Dirk Loomans

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Dirk Loomans (* 1966 ) is a German business IT specialist. Since 2011 he has been a professor of business informatics in the economics department of the Mainz University of Applied Sciences (Rhineland-Palatinate) and board member of Loomans & Matz AG, a consultancy for information security , data protection and business continuity management .

Life

Loomans studied physics with a minor in computer science in Bayreuth and received his doctorate in theoretical polymer physics at the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg in 1997 . After working as a development engineer at Siemens in the semiconductor sector , he took on the role of head of information security at Infineon Technologies. After the position of managing director of an Infineon development partner, he founded his own company in Mainz in 2001 . Loomans & Matz AG was founded in 2005. As a consultancy in the areas of information security, data protection and business continuity, the company is now active nationally and internationally. Lecturer at the Mainz University of Applied Sciences since 2006, Loomans took over a professorship for business informatics in the business department in September 2011. In addition, he leads seminars at the TÜV Rheinland Academy on the subject of information security and works actively in the Information Security Forum (ISF). Since 2014 he has also been a reviewer for the European Commission in the EU framework program for research and innovation, Horizon 2020 .

politics

In 2010, with the support of the CDU and the ödp , he applied for the office of full-time assistant to the Department for Economics, Urban Development, Real Estate and Public Order (Dec III) of the City of Mainz. However, he was subject to the candidate of the traffic light coalition Christopher Sitte.

Publications

  • The secure PC - not just a dream. In: LanLine. 4/2001.
  • Advanced Network Security - How cryptographic techniques support business. In: Secure. 2/2001, pp. 47-50.
  • IP networks as a Pandora's box? - Data communication between comfort and security. In: Communication and Law. Volume 9, 2001, pp. 461-463.
  • Communication security in IP networks. In: Net-Sitkom conference proceedings. 2001.
  • Information Risk Scorecard makes uncertainty costs transparent. In: Praxis der Wirtschaftsinformatik. HMD 236, April 2004.
  • Cloud Computing in the Light of a Federal Agency. BSI basic protection in the cloud. In: IT security. 5/2010, pp. 45-47.
  • with Manuela Matz and Marco Wichtermann: Requirements for a data protection management system. 2010.
  • with M. Matz: Safety is a management task. In: IT security. 9/2010.
  • with Micha-Klaus Müller: Information security risks under control. In three steps to successful security management. In: IT security. 6/2011, pp. 46-47.
  • IT security - the look at 2014. In: A. Mehler-Bicher, L. Steiger (Ed.): Trends in IT. 2012, pp. 126-133.
  • Dangers of digital policy communication. Between shopping mall and bazaar. In: M. Friedrichsen, RA Kohn (ed.): Digital politics mediation. Chances and Risks of Interactive Media. 2013, pp. 427-440.
  • with Manuela Matz and Michael Wiedemann: Practical guidelines for implementing a data protection management system. A risk-based approach for all company sizes. Springer Vieweg Verlag, 2014, ISBN 978-3-658-02805-3 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mainz Council elects custom and Merkator.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Mainzer Rhein Zeitung. dated November 4, 2010.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.mainzer-rhein-zeitung.de  
personal data
SURNAME Loomans, Dirk
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German business IT specialist
DATE OF BIRTH 1966