The computer scientist with a doctorate and habilitation is head of the chair for "Security in Computer Science" at the Technical University of Munich and head of the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied and Integrated Security (AISEC) in Garching/Munich. Among others, she is a member of the board of directors of Bundesdruckerei, Trumpf GmbH and BWI GmbH.

As a member of important scientific and industrial committees, she advises companies, trade associations and government authorities at national and international level on the development of research strategies and the implementation of security concepts.

Her work has been honoured with awards such as "Germany’s Digital Minds" from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research as well as the Bavarian Order of Merit in 2021.

"As an internationally renowned and excellently connected cyber security expert, Prof. Dr. Eckert will be able to play a key role in shaping the Group’s further development into one of Europe’s leading cyber security companies", says Jürgen Rottler, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Swiss IT Security Group.

"Information security is a major challenge for organisations of all kinds, which they often cannot manage on their own. From my point of view, the Swiss IT Security Group fills this gap with a broad range of solutions and services for a wide range of customers and I am pleased to support the successful growth of the group," adds Prof. Dr. Claudia Eckert.

About the Swiss IT Security Group:

The Swiss IT Security Group, headquartered in Wettingen (Switzerland), offers its customers comprehensive security services and solutions. With around 600 employees the company combines the know-how, resources, and services of a top-class cyber security provider into a comprehensive service provider and, with the help of innovative solutions and technologies, offers its customers overall IT security concepts based on the aspects of protect, detect and defend.

For more information: www.sits-group.ch/en/