Arne Schönbohm

Former president of the German Federal Office for Information Security (born 1969)

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Arne Schönbohm (born 28 July 1969) is the former president of the German Federal Office for Information Security.^[1]^[2]

Biography

Schönbohm was born in Hamburg.^[3] He studied international business administration at the International School of Management in Dortmund, as well as in London and Taipei.^[4]

From 1995 until 2008 Schönbohm worked at EADS Germany in several senior positions, including as Vice President Commercial and Defense Solutions for EADS Secure Networks.^[4]

In 2008, he set up his own consulting business.

He was the chair of Cyber Security Council of Germany e.V., an association that later came under criticism for ties to Russian secret services.^[5]

Appointed by Minister of the Interior Thomas de Maizière, Schönbohm became president of the German Federal Office for Information Security in 2016.^[6] In October 2022, following a report by ZDF television, his connections to Russian secret services came under scrutiny again.^[7]^[8] He was released from his post shortly afterwards.^[9]

Other activities

Deutschland sicher im Netz (DSIN), Member of the Advisory Board^[10]
Foundation for Data Protection, Member of the Advisory Board^[11]
Atlantik-Brücke, Member

References

^ "German cyber security watchdog raises attack alert level". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
^ "Superwahljahr: BSI-Chef warnt Parteien vor Cyberattacken". Spiegel Online (in German). Retrieved 19 May 2017.
^ "Deutschlands Sicherheit l Sicherheitsexperte l Arne Schönbohm l Vita". www.deutschlands-sicherheit.de (in German). Archived from the original on 24 December 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
^ ^a ^b OECD (13 December 2018). "GOVERNANCE OF DIGITAL SECURITY IN ORGANISATIONS AND SECURITY OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES:BIO-BOOK" (PDF). Global Forum on Digital Security for Prosperity. Paris, France. p. 18. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
^ "Cyber-Sicherheitsrat Deutschland: Brisante Kontakte nach Russland". Tagesschau (in German). 6 June 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
^ "Designierter BSI-Chef: Innenministerium ordnete angeblich Distanz zu Schönbohm an". Heise (in German). 23 December 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
^ "BSI-Chef Arne Schönbohm: IT-Sicherheit in der Comedy-Arena". Netzpolitik (in German). 10 October 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
^ Neuerer, Dietmar (11 October 2022). "Arne Schönbohm: Wird der BSI-Chef nach Böhmermann-Bericht im ZDF abberufen?". Handelsblatt (in German). Retrieved 19 October 2022.
^ Rosenbach, Marcel; Beuth, Patrick (18 October 2022). "Bundesinnenministerium stellt BSI-Präsident Arne Schönbohm frei". Der Spiegel (in German). Retrieved 18 October 2022.
^ Advisory Board Deutschland sicher im Netz.
^ Advisory Board Foundation for Data Protection, Leipzig.