Marco Di Filippo

Regional Director Germany
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After his vocational training as an electrician as well as a radio and TV technician Marco Di Filippo graduated successfully as an electrical technician, special field of communication technologies, at the Handwerkskammer in Bayreuth/Germany in 1998. In 1999 he was assigned the personal accreditation for installing IT and telecommunication user systems by the Federal School of Electrical Engineering in Oldenburg/Germany.

Since 1986 he has been dealing with the broad spectrum of information electronics. As from 1996 he has been working in the field of IT-Consulting, the main focus on ICT security and ICT strategy followed in 1998. Before joining Compass Security AG he was a managing director of VisuKom Germany where he was responsible for the areas of technics, marketing and distribution for 10 years. His specialist areas are technical and organisational-conceptual security tests, security concepts, coaching, presentations on ICT security topics and strategic counselling. With his conceptual design he contributed a great deal to the spreading of ICT security awareness (in Germany) which has been gaining more and more relevance due to the market development of VoIP. He has long-term experience in project management as well as counselling in various fields.

He has recently filed a constitutional complaint in Germany against §202c (hacker paragraph) which is regarded as highly controversial by the media and the IT security business.

As the Business Development Manager respectively the Regional Director Germany of Compass Security AG, Marco Di Filippo is responsible for the German economic area. In addition, he regularly works as a speaker at universities and universities of applied sciences, at technical conferences, at trade fairs as well as in seminars and workshops. He also writes articles for the specialised press on a regular basis.

News

Compass invites to the Security Event 2010
6/7/10 - On Thursday, September 09, 2010 Compass Security AG organise their annual "Compass Event". For this seminar the ICT security service provider invites customers and other interested persons to the auditorium of the HSR University of Applied Sciences in Rapperswil / Switzerland. From 08:30 to 17:00 the participants benefit from the latest findings and experiences about ITC security in the frame of presentations, Live-Hacking demonstrations and speeches. A red-hot topic is brought up by Nicolas Seriot in his guest speech "iPhone-Hacking".

New at Compass: "FileBox" as an Appliance
5/25/10 - Compass Security AG have further developed their Web based transfer solution "File Box" and launched an appliance. Companies keep thus complete control of their data as the appliance is located on their own premises. The multitenant solution addresses mainly target groups who are dependent on a safe data transfer with customers or business partners, such as banks, insurance companies, chartered accountants, trustees, lawyers or medical doctors.

Hacking-Lab Remote: Rent a Professional IT Security Lab
4/13/10 - For imparting knowledge on IT security topics such as the OWASP TOP 10, OSSTMM and other attacking respectively defence measures in a practical way, high schools and companies no longer need to invest in their own security lab. Using the Hacking-Lab of Compass Security AG users have access via Internet to an interactive lab environment. The ICT security service provider makes students and employees more familiar with current cyber threats, attacking strategies and defence measures.

Evening event of ISSS on "Cyber Crime in Switzerland"
2/23/10 - Ivan Bütler, Compass managing director, is organizing the "1st ISSS St Gall conference" together with Dr. Lukas Ruf. On Thursday, April 29, 2010, interested people are meeting in order to gain an up-to-date overview in the field of computer crime an to become familiar with the developments.

Compass hacks live at CeBIT
2/22/10 - Marco Di Filippo, Regional Director Germany of Compass Security AG takes on the role of the hacker at CeBIT and puts modern technologies to the test. On the CeBIT platforms of the media partner Network Computing and of the anti virus specialist Avira he is going to x-ray data centers and mobile devices such as iPhone, Blackberry, etc. regarding their safety compliance.