole advisory team. Additionally he acts as lead advisor in various customer projects. As head of the IAM practice, Matthias...
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Femi Reis
CEO / Head of Research & Implementation
Basileia Innovative Solutions (BIS Africa)
Femi Reis is a cloud security administrator and cybersecurity researcher with over a decade experience in implementing early adoption of business technologies in small and medium enterprises in...
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Justin Richer
Independent Consultant, Founder
Bespoke Engineering, LLC
Justin Richer is a security architect, software engineer, standards editor, and systems designer with over two decades of industry experience. He is the lead author of OAuth2 In Action and...
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Manfred Rieck
VP Individual Solution Development
Deutsche Bahn AG
In 2019, Manfred Rieck set the course for Deutsche Bahn on quantum by founding a research group for quantum technologies. The group concentrates on the industrial usage of quantum computers for...
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Sebastian Rohr
CTO
umbrella.associates GmbH
While Sebastian has been known as author of multiple articles, reviews and essays on all kinds of Identity and Security topics, he has more recently made a name for himself as being the...
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Clar Rosso
CEO
ISC2
Clar Rosso, Certified in Cybersecurity, has more than two decades of experience helping global professional associations and certifying bodies grow and strengthen member value. As CEO of ISC2, she...
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Anthony Scarfe
Director, Information Security and Deputy CISO
Elastic
Anthony is the Director of Information Security Assurance and Deputy CISO at Elastic, where he leads a globally distributed team within the CISO organization.Before joining Elastic, Anthony worked...
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Dominik Schaefer
Principal (Bundesbankdirektor)
Deutsche Bundesbank
Dominik works in the banking and financial supervision at Deutsche Bundesbank since 2019. As a senior IT expert with a focus on ICT/cyber risks, he is involved in the development of audit...
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Sonja Schimanski
Divisional Head Cyber Risk & NFR
Commerzbank AG
Sonja Schimanski is Divisional Head Cyber Risk & NFR at Commerzbank AG. She is responsible for steering Operational Risks in close connection with the Internal Control System Framework together...
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Prof. Dr. Sebastian Schlesinger
Professor of (Business) Computer Science (Infrastructure and Security)
Berlin School of Economics and Law (University of Applied Sciences)
Prof. Dr. Sebastian Schlesinger is a distinguished academic and tech professional with a remarkable career trajectory. Since 2022, he serves as a Professor of Business Computer Science,...
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Hauke Schlüter
Managing Director
House of Digital Transformation (HoDT)
Hauke Schlüter currently serves as the Managing Director of the House of Digital Transformation (HoDT) located in Darmstadt. He completed his studies in Business Informatics at the Karlsruhe...
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Matthias Schmauch
Regional Sales Manager
Vectra AI
Matthias Schmauch oversees sales for enterprise clients in southern Germany Vectra AI. Prior to his current role, this computer science graduate held similar positions at Varonis, Nexthink, and...
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Dr. Ralf Schneider
Group CIO
Allianz SE
In the past 28 years with Allianz Ralf has had several executive and leadership positions. Just until recently Ralf was Allianz Group CIO over the past 13 years. Since October this year...
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Jörg Cornelius Schneider
Global Enterprise Engineer CSO CTO Crypto Architecture
Deutsche Bank AG
Jörg works in Deutsche Bank’s Chief Security Office where he is responsible for the Cryptography Architecture of the firm. In his 20+ years in Deutsche Bank he has had multiple Cyber...
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Michael Schrank
Group CISO
Iconic global sports brand
Michael Schrank is a passionate, tech-savvy & major incident proven CISO. He was born 1985, loved computers since he was a kid and therefore later studied Computer Science at the University of...
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Stephan Schulz
Senior Solution Engineer
F5
Stephan Schulz has served as a Senior Solutions Engineer specializing in Security at F5 Networks for a decade. In this capacity, he offers technical guidance to both end customers and reseller...
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Jürgen Schulze
Author - Information Security
Jürgen Schulze has been working in IT since 1984, from 2001 onward primarily in the field of information security. During this time, he has also been involved in the use of artificial language...
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Christopher Schütze
Cybersecurity Practice Director & CISO
KuppingerCole
Christopher Schütze has been working as Director Practice Cyber Security and Lead Analyst for KuppingerCole Analysts AG since 2019. Prior to that, he was Head of Cloud Security at an auditing...
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Martin Sckopke
Director IT-Security Architecture
Lufthansa German Airlines
As the lead IT-Security Architect at Lufthansa Group, Martin advises the CISO and all group ISOs on the IT-architecture of all security systems. Furthermore he and his team support major IT...
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John Erik Setsaas
Identity Expert
With over 25 years’ experience in digital identity, John Erik Setsaas is a pioneer in this space. He is a prolific speaker at fintech industry events around the world including Money20/20...
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Patrick Shirazi
Enterprise Security Architect
Swedbank
Patrick is an accomplished Security Advisor at Swedbank, where he spearheads the design of cutting-edge solutions in Cybersecurity, and enabling the organization with developing guidelines and...
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Konstantin Shvetsov
Head of Information Security
Osome NL B.V
I am an adept information security professional with over 15 years of experience spanning diverse sectors such as financial institutions and international government-level endeavors. My unwavering...
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Drs. Jacoba C. Sieders
Consultant, Strategic Digital Identity
Independent
Jacoba is a digital identity expert, eager to make digital life better and a lot more secure than it is today. Keynote speaker at international IAM congresses and teacher of masterclasses. ...
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Mike Small
Senior Analyst
KuppingerCole
Mike Small is the retired director of security management strategy of CA, where he was responsible for the technical strategy for CA’s security management software product line within Europe,...
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Mario Spuler
Member of the Board
Echtzeit - Digitale Kultur
Starting with CGI and Animation, Mario always had an interest in the overlap of technology and art - including its impact on emotions and sentiments. After studying film in Zurich he went on...
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Dr. Komitas Stepanyan
IT & Cybersecurity Director
Central Bank of Armenia
Komitas Stepanyan is a certified professional with 23+ years of experience in IT/Cybersecurity Governance, Risk Management, Business Continuity Management and Internal/IT Audit. Currently he is...
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Frank Stiegler
Legal advisor, organizer
Digitale Kultur e. V.
Frank is an IT lawyer by profession and demoscene organizer and computer musician by hobby, both with more than 20 years of experience. Frank supports demoscene endeavours in legal matters wherever...
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Michiel Stoop
Domain lead /Director Identity & Access Management
Philips
Michiel Stoop is since 2015 Director Identity and Access management in Philips Group Security – Information Security and has over 10 years’ experience in the domain Identity and Access...
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John Tolbert
Lead Analyst
KuppingerCole
Background: John Tolbert is a Lead Analyst and Managing Director of KuppingerCole, Inc (US). As Lead Analyst, John covers a number of different research areas, outlined below. John also advises...
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Kennedy Torkura
CTO/Co-Founder
Mitigant
Kennedy is the CTO/Co-Founder at Mitigant, an innovative cloud security startup based in Germany. Kennedy has spent over 11 years in cybersecurity and is passionate about exploring the intersection...
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Thomas Tschersich
CSO
Deutsche Telekom
Thomas Tschersich, Diploma in engineering (University of Applied Sciences), is Chief Security Officer (CSO) of Deutsche Telekom AG. In this function, he is responsible for cyber security as well as...
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Arne Vodegel
Threat Intelligence Senior Advisor
Cyber Samurai GmbH
Arne Vodegel, advises customers in the DACH region as Threat Intelligence Senior Advisor. He has extensive and multi-year experience from various positions as product and sales manager at IAM and...
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Hinrich Völcker
CSO
Deutsche Börse
Hinrich Völcker acts as Chief Security Officer (CSO) for Deutsche Börse Group (DBG), fostering the accountability Information as well as Physical Security globally. His role covers all...
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Ashley Ward
Principal Technical Evangelist
Orca Security
Ashley Ward is Orca’s Principal Technical Evangelist for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. A former Group CTO for a public €4.5b cybersecurity company he knows how to implement...
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Matthew B. Welling
Partner, Crowell & Moring Privacy and Cybersecurity Group
Crowell & Moring
Matthew B. Welling is a partner in Crowell & Moring’s Washington, D.C. office, where he practices in the firm’s Privacy and Cybersecurity and Energy groups. Matthew has a deep technical...
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Pieter Wigleven
Director of Customer Engineering, EMEA
Zero Networks
Pieter joined Zero Networks in early 2023 after being with Microsoft for 15 years. Previously, Pieter held various roles in services, marketing, engineering, and sales with one common theme:...
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Jens Wonneberger
CISO
MANN+HUMMEL
Jens Wonneberger is a proud father, engineer, computer scientist, reserve captain and IT-GRC expert. In addition to MANN+HUMMEL and the German Federal Armed Forces, his resume includes companies...
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Stefan Würtemberger
Executive Vice President Information Technology
Marabu Inks
Stefan Würtemberger is employed at Marabu GmbH & Co. KG, where he is Vice President Information Technology and responsible for Global IT. Previously, he was Chief Digital Officer and CIO...
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Dr. Miles Yu
Senior Fellow and Director, China Center
Hudson Institute
Miles Yu is a senior fellow and director of the China Center at Hudson Institute. He is also a professor of East Asia and military and naval history at the United States Naval Academy in...
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Sounil Yu
CTO
Knostic
Sounil Yu is the author and creator of the Cyber Defense Matrix and the DIE Triad, which are reshaping approaches to cybersecurity. He’s a Board Member of the FAIR Institute; is a visiting fellow...
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Yevhen Zhurer
Head of Business Development
Ekran System
Yevhen Zhurer is the Head of Business Development at Ekran System, a user activity monitoring and insider threat detection software company. He is based in Wuppertal, Germany. Yevhen has over 10...
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Bernd Achatz
Senior Director, Solutions Engineering CEE
F5
Bernd Achatz has held the position of Technical Director at F5 Networks for the Germany, Austria, and Switzerland (DACH) region since November 2014. In this capacity, he assumes responsibility for...
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Sray Agarwal
Senior Director
Fractal AI
Sray Agarwal has applied AI and analytics from Financial Services to Hospitality and has led the development of Responsible AI framework for multiple banks in the UK and the US. after completing...
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Alasdair Anderson
VP
Protegrity
Alasdair Anderson has spent over 20 years working with data technology. Alasdair has spent much of his career in Financial Services with the likes of HSBC, Nordea, ABN AMRO, JP...
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Andy Aplin
VP, Solutions Engineering EMEA & LATAM
Netskope
Andy leads the Solutions Engineering team at Netskope, he was the first person in Europe when Netskope first started in the region in 2014, he has led the technical team’s evolution and acted...
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Dr.-Ing. Steven Arzt
Head of Secure Software Engineering department
The Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology (SIT)
Dr. Steven Arzt leads the Secure Software Engineering department at the Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology (SIT) in Darmstadt. He also oversees the software security research...
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Warwick Ashford
Senior Analyst
KuppingerCole
Warwick Ashford is a Senior Analyst who researches cybersecurity and identity-related topics, including emerging technologies and trends. He has been writing IT news and analysis as a journalist...
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Abhinav Bajaj
IAM Lead
Delivery Hero SE
Abhinav has over a decade experience in conceptualising, designing, implementing & managing IAM solutions across industry verticals. AB has been working with Delivery Hero for the last 5...
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Alexei Balaganski
Lead Analyst & CTO
KuppingerCole
Alexei is an analyst with specific focus on cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence. At KuppingerCole, he covers a broad range of security-related topics: from database, application and API...
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Fabian Bauer
Lawyer
SKW Schwarz
Fabian Bauer is a lawyer at SKW Schwarz in the IT & Digital Business department. He advises companies of all sizes on all IT and data protection law issues and assists them with all legal...
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Peter Beuth
Minister of the Interior and Sports
Hessian Ministry of the Interior and Sports
Peter Beuth, born in Cologne in 1967, has been Hesse’s Minister of the Interior and Sports since January 2014. A member of the Hessian state parliament since 1999 and lawyer by training, he...
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Jonathan Blanchard Smith
Director and Fellow
SAMI Consulting
Jonathan is a Fellow and Director of SAMI Consulting, where he heads the Government consulting business. Jonathan is leading the GO-Science Futures Toolkit refresh project. He led SAMI’s work...
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Christian Borst
CTO, EMEA
Vectra AI
Christian Borst, EMEA CTO at Vectra AI has more than 15 years of experience in IT and Cyber Security. Before joining Vectra AI in 2022 he built and executed the global cyber security strategy for...
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Kai Boschert
Senior Advisor
KuppingerCole
Kai Boschert joined KuppingerCole Analysts AG as Advisor in September 2021. Background & Education: Kai is holding a master’s degree in management and technology with focus on...
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Robin Brandenbusch
Director
Stephens
Robin Brandenbusch is a Director in Investment Banking at Stephens with a focus on software/technology. Prior to joining Stephens, Robin was in the M&A, Corporate and Leveraged Finance team at...
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Alexander Bünning
Regional Director DACH
AppOmni
Alexander is the Regional Director for DACH at AppOmni and has 20 years of experience in the IT security industry. He always strives to have a deep understanding of the ever-evolving IT security...
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Stijn Vande Casteele
Founder
Sweepatic, an Outpost24 company
Cyber Personality of the year 2021 finalist. Stijn holds several industry certifications and obtained a Masters degree in Information Security from Royal Holloway, University of...
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Pascal Cronauer
Head of EMEA
ShardSecure
Pascal has worked in the cybersecurity industry for over +20 years, both in technical & commercial roles with numerous years focusing on security operations in particular SIEM. Pascal has...
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Dr. Scott David, LL.M.
Executive Director - Information Risk and Synthetic Intelligence Research Initiative
University of Washington - APL
Scott David, J.D., LL.M., is the Executive Director - Information Risk and Synthetic Intelligence Research Initiative (IRSIRI) at the University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory and was...
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Mohamad Easawy
Head of IT Excellence, Independent Advisor
Dubai Customs
Mohamad is a visionary with more than 28 years of experience in the technology, leadership, strategy and digital transformation domains. He achieved diverse successes in key industry...
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Tilman Epha
Sales Director
XM Cyber
Tilman Epha is Sales Director for Germany, Austria and Switzerland at XM Cyber, based in Munich. Tilman Epha has been working in the IT industry for more than 23 years. After studying economics in...
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Sergej Epp
Chief Security Officer EMEA Central
Palo Alto Networks
Sergej Epp is tech-savvy Chief Security Officer at Palo Alto Networks in EMEA Central. In this role, he develops cybersecurity strategy, overseeing cybersecurity operations and threat intelligence...
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Dr. Meisam Eslahi
Executive Director – Cybersecurity
EC-Council Global Services
Dr Meisam is a technical cybersecurity practitioner with solid expertise in providing strategies and technical directions, building new service/business lines, diverse teams, and capabilities. He...
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Dr. Xinxin Fan
Head of Cryptography
IoTeX
Dr. Xinxin Fan is the Head of Cryptography at IoTeX, a Silicon Valley-based technology platform that empowers the emerging machine economy with innovative combination of blockchain and IoT. He is...
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Michael Fichtner
CIO | Direktor IT & Tech
FC Bayern München
Michael Fichtner embarked on his professional journey in December 1999, assuming the role of Head of the IT Department at FC Bayern München AG. Over the years, he held various prominent...
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Carsten Fischer
Deputy Group Chief Security Officer
Deutsche Bank
Carsten is the Deputy Group Chief Security Officer and runs the Office of the CSO. In addition he is the regional Lead for Technology, Data and Innovation (TDI) for Germany. For the majority of...
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Paul Fisher
Lead Analyst
KuppingerCole
Paul Fisher is a Lead Analyst who researches primarily on cybersecurity and identity and access management (IAM). He also studies trends in AI, IoT and data governance for different industry...
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Maria Fladung
IT Security Officer
EDAG Engineering GmbH
Maria Fladung is IT Security Officer at the independent automotive service provider EDAG. After training as an IT specialist, she gained extensive professional experience as a system engineer in...
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Francisco Gaspar
Lead CyberSecurity Architect
Francisco Gaspar is an engineer by training, CyberSecurity architect by trade and a ’team player’ by nature. With a genuine passion for raising awareness, he is an influential leader and...
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Philipp von Grawert
Managing Director
Stephens
Philipp von Grawert is a Managing Director in Investment Banking at Stephens with a focus on software/technology. Prior to joining Stephens, Philipp was a member of the corporate finance team at...
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Daniel Grice
Senior Sales Engineer
Axonius
Dan Grice is a Senior Sales engineer with over 20 years experience in the IT Industry and over a decade in Cyber security. He uses his experience of traditional IT asset management and cyber...
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Gary Harbison
Global Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
Johnson & Johnson
Gary Harbison is the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Johnson & Johnson with global ownership of managing enterprise technological risks, protecting company data and information and...
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Daniel Hartert
CxO Advisor
Netskope
Former CIO of Bayer AG, Philips and Bertelsmann AG with a rich history of working across various industries (Healthcare, Medical Devices, Consumer Electronics, Media, Semiconductors) and different...
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Dr. Ing. Sibylle Hick
Head of Section Cyber Protection
Deutsche Börse
Starting 2022 she joined Deutsche Börse AG as the Head of Section Cyber Protection . 2011 Sibylle worked at German Bank as technical expert to design and develop a Data Leakage Protection...
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Klaus Hild
Principal Identity Strategist
SailPoint Technologies
Klaus Hild has been working in the field of identity and access management since the late 1990s. In various positions he has initiated many customer projects, described tasks in these projects and...
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Dr. Marc Hofmann
CSO
Nordea
Marc is the Nordea’s Group Chief Security Officer and is responsible for providing oversight on information security, cyber and physical security. He relocated to Copenhagen from London in...
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Daniel Holzinger
Founder & Managing Director / Keeper Security Partner
Colited Management Consultancy
Since mid-2011, Daniel Holzinger has been accompanying companies and organizations on their journey to new working environments. As an architect of new ways of working, he works with a...
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Marina Iantorno
Research Analyst
KuppingerCole
Marina joined KuppingerCole as a Research Analyst in April 2022. Her main areas of expertise are Business, Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence. Background & Education Marina holds a...
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Max Imbiel
Deputy Group CISO
N26 AG
Max Imbiel is considered one of Germany’s Top CISOs. He’s in the IT and Security business for nearly 20 years. He has built Security and Privacy processes, products and services throughout all...
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Florian Jörgens
Chief Information Security Officer
Vorwerk SE & Co. KG
Florian Jörgens initially developed his professional interest in information technology in 2002. Whilst working as an IT specialist for system integration at T-Systems International GmbH, in...
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Andrzej Kawalec
Head of Cybersecurity
Vodafone Business
Andrzej Kawalec is the Head of Security at Vodafone Business. Andrzej manages Vodafone Business’ global portfolio of security offerings. An inspirational and creative leader in the use of...
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Berthold Kerl
CEO
KuppingerCole
Berthold Kerl, born 1960, studied economics at the University of Nürnberg and performs as CEO of KuppingerCole since 1st July 2020. Before that he had been with Deutsche Bank AG for 17 years....
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Mary Kissel
Executive Vice President and Senior Policy Advisor
Stephens Inc.
Mary Kissel is Executive Vice President and Senior Policy Advisor at Stephens Inc., where she provides advice on geopolitical risk and macroeconomic trends to Stephens clients and the Stephens...
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Dr. Alexander Klimburg
Senior Fellow, former Head of the Center for Cybersecurity at the World Economic Forum
The Hague Center for Strategic Studies
Dr. Alexander Klimburg is an author and adviser on cybersecurity and Internet governance. Currently he is a Senior Fellow at The Hague Center for Strategic Studies (The Hague) and the...
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Gideon Knocke
Director Information Security
realworld one GmbH & Co. KG
Gideon Knocke holds the position of CISO at realworld one and is co-founder of the FAIR Chapter Germany, an organization dedicated to promoting data driven decision making. Gideon specializes in...
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Aris Koios
Technology Strategist - Central Europe
CrowdStrike
Aris Koios is a trusted leader with over 16 years of experience in the cybersecurity industry in Europe, ANZ and Asia. As a Technology Strategist for CrowdStrike, he is part of the CTO...
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Anastasiya Kornitska
Senior OT Security Specialist
AFRY
Anastasiya Kornitska is a senior cyber-physical security specialist at Afry. Previously, she was a Lead of OT/ICS Security at Orange Cyberdefense Sweden. Anastasiya has extensively worked with...
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Dr. André Kudra
Board Member
IT Security Association Germany (TeleTrusT)
On a mission for decentralized identity & bit-heat confidential cloud. Decentralization visionary. Passion for information security since turn of millennium. Business-driven yet tech-savvy...
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Martin Kuppinger
Principal Analyst
KuppingerCole
Martin Kuppinger is Founder and Principal Analyst at KuppingerCole, a leading analyst company for identity focused information security, both in classical and in cloud environments. Prior to...
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Bob Lam
CEO and Co-Founder
ShardSecure
Bob Lam is a seasoned entrepreneur in early-stage cybersecurity companies. Bob has developed a wealth of knowledge of global enterprise operations, geopolitical risk, cybersecurity, privacy and...
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Emilie van der Lande
Cyber Risk Consultant
Independent
Emilie combines expertise in Digital Identity, Data Privacy, and Cyber Strategy, offering a multifaceted perspective at the crossroads of technology, law, and business. Emilie is equipped with a...
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Peter Lassig
Group CISO & Divisional Board Member - Cyber Risk & Information Security
Commerzbank AG
Peter has been working as Group CISO & Divisional Board Member - Cyber Risk & Information Security since January 2023 and is responsible for the Group-wide management of cyber and...
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Prof. Dr. Paul Lukowicz
Scientific Director
German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence, DFKI GmbH
Prof. Dr. Paul Lukowicz is Full Professor of AI at the RPTU in Kaiserslautern, Germany and at the same time is Scientific Director at DFKI Kaiserslautern, where he heads the Embedded...
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Apostolos Malatras
Team Leader, Knowledge and Information Team
ENISA
Dr Apostolos Malatras is the Team Leader for Knowledge and Information Team at the EU Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) where he is in charge of emerging technologies cybersecurity, threat...
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Dr. Beverly McCann
Director of Analysis
Darktrace
Beverly is Director of Analysis at Darktrace. She works closely with strategic clients to investigate and respond to sophisticated and emerging cyber threats. She also works closely with...
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Navroop Mitter
CEO
ArmorText
Navroop Mitter is the CEO and founder of ArmorText. Before founding ArmorText, Navroop was a senior manager at Accenture’s North American Security Practice, specializing in governance, risk,...
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Jorge Monteiro
CEO
Ethiack
A space engineer and entrepreneur on a mission to secure technology through ethical hacking. He is a the CEO and Co-founder of Ethiack, an autonomous ethical hacking platform for vulnerability...
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Heinz Mäurer
Security Sales Specialist
HP Inc. Wolf Security
Based in Kevelaer, Germany, close to the HP Ratingen Office Heinz has 33 years of sales experience across different markets and roles. 12 years in the security sector working for some of the top...
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Mike Neuenschwander
VP KuppingerCole US and Global Head of Research Strategy
KuppingerCole Analysts AG
Mike has 25 years of experience in identity, access management, privacy, and security technologies, stemming from his time at Novell (now OpenText) where he introduced some of the first identity...
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Ron Nissim
CEO and Co-Founder
Entitle
Ron Nissim is the CEO and Co-founder of Entitle. Prior to founding Entitle, Nissim served in 8200, the elite intelligence unit of the Israeli Defense Forces. Nissim is an entrepreneur in spirit...
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Martin Nolte
Deputy Head of the Cybercrime Division
Bundeskriminalamt Deutschland
Martin Nolte is a seasoned law enforcement professional with over 30 years of experience. He currently serves as the Deputy Head of the Cybercrime Division at the Bundeskriminalamt, the Federal...
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Joe O’Donnell
GM OT/IOT-SVP Corporate Development
Cyolo
Joe has held senior management positions over his plus 30 years in cyber security. He has built programs, teams, and lines of business at many market leaders such as Cisco Systems, Nortel,...
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Alexander Peters
Senior SE Manager DACH
Mimecast Germany GmbH
Alexander Peters joined Mimecast in April 2021 as Sr. Manager of the Sales Engineers Team responsible for the DACH region with a focus on enterprise customers. Previously, he was responsible for...
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Asdrúbal Pichardo
CEO
Squalify
Asdrúbal is a senior technology executive with a broad and unique combination of experience in growing solutions, business units, markets and revenues. He’s currently the CEO of...
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Adam Preis
Director Solution Marketing
ForgeRock
Adam leads solution marketing at ForgeRock across the EMEA and ASEAN and has over 5 years experience with digital identity, and over 12 years experience of driving various digital transformation...
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Christie Pugh
Product Manager
KuppingerCole Analysts AG
Christie joined KuppingerCole in December 2022 as the Digital Products Manager. She is passionate about setting her colleagues, partners, and customers up for success by providing them with the...
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Stefan Rabben
Sales Director DACH
WALLIX GmbH
Stefan Rabben is Area Sales Director DACH & Eastern Europe at the WALLIX Group. The graduate information technology engineer previously spent more than seven years at Quest and Dell in various...
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Matthias Reinwarth
Head of Advisory
KuppingerCole
Matthias is Head of Advisory and oversees and leads the KuppingerCole advisory team. Additionally he acts as lead advisor in various customer projects. As head of the IAM practice, Matthias...
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Femi Reis
CEO / Head of Research & Implementation
Basileia Innovative Solutions (BIS Africa)
Femi Reis is a cloud security administrator and cybersecurity researcher with over a decade experience in implementing early adoption of business technologies in small and medium enterprises in...
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Justin Richer
Independent Consultant, Founder
Bespoke Engineering, LLC
Justin Richer is a security architect, software engineer, standards editor, and systems designer with over two decades of industry experience. He is the lead author of OAuth2 In Action and...
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Manfred Rieck
VP Individual Solution Development
Deutsche Bahn AG
In 2019, Manfred Rieck set the course for Deutsche Bahn on quantum by founding a research group for quantum technologies. The group concentrates on the industrial usage of quantum computers for...
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Sebastian Rohr
CTO
umbrella.associates GmbH
While Sebastian has been known as author of multiple articles, reviews and essays on all kinds of Identity and Security topics, he has more recently made a name for himself as being the...
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Clar Rosso
CEO
ISC2
Clar Rosso, Certified in Cybersecurity, has more than two decades of experience helping global professional associations and certifying bodies grow and strengthen member value. As CEO of ISC2, she...
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Anthony Scarfe
Director, Information Security and Deputy CISO
Elastic
Anthony is the Director of Information Security Assurance and Deputy CISO at Elastic, where he leads a globally distributed team within the CISO organization.Before joining Elastic, Anthony worked...
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Dominik Schaefer
Principal (Bundesbankdirektor)
Deutsche Bundesbank
Dominik works in the banking and financial supervision at Deutsche Bundesbank since 2019. As a senior IT expert with a focus on ICT/cyber risks, he is involved in the development of audit...
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Sonja Schimanski
Divisional Head Cyber Risk & NFR
Commerzbank AG
Sonja Schimanski is Divisional Head Cyber Risk & NFR at Commerzbank AG. She is responsible for steering Operational Risks in close connection with the Internal Control System Framework together...
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Prof. Dr. Sebastian Schlesinger
Professor of (Business) Computer Science (Infrastructure and Security)
Berlin School of Economics and Law (University of Applied Sciences)
Prof. Dr. Sebastian Schlesinger is a distinguished academic and tech professional with a remarkable career trajectory. Since 2022, he serves as a Professor of Business Computer Science,...
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Hauke Schlüter
Managing Director
House of Digital Transformation (HoDT)
Hauke Schlüter currently serves as the Managing Director of the House of Digital Transformation (HoDT) located in Darmstadt. He completed his studies in Business Informatics at the Karlsruhe...
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Matthias Schmauch
Regional Sales Manager
Vectra AI
Matthias Schmauch oversees sales for enterprise clients in southern Germany Vectra AI. Prior to his current role, this computer science graduate held similar positions at Varonis, Nexthink, and...
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Dr. Ralf Schneider
Group CIO
Allianz SE
In the past 28 years with Allianz Ralf has had several executive and leadership positions. Just until recently Ralf was Allianz Group CIO over the past 13 years. Since October this year...
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Jörg Cornelius Schneider
Global Enterprise Engineer CSO CTO Crypto Architecture
Deutsche Bank AG
Jörg works in Deutsche Bank’s Chief Security Office where he is responsible for the Cryptography Architecture of the firm. In his 20+ years in Deutsche Bank he has had multiple Cyber...
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Michael Schrank
Group CISO
Iconic global sports brand
Michael Schrank is a passionate, tech-savvy & major incident proven CISO. He was born 1985, loved computers since he was a kid and therefore later studied Computer Science at the University of...
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Stephan Schulz
Senior Solution Engineer
F5
Stephan Schulz has served as a Senior Solutions Engineer specializing in Security at F5 Networks for a decade. In this capacity, he offers technical guidance to both end customers and reseller...
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Jürgen Schulze
Author - Information Security
Jürgen Schulze has been working in IT since 1984, from 2001 onward primarily in the field of information security. During this time, he has also been involved in the use of artificial language...
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Christopher Schütze
Cybersecurity Practice Director & CISO
KuppingerCole
Christopher Schütze has been working as Director Practice Cyber Security and Lead Analyst for KuppingerCole Analysts AG since 2019. Prior to that, he was Head of Cloud Security at an auditing...
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Martin Sckopke
Director IT-Security Architecture
Lufthansa German Airlines
As the lead IT-Security Architect at Lufthansa Group, Martin advises the CISO and all group ISOs on the IT-architecture of all security systems. Furthermore he and his team support major IT...
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John Erik Setsaas
Identity Expert
With over 25 years’ experience in digital identity, John Erik Setsaas is a pioneer in this space. He is a prolific speaker at fintech industry events around the world including Money20/20...
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Patrick Shirazi
Enterprise Security Architect
Swedbank
Patrick is an accomplished Security Advisor at Swedbank, where he spearheads the design of cutting-edge solutions in Cybersecurity, and enabling the organization with developing guidelines and...
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Konstantin Shvetsov
Head of Information Security
Osome NL B.V
I am an adept information security professional with over 15 years of experience spanning diverse sectors such as financial institutions and international government-level endeavors. My unwavering...
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Drs. Jacoba C. Sieders
Consultant, Strategic Digital Identity
Independent
Jacoba is a digital identity expert, eager to make digital life better and a lot more secure than it is today. Keynote speaker at international IAM congresses and teacher of masterclasses. ...
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Mike Small
Senior Analyst
KuppingerCole
Mike Small is the retired director of security management strategy of CA, where he was responsible for the technical strategy for CA’s security management software product line within Europe,...
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Mario Spuler
Member of the Board
Echtzeit - Digitale Kultur
Starting with CGI and Animation, Mario always had an interest in the overlap of technology and art - including its impact on emotions and sentiments. After studying film in Zurich he went on...
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Dr. Komitas Stepanyan
IT & Cybersecurity Director
Central Bank of Armenia
Komitas Stepanyan is a certified professional with 23+ years of experience in IT/Cybersecurity Governance, Risk Management, Business Continuity Management and Internal/IT Audit. Currently he is...
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Frank Stiegler
Legal advisor, organizer
Digitale Kultur e. V.
Frank is an IT lawyer by profession and demoscene organizer and computer musician by hobby, both with more than 20 years of experience. Frank supports demoscene endeavours in legal matters wherever...
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Michiel Stoop
Domain lead /Director Identity & Access Management
Philips
Michiel Stoop is since 2015 Director Identity and Access management in Philips Group Security – Information Security and has over 10 years’ experience in the domain Identity and Access...
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John Tolbert
Lead Analyst
KuppingerCole
Background: John Tolbert is a Lead Analyst and Managing Director of KuppingerCole, Inc (US). As Lead Analyst, John covers a number of different research areas, outlined below. John also advises...
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Kennedy Torkura
CTO/Co-Founder
Mitigant
Kennedy is the CTO/Co-Founder at Mitigant, an innovative cloud security startup based in Germany. Kennedy has spent over 11 years in cybersecurity and is passionate about exploring the intersection...
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Thomas Tschersich
CSO
Deutsche Telekom
Thomas Tschersich, Diploma in engineering (University of Applied Sciences), is Chief Security Officer (CSO) of Deutsche Telekom AG. In this function, he is responsible for cyber security as well as...
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Arne Vodegel
Threat Intelligence Senior Advisor
Cyber Samurai GmbH
Arne Vodegel, advises customers in the DACH region as Threat Intelligence Senior Advisor. He has extensive and multi-year experience from various positions as product and sales manager at IAM and...
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Hinrich Völcker
CSO
Deutsche Börse
Hinrich Völcker acts as Chief Security Officer (CSO) for Deutsche Börse Group (DBG), fostering the accountability Information as well as Physical Security globally. His role covers all...
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Ashley Ward
Principal Technical Evangelist
Orca Security
Ashley Ward is Orca’s Principal Technical Evangelist for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. A former Group CTO for a public €4.5b cybersecurity company he knows how to implement...
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Matthew B. Welling
Partner, Crowell & Moring Privacy and Cybersecurity Group
Crowell & Moring
Matthew B. Welling is a partner in Crowell & Moring’s Washington, D.C. office, where he practices in the firm’s Privacy and Cybersecurity and Energy groups. Matthew has a deep technical...
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Pieter Wigleven
Director of Customer Engineering, EMEA
Zero Networks
Pieter joined Zero Networks in early 2023 after being with Microsoft for 15 years. Previously, Pieter held various roles in services, marketing, engineering, and sales with one common theme:...
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Jens Wonneberger
CISO
MANN+HUMMEL
Jens Wonneberger is a proud father, engineer, computer scientist, reserve captain and IT-GRC expert. In addition to MANN+HUMMEL and the German Federal Armed Forces, his resume includes companies...
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Stefan Würtemberger
Executive Vice President Information Technology
Marabu Inks
Stefan Würtemberger is employed at Marabu GmbH & Co. KG, where he is Vice President Information Technology and responsible for Global IT. Previously, he was Chief Digital Officer and CIO...
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Dr. Miles Yu
Senior Fellow and Director, China Center
Hudson Institute
Miles Yu is a senior fellow and director of the China Center at Hudson Institute. He is also a professor of East Asia and military and naval history at the United States Naval Academy in...
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Sounil Yu
CTO
Knostic
Sounil Yu is the author and creator of the Cyber Defense Matrix and the DIE Triad, which are reshaping approaches to cybersecurity. He’s a Board Member of the FAIR Institute; is a visiting fellow...
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Yevhen Zhurer
Head of Business Development
Ekran System
Yevhen Zhurer is the Head of Business Development at Ekran System, a user activity monitoring and insider threat detection software company. He is based in Wuppertal, Germany. Yevhen has over 10...
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