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Alexander Busse

Founder Cybervize, Cyber Security & Strategy Expert

✓25 years in cybersecurity: KPMG, Deloitte (Director), PwC (Partner)
✓ISO 27001 Lead Auditor since 2006, CISA, BS 25999 Lead Auditor
✓Based in Düsseldorf, projects across Germany and Europe

"Security is not just an IT issue, it's a management issue. I speak the language of executives."

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Career Milestones

1993

Start-Up

Software Development

~4 years

Software development and first professional experience

1997

T-Online

Project Manager IT

~5.5 years

Responsible for software development of internal applications, sub-project management of migration to a new system environment

2002

KPMG

Manager Information Security

~7.5 years

Implementation and certification of information security systems (ISMS, BCMS), international projects in Singapore and Norway

2009

Bank (internal)

Associate Director IT Audit

~2.5 years

Management of IT audit, elimination of all findings according to Bundesbank audit, establishment of the IT audit area

2012

Deloitte

Director Cyber

~6.5 years

Consulting on cybersecurity for large banks, insurance companies, and industrial clients, building and leading the Cyber Strategy & Transformation area

2019

PwC

Partner Cyber

~2 years

Development of a framework to meet cybersecurity requirements according to ISO and NIST, projects for banks and federal agencies

2021

Cybervize

CEO

Present

Founding a startup in the cybersecurity sector, cybersecurity for companies of all sizes through Cybersecurity-as-a-Service

Significant Achievements

✓Building and leading the German cross-industry Cyber Strategy and Transformation Practice at Deloitte
✓Conducting high-confidentiality projects for federal agencies
✓Development of a framework that meets the cybersecurity requirements of ISO and NIST
✓Published author: IT banking supervision (Finanz Colloquium Heidelberg) and AI transformation (UVK anthology, 2025)
✓Cybersecurity lecturer at Hochschule Macromedia (2022 to 2023)
✓Sustained relationships with CISOs, federal agencies, and security experts

Certifications & Qualifications

Auditor of ISO 27001 audits based on IT-Grundschutz (inactive)
ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA, inactive)
ITIL Foundation and ITIL Service Manager training
BS 25999 Lead Auditor (Business Continuity Management)
Six Sigma Yellow Belt
SAP Certified Solution Architect ERP

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