HGI Alumni of the Month

More than 20 years ago, the IT Security program at Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) was the first of its kind in Germany. Since then, many students have successfully graduated, some of them even earning a doctorate in Bochum to start their careers from here. We present some of these graduates in our new series "Alumni of the Month". They will tell us what they learned in Bochum and how they have progressed since then.

HGI Alumni of the Month July:
Dr. Kai Jansen

Then and Now

• 2014: Master IT-Security
• 2019: Doctorate Faculty ET IT
• 2022: Living in Bochum

Work history

• 04/2019 – today: PHYSEC GmbH, Head of Research
• 04/2014 – 03/2019: Research Assistant (Ruhr-Universität Bochum) – Information Security Group

Lessons Learned

• In my studies: IT security is not the "hacking" in common perception. As in any other discipline, there are a number of tools that must be mastered.
• In professional life: In business, there are still many challenges beyond the content of studies. The need for skilled workers is much greater than assumed and will increase in the future.

IT Security made in Bochum - Alumni Network at LinkedIn

In our alumni network "IT SECURITY made in BOCHUM" former students, doctoral candidates and researchers with a connection to IT security at RUB are invited to connect and discuss. All alumni of the study programs IT Security (Bachelor/Master) as well as all former employees (PhD students, researchers and administrators) of the Horst Görtz Institute for IT Security (HGI) at the RUB are welcome in our network, as well as alumni of related study programs like Computer Science or Applied Computer Science.

We welcome all new members of the constantly growing community!

General note: In case of using gender-assigning attributes we include all those who consider themselves in this gender regardless of their own biological sex.