Benjamin Flesch, PhD, CISSP

Senior IT Security Engineer at ensec AG
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, CH
Languages
  • English Native or bilingual proficiency
  • German Native or bilingual proficiency
  • French Elementary proficiency
  • Chinese Elementary proficiency
  • Danish Elementary proficiency

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Credentials

  • Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP)
    (ISC)²
    Jan, 2013
    - Nov, 2024

Experience

    • Switzerland
    • Computer and Network Security
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Senior IT Security Engineer
      • Feb 2021 - Present

    • Switzerland
    • Investment Management
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • DevSecOps Engineer
      • Jun 2020 - Jan 2021

      Security officer at Zurich-based asset manager with CHF 11Bn AUM. Successfully implemented various IT migration projects for the organization:- from Win 7 to Win 10- from SCCM to Intune-managed devices (auto-enrollment)- from desktop to mobile devices- from on-premise to Azure AD / AWS- from LAN to WIFI- from Crowdstrike to Microsoft Defender ATP & sensible Win10 security baselines Security officer at Zurich-based asset manager with CHF 11Bn AUM. Successfully implemented various IT migration projects for the organization:- from Win 7 to Win 10- from SCCM to Intune-managed devices (auto-enrollment)- from desktop to mobile devices- from on-premise to Azure AD / AWS- from LAN to WIFI- from Crowdstrike to Microsoft Defender ATP & sensible Win10 security baselines

    • Germany
    • Security and Investigations
    • IT Security, Forensics & Big Data Analytics Expert
      • Jun 2019 - Nov 2020

    • Denmark
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • PhD Fellow
      • Oct 2015 - Jun 2019

      PhD student at Centre for Business Data Analytics (CBDA), Department for DigitalizationPhD courses:- Deep Learning Summer School, University of Genova (IRDTA), 2018- Deep Memory Technology for Modern Database Systems, Aalborg University (AAU), 2018- Bioinformatics for Microbiology, Copenhagen University (KU), 2018- Blockchain Summer School, Copenhagen Business School (CBS), 2018- Visual Social Sciences and Digital Media Politics, Copenhagen University (KU), 2018- Advanced Topics in Machine Learning, Technical University of Denmark (DTU), 2017- Aspects of Advanced Analytics, Aalborg University (AAU), 2017Publications at:- IEEE Big Data in 2015 (Santa Clara, CA), 2016 (Washington), 2017 (Boston), 2018 (Seattle)- IEEE Enterprise Distributed Object Computing Workshop in 2015 (Adelaide), 2016 (Vienna) - IEEE Access: Special Section on Theoretical Foundations for Big Data Application: Challenges and Opportunities in 2016 (Online)- Diagrams Conference: Intl. Workshop on Set Visualization and Reasoning in 2016 (Philadelphia)- International Conference on Social Media & Society (SMSociety ’15) in 2015 (Toronto)

    • Founder & CEO
      • Jul 2008 - May 2019

      IT Security Consulting, IT Forensics, Big Data (Visual) Analytics, Software Engineering, Investigations & Compliance, Software Auditing, Cyber Crime IT Security Consulting, IT Forensics, Big Data (Visual) Analytics, Software Engineering, Investigations & Compliance, Software Auditing, Cyber Crime

    • Founder & CEO / CTO
      • Feb 2015 - May 2018

      StriveWire provides real-money eSport tournaments to a worldwide audience. Full-stack engineering of a modern Node.js/React web application hosted on AWS with Redis caching and PostgreSQL database. StriveWire provides real-money eSport tournaments to a worldwide audience. Full-stack engineering of a modern Node.js/React web application hosted on AWS with Redis caching and PostgreSQL database.

    • Germany
    • Law Practice
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Freelancer
      • Dec 2011 - Oct 2014

      Accountable for the IT-driven analysis of ten thousands business transactions and millions of physical documents in large-volume international white-collar crime cases involving many MNCs; IT Forensics in high-profile cases; Software Engineering; IT Security Auditing; Combat of Cyber Crime Accountable for the IT-driven analysis of ten thousands business transactions and millions of physical documents in large-volume international white-collar crime cases involving many MNCs; IT Forensics in high-profile cases; Software Engineering; IT Security Auditing; Combat of Cyber Crime

    • Co-Founder & CTO
      • Jul 2011 - Jul 2014

      "Quabel is a minimalistic Word Processing Software fueled by HTML5 technology and huge interoperability."Front- and Backend Engineering, Business Development "Quabel is a minimalistic Word Processing Software fueled by HTML5 technology and huge interoperability."Front- and Backend Engineering, Business Development

    • Germany
    • Software Development
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Thesis Student
      • Jan 2012 - Jun 2012

      Bachelor's Thesis: Web Application Security Research; Crypto Stuff; Cross-Site Scripting; User Monitoring; Intrusion Detection System DevelopmentAdditional: Successful penetration testing of internal networks; Work on Papers Bachelor's Thesis: Web Application Security Research; Crypto Stuff; Cross-Site Scripting; User Monitoring; Intrusion Detection System DevelopmentAdditional: Successful penetration testing of internal networks; Work on Papers

    • Co-Founder
      • Dec 2010 - Jun 2012

      "Fresh fruits and vegetables from local farmers get delivered directly to your appartment in Mannheim."(Pro bono project with Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) University of Mannheim)Design, Development and Deployment of Front- and Back-End systems for ecommerce business with delivery management in LOHA market. Concept and Execution of various marketing campaigns. Maintaining of an active customer base (100+) and software solutions for electronic delivery scheduling. Training of long-term unemployed for IT-based tasks. Software development for supply chain mgmt, customer acquisition and marketing activities.

    • Summer Engineering Intern
      • Jun 2011 - Sep 2011

      Data-driven Fraud Detection; OCR document analysis; IT Forensics; International Compliance Investigations; IT Security Auditing Data-driven Fraud Detection; OCR document analysis; IT Forensics; International Compliance Investigations; IT Security Auditing

    • Project Team Member
      • Sep 2010 - Dec 2010

      "Littlebird is an Innovative lunch service which empowers jobless adolescents."(Pro bono project with Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) University of Mannheim)General Programming; Introduction of openERP software in both Mannheim and Viernheim subsidiaries; Concept and Rollout of franchise business in Viernheim; Business Process Optimization in food production & delivery services "Littlebird is an Innovative lunch service which empowers jobless adolescents."(Pro bono project with Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) University of Mannheim)General Programming; Introduction of openERP software in both Mannheim and Viernheim subsidiaries; Concept and Rollout of franchise business in Viernheim; Business Process Optimization in food production & delivery services

    • Germany
    • Technology, Information and Internet
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • IT Security Consultant
      • Mar 2007 - Oct 2008

      Network Security, Incident Response, Auditing, Deployment of Two-Factor Authentication Network Security, Incident Response, Auditing, Deployment of Two-Factor Authentication

Education

  • Copenhagen Business School
    Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Informatics and IT – Computer Science (Informatik og IT – Datalogi)
    2015 - 2019
  • Copenhagen Business School
    Master of Science (M.Sc.), Business Administration and Information Systems
    2012 - 2014
  • Universität Mannheim
    Master of Science (M.Sc.), Business Administration, Mannheim Master of Management
    2012 - 2014
  • Universität Mannheim
    Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Business Informatics
    2009 - 2012
  • Technische Universität Kaiserslautern
    Computer Science
    2008 - 2009

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