Our trainers are high-level practitioners and security experts from Fraunhofer SIT, one of Germany’s leading research Institutes, and the affiliated National Research Center for Applied Cybersecurity ATHENE. You will benefit from their deep insights and expertise as all our trainers conduct research in the area of applied cybersecurity defense and offense.
Additionally, our trainer team is familiar with the tasks of the SOC center which is operated the Fraunhofer Society and its over 70 Institutes. This gives you the insights from practitioners who focus on delivering the highest security measures.
Carsten Schmidt is a studied mathematician. As a PhD student in the research training group 2050 of the DRG (Privacy and Trust for Mobile Users), he takes a closer look at core infrastructures and protocols that are widely deployed in the internet, aiming to secure them cryptographically.
Furthermore, Carsten is involved in teaching at the TU Darmstadt and organized some courses for students.
Thomas Dexheimer is Certified TeleTrust Information Professional. After studying computer science with a focus on cryptography and communication networks, he specialized as a researcher at the Fraunhofer Institute SIT in the areas of smart devices and embedded security, conducting numerous security analyses of hardware and software systems. Most recently, he held numerous seminars and workshops on IT security topics related to Industry 4.0 for the Mittelstand 4.0 Competence Center Darmstadt.
Fraunhofer SIT also runs three hacking groups that regularly publish vulnerabilities and advisories on the world leading conferences like Black Hat or Defcon. Additionally, the Institute possesses expertise in software analysis, mobile security, cryptography and IT Forensics.
