Prof. Thomas R. Koehler
Thomas R. Köhler is one of the leading cybersecurity experts in the D/A/CH region and the author of several standard works on the subject, including "CYBERSICHERHEIT" (CAMPUS Verlag, new in 2026) and "Understanding Cyber Risk" (Routledge Publishers). Since 2008, he and his team of experts—operating from offices in Munich (MUC), Cologne (CGN), and Lech (LEJ)—have been advising companies and public institutions (including the German Armed Forces) on building more secure infrastructures. He has been a research professor at Hankou University (Wuhan, CN) since 2019.
Focus Topics
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About the speaker
For years, Köhler has been committed to fostering dialogue between the business community, universities, and the public sector and has, among other things, served as a lecturer on the topic of “cybercrime” at the Brandenburg Police Academy (Master’s program in Criminalistics), the University of Würzburg, and Danube University Krems (Austria).
He is a regular guest expert in leading media outlets throughout the German-speaking world, ranging from RTL/NTV, ARD, and ZDF to Pro7 (Galileo) and ORF, and from Handelsblatt, *Die Welt*, *FAZ*, and *NZZ* (CH) to *Der Standard* (AT).