Gotz Schartner

Together with his wife Sandra Schartner, Götz Schartner founded 8com GmbH & Co. KG in 2004 to increase the security of companies and authorities and thus protect them from cyber-attacks. Today 8com is an established Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) with over 60 employees and customers in over 40 countries.

In 2019, 8com celebrated the reopening of its Cyber ​​Defense Center in its own new building. Here, specialists from the areas of security monitoring, vulnerability management, forensics and more work hand in hand to protect our customers' systems from cyber attacks. 8com always has the big picture in mind – including the human interface. With live hacking lectures, training, e-learning and other awareness measures, 8com has so far made thousands of employees aware of the dangers in cyberspace and enabled them to use the technology safely.

Cybercriminals are ruthless. There is no method they won't use to infect computers and networks with malware or even shut down entire business operations. Cyber security experts like Götz Schartner fight back against criminal hackers and do their best to prevent attacks every day. As CEO of 8com, a company providing managed security services, he protects his clients, so that they can focus on their core business. In his keynote speeches, Schartner manages to make the abstract dangers of the web tangible for his audience and thrills thousands of listeners every year.