Christopher Schütze

Roles & Responsibilities at KuppingerCole

Christopher is the Chief Information Security Officer and Director Practice Cybersecurity at KuppingerCole. He is responsible for internal information security. In his role as Director Practice Cybersecurity he aims to expand KuppingerCole's expertise in cybersecurity and to further develop exciting topics for advisory, research, and events.

Background & Education

He graduated at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and holds a master's degree in computer science with a focus on software engineering and telematics. He also has many years of experience in infrastructure and cloud technologies and is certified in PRINCE2 Agile.

Areas of coverage

• Authentication and Authorization
• Cybersecurity
• Privileged Access Management
• Cloud Technology
• IAM/IAG Guidelines, Processes, Organization

Professional experience

Christopher was Head of Cloud Security at an auditing company and working at two integrators for identity and access management. He has provided clients with technical and strategic support in a wide variety of projects. He specializes in security topics in networked environments with in-depth technological and process-related considerations.

With almost 15 years of experience in IAM and Cybersecurity, Christopher is experienced in advising clients on a strategic level with necessary technological background. He holds a Master's degree in Computer Science from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and combines both theoretical background and technical expertise. Christopher is an experienced speaker and moderator at KuppingerCole and other events.