About me
IBM Distinguished Engineer, IBM Chief Technology Officer for Security
Research lab: Watson Research Center (Hawthorne)
Michael Waidner received a Doctorate (PhD) in Computer Science from the University of Karlsruhe, Germany, in 1991. In 1994, after a few years as researcher and lecturer at the University of Karlsruhe, he joined IBM Research in Rüschlikon, Switzerland, where he formed and led one of the most successful industrial security research teams worldwide. Under his leadership the team made numerous fundamental contributions to science and IBM's product and services portfolio, in areas such as cryptography, fault tolerance in distributed systems, federated identity management, enterprise privacy management, security governance and risk management.
In 2006 he moved from Switzerland to the US, and joined IBM Software Group in New York. In 2007 IBM he led the creation of the IBM Security Architecture Board, which has cross-IBM responsibility for architecture and technical strategy in security. Michael has been chairing this board since the beginning, and established it as the core of the virtual cross-IBM security technology organization.
Michael has authored or co-authored more than 110 scientific publications. He is a member of the IBM Academy of Technology, a Fellow of the IEEE, and an ACM Distinguished Scientist.
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Last updated 15 Jun 2009