Eberhard von Faber is Chief Security Advisor, IT Services, at T-Systems and Professor for IT Security at TH Brandenburg. He has more than 30 years of industry experience in the field of IT security and is responsible for more than 150 publications and conference contributions (also internationally). He studied electrical engineering and obtained a doctorate in the field of semiconductor physics. His main fields of activity are: security architecture, processes, standardization of IT security, meeting requirement of user organizations, as well as supply chain collaboration issues.