What does Percepticon mean?
perception: The ability to see, hear, or become aware of something through the senses
Panopticon: A circular prison with cells arranged arround a central well, from which prisoners could at all times be observed.
About me 🇺🇸
Matthias Schulze is a cybersecurity expert focusing on threat intelligence-led cybersecurity incident response at Security Research Labs. He transfers that frontline expertise to public audiences through writing op-eds, media interviews, and podcasts.
Previously he led the Research Focus International Cybersecurity at the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg (IFSH), where he analyzed the strategic use of cyber capabilities and emerging technologies in international relations, including cyber warfare, cyber espionage, information operations/disinformation, and cybercrime. Before tha, Matthias served as a researcher and deputy head of research at the security division of Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP) and was a lecturer at Friedrich-Schiller University in Jena. He holds a Ph.D. with magna cum laude and a Magister Degree in political science, sociology, and philosophy from the same university.
Über mich 🇩🇪
Matthias Schulze ist Cybersecurity-Experte bei Security Research Labs mit Schwerpunkt auf Incident Response & Threat Intelligence. Als Cybersecurity-Communicator vermittelt er der Öffentlichkeit in Fachartikeln, Interviews und Podcasts Erkenntnisse seiner Arbeit.
Zuvor leitete er den Forschungsschwerpunkt Internationale Cybersicherheit am Institut für Friedensforschung und Sicherheitspolitik der Universität Hamburg (IFSH), wo er den strategischen Einsatz von Cyberfähigkeiten und neuen Technologien in den internationalen Beziehungen analysierte, darunter Cyberkrieg, Cyberspionage, Informationsoperationen/Desinformation und Cyberkriminalität. Davor war Matthias als Forscher und stellvertretender Forschungsgruppenleiter bei der Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP) tätig und lehrte an der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität in Jena. Er hat einen Doktortitel mit magna cum laude und einen Magister-Abschluss in Politikwissenschaft, Soziologie und Philosophie von derselben Universität.
CV
- March 2026: Incident Management Specialist at Security Research Labs
- November: Certified BSI Grundschutz / ISO 27001 practicioner
- Juli 2024: Certified Blue Team Level 1 practiticioner
- October 2023 – February 2026: Head of Research Focus International Cybersecurity at the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg (IFSH)
- 2023: CompTia A+, Network+ and Security+ certified. Certified Google Cyber-Security Analyst.
- March 2022 – September 2023: Co-creator of the European Repository of Cyber Incidents in cooperation with SWP Berlin, University of Heidelberg, Innsbruck University and the Cyber Policy Institute
- May 2020 – March 2023: Deputy head at the security division at SWP
- 2018 Transatlantic Digital Debates fellow over at the German Public Policy Institute
- August 2017: Ph.D. defense, Magna cum laude. Title: From cyber-utopia to cyber-war. normative change in cyberspace.
- April 2017: Researcher at German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP)
- July – October 2015: Research visit at Citizen Lab, University of Toronto
- September 2012: Research Assistant at the Department of International Relations, Jena University
- July 2012: Master thesis award of the Institute of Political Science Jena friends association
- November 2011: Magister Degree in Political Science, Sociology, and Philosophy. Master thesis about “The language of insecurity. The construction of threats in the German political discourse about data-retention and electronic surveillance”
- July – September 2009: Intern at Frankfurt Peace Research Institute, research on recent developments in Swedish foreign policy
- August 2008 – June 2009: Erasmus exchange program, stay at Högskolan Dalarna, Sweden
- October 2005 – November 2011: Magister Program in Political Science, Philosophy and Sociology at Friedrich-Schiller University, Jena
