CISO Conversations: Andreas Gaetje – From Economics to CISO at Körber AG

Korber AG is the holding company of a diverse German technology and manufacturing organization with around 13,000 employees in 100 locations around the world.

“Take Pharma,” comments Andreas Gaetje. “Probably every vaccine you ever received has been through our machines.” Korber services companies that supply consumers. So, despite its size and importance, it is rarely known to or recognized by the eventual consumer.

Gaetje is the CISO at Korber AG.

The route to CISO

“I never planned to make a career in cybersecurity,” he said. “When I started my career, I was more focused on economics and business politics, and more likely and expectant of finding a job in public services.”

But the reality of life often reshapes expectations. He was young and needed money now, rather than from future expectations. It was the mid-1990s, when the internet had newly transitioned from an elite playground to a fundamental tool for...

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