Stefan Hausotte

Head of Threat Intelligence

Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

About

As the Head of the Department for Threat Intelligence & Infrastructure at G DATA CyberDefense AG, I lead a dedicated team of over 60 engineers. Our mission is to construct robust cloud security services that effectively detect and mitigate malware and other digital threats. We are committed to enhancing infrastructure and cloud security services, contributing to open source projects, and conducting research to foster a safer digital environment. Previously, I served as an Associate Professor for IT-Security at the Technical University of Dortmund, one of the largest Computer Science universities. My commitment to education was recognized in 2019 when I was awarded the prize for the best Computer Science lecture. Currently, I continue to educate future IT professionals as an IT-Security lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences in Bochum. In addition to my academic and professional roles, I am a frequent speaker at conferences, an author of open-source projects, and a blogger. I welcome you to explore the links below to learn more about my work. I am open to intriguing job offers and look forward to potential collaborations. Please feel free to reach out to me.

Experience

  • Head of Threat Intelligence & Infrastructure at G DATA CyberDefense
    May 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 2 mos

    I'm the department head for Threat Intelligence & Infrastructure at G DATA CyberDefense AG, where my teams build cloud security services to detect and prevent malware and other digital threat. With over 60 engineers in the department, we work on improving infrastructure and cloud security services, contribute to open source projects and research to build a safer digital world.

  • Associate Professor at Hochschule Bochum - Bochum University of Applied Sciences
    Apr 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 3 mos

    University lecture about IT-Security with fundamentals in cryptography, operating system security and web security.

  • Book Reviewer at Packt
    Dec 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 7 mos

    Review books about Threat-Intelligence and IT-Security for one of the biggest tech. publishers in the world.

  • CEO Bitfalter at Bitfalter
    Jan 2021 - Feb 2024 · 3 yrs 2 mos

    CEO and founder of Bitfalter, a company focused on Rust tooling and cloud solutions.

  • Associate Professor at TU Dortmund University
    Oct 2017 - Oct 2023 · 6 yrs 1 mo

    University lecturer for IT-Security with a weekly lecture about the fundamentals of security in computer science reaching from cryptography, malware analysis to secure system design. Best lecture voted by students of the CS department in 2019.