Dirk Backofen
Chairman of the Management Board
Head of Telekom Security,
T-Systems International GmbH
The close cooperation of companies, authorities, and research institutions in the cluster is our basis for the future-oriented advancement of cyber security for society and business.
Fraunhofer Institute for Intelligent Analysis and Information Systems IAIS
The Fraunhofer Institute for Communication, Information Processing and Ergonomics FKIE develops technologies and processes with the aim of early detection, mitigation and management of existential risks. In close cooperation with strategic partners, the institute is dedicated to the entire processing chain of data and information: from acquisition, transmission and processing to reliable protection. The Fraunhofer FKIE is committed to this mission both in the civilian sector and in command and reconnaissance processes in the defence technology sector. With a broad competence and excellent attention to detail, the Fraunhofer FKIE takes on the latest scientific-technological challenges in security related issues.
Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology
The Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg (H-BRS), University of Applied Sciences, was founded in 1995. It is a dynamic and research-driven university with almost 10,000 students and approximately 1.000 employees including 150 professors. The university is located in the heart of the liveable Rhineland region, with campuses in Hennef, Rheinbach and Sankt Augustin. H-BRS’ department of Computer Science is one of the largest at a University of Applied Sciences in Germany. Moreover, H-BRS runs two computer science and cybersecurity labs: the b-it (Bonn-Aachen International Centre for Information Technology) jointly with the University of Bonn, RWTH Aachen and Fraunhofer Society as well as the Learning Lab Cybersecurity with the Fraunhofer FKIE.
Bonn/Rhine-Sieg Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Skymatic is specialized on data security, privacy protection, and the sensible design of digitization. The company is known for the development of Cryptomator, an encryption software that allows businesses to protect their cloud data from spying eyes. The easy-to-use software received the CeBIT Innovation Award in 2016 for its user-friendliness and high-end security.
Skymatic also develops individualized online vaults for corporations on the basis of Cryptomator technology. With the introduction of features such as key and user management and access logging, Cryptomator now becomes also available for SMEs.
Deutsche Telekom AG
Dr. Axe Assekuranz Versicherungsmakler GmbH
Bechtle IT System House Bonn / Cologne
The Bechtle IT system house Bonn / Cologne belongs to the Bechtle AG, which with approximately 70 locations, 47 solution and competence centers as well as a of around 4.3 billion euros turnover in 2018 is one of the leading system integrators in Germany. With more than 70,000 customers from industry, public authorities and the financial market, Bechtle offers vendor-neutral, seamless IT infrastructure offerings. Our central solution topics are Client Management, Server & Storage, Networking Solutions, Virtualization, IT Security and Software. At the location Bonn / Cologne with its branches in Cologne, Koblenz and Mainz currently work around 380 employees.
brown-iposs GmbH, based in Bonn, offers systems and system integration of radio and IoT networks as well as training, product tests and studies on modern digital radio communication systems. brown-iposs has special expertise in protocol analysis and software for network optimization and planning. Radio networks for production and logistics facilities are planned and measured, WiFi, LoRA, NB-IoT and public safety networks are integrated and service platforms for mobile phone operators are implemented. In the ZIM cooperation network "BIC-IRAP" initiated by brown-iposs, the mobile Internet supply in semi-public campus networks of tomorrow is being considered in advance.
HDI Bürogemeinschaft Probson & Schäfer
iRiskProtect BV is a Dutch company, founded 2011, specializing in information security consulting. We support companies from mid size to big corporations improving their security controls with our innovative, efficient and pragmatic security services. Our experts can take over project management or interim security officer positions, to organize and implement theory to real life transitions by handing over security controls and measures to the respective line functions.
Key Security Services:
Information Security Consulting (strategy, policies, concepts, processes), ISO 2700x certification, DLP, Vulnerability & Patch Management, trainings, workshops and in-service mentoring.
ITConcepts is a global IT consulting and services company with highly qualified and experienced consultants. We specialize in delivering solutions that automate and improve business processes. Based on industrial standards and statutory requirements, we integrate best practice and compliance into the solutions for our customers’ business processes. This gives them increased efficiency and allows them to ideally utilize their technological investments, as well as to fulfil their governance, risk and compliance (GRC) requirements. Our central focus is on Identity and Access Management (IAM), IT Security and IT Service Management (ITSM) software and processes.
Dr. Reinold Hagen Stiftung
Supporting human development and creating technology”. This is the guiding principle of the Dr. Reinold Hagen Foundation which develops initiatives in vocational training as well as in the research and development area of the plastics and mechanical engineering.
The range of services of the foundation group also includes courses in IT qualification as well as qualifications in the topics of data security and information security which are situated in the vocational training education of the IHK Bonn/Rhein-Sieg GmbH.
All projects and activities of the Dr. Reinold Hagen Foundation are designed to fulfill concrete approaches and solutions to the current social challenges.
Rhein-Sieg-Kreis
SCHROER Security Solutions
SECBIZ IT Security GmbH
Secure IT Consult
SoSafe GmbH
Stockpulse GmbH
StockPulse is an expert for Emotional Data Intelligence in the financial market. Since 2011, the company has been generating sentiment data from all sorts of social media channels and providing decision support for investors. Asset managers, banks, news agencies and stock exchanges worldwide rely on data quality refined by StockPulse. The company evaluates millions of opinions and news every day and shows at a glance in what kind of mood people are discussing various topics related to the Finance Market. StockPulse is working on a strategy to identify fake news and to evaluate the quality of authorship. Text analysis is done in three languages: English, German and Chinese.
SVA System Vertrieb Alexander GmbH
synalis GmbH & Co. KG
Cloud for tomorrow's medium-sized companies." – under this motto, synalis develops IT solutions and concepts to support business processes. Our IT services and products support companies in efficiently managing and preparing all information and data and making it securely available for targeted control and planning. Our cloud concepts specifically support processes that make a lasting contribution to optimization and increased efficiency. Our benchmark for the development of IT solutions is not what is technically feasible, but what makes business sense. In order to secure the digitization of medium-sized companies, we implement individual IT security concepts, which are supplemented by our Cyber Security Operations Center CSOC.
tarent solutions GmbH
As a technology agency with over 250 employees we develop outstanding IT-solutions for and with our customers. Our scalable Microservice Platforms build the foundation for future-proof web offerings. We let products speak with the power of IoT and we help companies to learn from their data with customized Artificial Intelligence models. In Bonn, Berlin, Cologne and Bucharest we deliver best in class solutions for businesses. At our Academy sites in Bucharest and Bonn we are sharing our practical knowledge and experience in workshops and bootcamps.
Chairman of the Management Board
Head of Telekom Security,
T-Systems International GmbH
It is our goal to make Bonn the cyber security capital of Europe. We create the perfect symbiosis of cyber security authorities, research institutions, and private industry and develop Bonn to become the "Davos for Cyber Security". With the annual large-scale event of the industry, the 'Cyber Security Tech Summit Europe' (in 2019 on 13th / 14th March), we provide an international platform that offers top keynotes and innovative security trends, and that facilitates the exchange of Cyber Security Professionals among one another.
In close cooperation with the top players in the field, our scientists and students ensure more security in the cyber and information space. For us, basic research and application orientation are not contradictions, but a lived reality.
Deputy of the Chairman of the Management Board
CEO axxessio GmbH
When the project 'Digital Bonn' was launched by the Mayor of Bonn Ashok-Alexander Sridharan and me, it was already clear that cyber security would play a major role. With the foundation of the Cyber Security Cluster we have now reached another milestone in this project! I am proud to make a contribution as a board member and I am confident that Bonn has the necessary power and know-how to lead the cluster to success.
CFO of the Management Board
CEO IHK Bonn/Rhein- Sieg
Cyber Security needs specialized experts, experts, and even more experts. One of the clusters's missions is to promote the training and recruitment of academic and non-academic professionals. As the Chamber of Industry and Commerce, we can make a valuable contribution to this.
Cyber Security is the cornerstone of a successful digital future. The combination of research, teaching, politics, manufacturers, consultants, and users in the Cyber Security Cluster Bonn is unique and contributes significantly to understanding and advancing Cyber Security as a national objective. This is an essential approach, because the challenges of secure digitalization cannot be mastered by any single party alone. In German IT and consulting firms, an impressive spectrum of the necessary security, process, and industry know-how from many years of project experience is concentrated.
Board Member
CEO anykey GmbH
The Cyber-Security-Cluster Bonn links suppliers and customers of solutions and services in the security sector – from medium-sized companies to DAX corporations. Partners are found on an equal footing.
As a university of applied sciences we are aware of the importance of Cyber Security for science and the industry. Therefore, we actively participated in the initiation, conception, and foundation of the cluster. The close cooperation of companies, public authorities, and scientific institutions enables us to quickly identify current and future needs for teaching and research and to implement them tailored to our target group. We are convinced that we can make a meaningful contribution to a secure digital future together.
The establishment of the Cyber Security Cluster Bonn highlights the excellent position of our region in the field of cyber security. It is a pleasure to contribute to the growth of this diverse network and to be able to play a part in rooting the topic even more deeply in our region.
Benefit from our strong network and become a member of the Cyber Security Cluster Bonn e.V. now.
Members of the Cyber Security Cluster Bonn can be legal entities or individuals with relevant expertise.
The application is submitted to the Executive Board and membership begins with the Bord's admission vote (see statutes § 3 Acquisition of membership).
Are you interested in becoming a member? Write us: info@cyber-security-cluster.eu
Cluster members are obligated to support and promote the Cluster as well as the Cluster's purpose in an orderly manner externally and internally; resolutions and directives of the Cluster's organs, the Cluster's General Assembly and the Board are to be followed.
Cluster members are entitled to participate in all events of the Cluster. In addition, they have the right to submit proposals to the executive committee and the general meeting and to make suggestions on the activities of the association (see statutes § 5 Rights and duties of the member).
The cluster is to be represented by two members of the executive board in each case. The board comprises a maximum of 12 regular board members (see Statutes § 9 Board of Directors).
In order to support the board, an advisory board is formed, whose members may also be non-members of the association. The advisory board has an advisory function only. The members of the advisory board are appointed and dismissed by the board with a simple majority (see statutes § 10 Advisory Board).
| Universities and research institutions in the region, scientific and technological institutions and University Chairs | Amount/Year |
| Universities and large research institutions | 1.500€ |
| Scientific institutions, University Chairs and other public/non-profit educational institutions | 200€ |
| Companies (measured by number of employees) |
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| Startups (up to 2 years) | 200€ |
| 1 – 5 employees | 200€ |
| 6 – 49 employees | 500€ |
| 50 – 199 employees | 1.000€ |
| 200 – 499 employees | 1.500€ |
| 500 – 1.000 employees | 2.000€ |
| from 1.000 employees | 5.000€ |
| from 10.000 employees | 10.000€ |
| Chambers of Industry and Commerce, Chambers of Crafts, | 3.000€ |
| Municipal members/territorial authorities | |
| Cities and territorial authorities with more than 50,000 inhabitants | 10.000€ |
| Cities and territorial authorities with less than 50,000 inhabitants | 5.000€ |
| Public Institutions | 500€ |
| Individual memberships | 200€ |