Norbert Pohlmann

Background

About Norbert Pohlmann

Expert and active research in cyber security Since 09.2003: Professor in the computer science department for cyber security Since 01.2005: Director of the Institute for Internet Security – if(is) at the Westphalian University of Applied Sciences in Gelsenkirchen, Germany Additional engagements / functions in the area of cyber security / digitization Chairman of the board: IT Security Association - TeleTrusT Member of the board: Internet Industry Association - eco Member of the board: EuroCloud-Germany Association (Cloud Computing Industry) Member of the Academic Council: Association for Data Protection and Data Security - GDD Member of the steering committee: IT Security in Business (Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology – BMWi) Member of the Advisory Group: European Union Agency for Cybersecurity, ENISA Member of the Weisenrat for Cyber Security: Expert Council for Politics 15 years successful entrepreneur in IT security Founder and Managing Director of KryptoKom (Startup as a spin-off from the university) Member of the Management Board of Utimaco Safeware (listed on stock exchange) Visiting professorships Summer semester 2013: Visiting professor at Stanford University in the Computer Science department, USA, Silicon Valley Winter semester 2008: Visiting professor at the Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, USA Education Studied Electrical engineering with a focus on computer science in Aachen Doctorate on the subject of "Possibilities and limits of firewall systems". https://norbert-pohlmann.com/category/lebenslauf/ Investment, promotion and support in startups / IT security companies Managing Director of p-venture GmbH. Support in founding and developing startups in the field of cyber security. https://p-venture.com/ Investor and member of the decision-making board of the eCAPITAL Cybersecurity Fund Appreciation / Visibility Elected Professor of the Year in 2011 in the “Engineering / Computer Science” category City of Aachen Prize for innovation and technology for scientific and entrepreneurial achievements (1997) As an expert in the field of Blockchain, AI, IoT, Cloud etc. and assessment of the risk situation, attacks and cyber security mechanisms he is frequently featured in media. For example: Tagesschau, Tagesthemen, Heute, Aktuelle Stunde. Reports in ARD, ZDF, WDR. Magazines like Die Zeit, FAZ. More than 420 articles More than 380 public lectures More than 7 specialist books Publisher of more than 20 specialist books https://norbert-pohlmann.com/