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Christian Bäcker

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OT Security Manager at Merz Group
📍 Giessen, Hesse, Germany

Christian Bäcker is a seasoned OT Security Manager at the Merz Group with deep expertise in security frameworks like ISO 27001, NIST CSF, and IEC 62443. In addition to his corporate role, he has been a lecturer at the Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen for over a decade, demonstrating a long-term commitment to education.

He is the founder of OT-Labs, an initiative focused on strengthening the cyber-resilience of German industry through practical, hands-on training.

Unique fact: He developed a "Mobile OT Cyber Security Lab," a compact, suitcase-based solution for demonstrating and teaching real-world industrial security concepts.

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Experience
19 Years
Current Role
OT Security Manager
Job Level
Middle
Location
Giessen, Hesse, Germany
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Practical OT Security
He founded OT-Labs and developed a mobile, suitcase-based lab to provide tangible, hands-on OT security training and demonstrations.
Security Education
Serves as a long-term lecturer at Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen and founded a company to address the OT security skills shortage, showing a passion for teaching.
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Career

Work history

5-2022
OT Security Manager
Merz Group
6-2012 - 4-2022
IT-Projektmanager
Pfeiffer Vacuum
10-2006 - 5-2012
IT-Berater
Impetus Unternehmensberatung GmbH
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Diplom
Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen
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