Arne Schönbohm Explained

Arne Schönbohm (born 28 July 1969) is the former president of the German Federal Office for Information Security.^{[1] [2]}

Biography

Schönbohm was born in Hamburg.^[3] He studied international business administration at the International School of Management in Dortmund, as well as in London and Taipei.^[4]

From 1995 until 2008 Schönbohm worked at EADS Germany in several senior positions, including as Vice President Commercial and Defense Solutions for EADS Secure Networks.

In 2008, he set up his own consulting business.

He was the chair of Cyber Security Council of Germany e.V., an association that later came under criticism for ties to Russian secret services.^[5]

Appointed by Minister of the Interior Thomas de Maizière, Schönbohm became president of the German Federal Office for Information Security in 2016.^[6] In October 2022, following a report by ZDF television, his connections to Russian secret services came under scrutiny again.^{[7] [8]} He was released from his post shortly afterwards.^[9]

Other activities

• Deutschland sicher im Netz (DSIN), Member of the Advisory Board^[10]
• Foundation for Data Protection, Member of the Advisory Board^[11]
• Atlantik-Brücke, Member

Notes and References

1. News: German cyber security watchdog raises attack alert level. The Daily Telegraph. 19 May 2017.
2. News: Superwahljahr: BSI-Chef warnt Parteien vor Cyberattacken. Spiegel Online. de. 19 May 2017.
3. Web site: Deutschlands Sicherheit l Sicherheitsexperte l Arne Schönbohm l Vita . www.deutschlands-sicherheit.de . 11 October 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151224053050/http://www.deutschlands-sicherheit.de/htdocs/vita.php?setnav=5 . 24 December 2015 . de.
4. Web site: OECD . GOVERNANCE OF DIGITAL SECURITY IN ORGANISATIONS AND SECURITY OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES:BIO-BOOK . Global Forum on Digital Security for Prosperity . 13 December 2018 . Paris, France . 18 . en . 13 December 2018.
5. Web site: Cyber-Sicherheitsrat Deutschland: Brisante Kontakte nach Russland . Tagesschau . 11 October 2022 . de . 6 June 2019.
6. News: Designierter BSI-Chef: Innenministerium ordnete angeblich Distanz zu Schönbohm an . 11 October 2022 . Heise . 23 December 2015 . de.
7. News: BSI-Chef Arne Schönbohm: IT-Sicherheit in der Comedy-Arena . 11 October 2022 . Netzpolitik . 10 October 2022 . de.
8. News: Neuerer . Dietmar . Arne Schönbohm: Wird der BSI-Chef nach Böhmermann-Bericht im ZDF abberufen? . 19 October 2022 . Handelsblatt . 11 October 2022 . de.
9. News: Rosenbach . Marcel . Beuth . Patrick . Bundesinnenministerium stellt BSI-Präsident Arne Schönbohm frei . 18 October 2022 . Der Spiegel . 18 October 2022 . de.
10. https://www.sicher-im-netz.de/beirat Advisory Board
11. https://stiftungdatenschutz.org/ueber-uns/beirat/ Advisory Board