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 with extensive experience in cyber-security research and strategic threat analysis. As the lead of the Research Focus International Cybersecurity at the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg (IFSH), he specializes in the strategic use of cyber capabilities and emerging technologies in international relations, including cyber warfare, cyber espionage, information operations/disinformation, and cybercrime. He covers the cybersecurity policies and strategies of key cyber powers such as the USA, EU, Russia, China, and North Korea.
Matthias actively contributes to national and international discussions and working groups on cybersecurity. He is a frequent speaker at conferences and hosts the percepticon.de Podcast, which explores critical cybersecurity topics. His insights have been featured in prominent media outlets, including The Economist, Deutsche Welle, and der Spiegel.
Previously, 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. Additionally, he is a certified Cyber Security Analyst and self-thought hacker, uniquely combining an academic insights with practical IT security skills.
Über mich 🇩🇪
Matthias Schulze ist ein Cybersicherheits-Experte mit umfangreicher Erfahrung in der Cybersicherheitsforschung und strategischen Bedrohungsanalyse. Als Leiter des Forschungsschwerpunkts Internationale Cybersicherheit am Institut für Friedensforschung und Sicherheitspolitik an der Universität Hamburg (IFSH) spezialisiert er sich auf den strategischen Einsatz von Cyberfähigkeiten und neuen Technologien in den internationalen Beziehungen, einschließlich Cyberkriegsführung, Cyberspionage, Informationsoperationen/Desinformation und Cyberkriminalität. Er beschäftigt sich mit den Cybersicherheitsstrategien und -politiken wichtiger Cybermächte wie den USA, der EU, Russland, China und Nordkorea.
Matthias beteiligt sich aktiv an nationalen und internationalen Diskussionen und Arbeitsgruppen zur Cybersicherheit. Er ist häufig Redner auf Konferenzen und moderiert den percepticon.de Podcast, der sich mit wichtigen Themen der Cybersicherheit auseinandersetzt. Seine Einsichten wurden in prominenten Medien wie The Economist, Deutsche Welle und dem Spiegel veröffentlicht.
Zuvor war Matthias Forscher und stellvertretender Forschungsgruppenleiter in der Forschungsgruppe Sicherheitspolitik der Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP) und Dozent an der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena. Er hat einen Ph.D. mit magna cum laude und einen Magister-Abschluss in Politikwissenschaft, Soziologie und Philosophie von derselben Universität. Zudem ist er ein zertifizierter Cyber-Security-Analyst und “Self-taught” Hacker, und kombiniert akademische mit praktischen IT-Sicherheitsfähigkeiten.
CV
- Juli 2024: Certified Blue Team Level 1 practiticioner
- October 2023: 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
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