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ARNE SCHÖNBOHM
Germany’s national cyber security agency is set to lead a campaign to make certifi cation key to the country’s next-gen defensive strategy.
ARNE SCHÖNBOHM IS PRESIDENT OF GERMANY’S NATIONAL CYBER security authority, the Federal Offi ce for Information Security (Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik (known as the BSI for short). The agency upholds and promotes IT security throughout the federal republic. Formed in 1991, the BSI is primarily the
central IT security service provider for the country’s central government. However, it also off ers its services to technology manufacturers, the internet industry, along with private and commercial users. The BSI investigates cyber security risks associated with IT operations, and develops preventive security measures. This aspect of its work includes IT security testing and assessment, in co-operation with industry. This year (2019) has also seen the BSI President drawn into in the public debate over whether telecoms equipment from Chinese vendor Huawei should be
BIOGRAPHY ARNE SCHÖNBOHM
Arne Schönbohm has been the BSI president since 2016. Formerly, he was CEO of BSS BuCET Shared Services AG, which advised on digitalisation, cyber security & data protection.
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permitted to form part of Germany’s national 5G network as it builds-out. Arne Schönbohm leads a BSI team of more than 600 employees, based across the agency’s various Bonn headquarters, where its specialist departments also issue a range of technical guidelines, standards and certifi cations. The BSI is also a co-author of the new Digital Barometer, a ‘citizen survey’ of cyber crime in Germany.
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CSE: From your previous experience as a senior business executive, what has proved most valuable in your current role as President of the BSI? ARNE SCHÖNBOHM: The BSI president needs to be an advocate in the matter of cyber security. The BSI has established an intensive dialogue with all relevant
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