ANDREAS REISEN

ANDREAS REISEN

Head of Division “Critical information infrastructures; IT security”, The Federal Ministry of the Interior- Germany

Since August 2014 Andreas Reisen has been Head of Division “Critical information infrastructures; IT security” at the Federal Ministry of the Interior. In addition to the protection of critical IT infrastructures, his responsibilities include questions of technology policy in IT security (e.g. on encryption and digitization), IT security assurance and cooperation with the IT security industry – including the corresponding supervision of the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI). Prior to his current position, Mr Reisen headed several divisions with various IT policy responsibilities at the Federal Ministry of the Interior. Mr Reisen started his professional career at the Federal Office for Information Security (1993-1999) and then continued at the Federal Ministry of the Interior. He has a master degree in physics and studied “theoretical particle physics” at RWTH Aachen.