André Adelsbach is the Chief Information Security Officer at SES S.A. and LuxGovSat and responsible for defining and executing their Cyber Security strategy and continuously enhancing SES’ and LGS’ security frameworks. Since joining SES in 2010, André is leading and developing SES’ Information and Cyber Security function, which covers all aspects of information and cyber security, including security governance, security risk management, security engineering and security operations across SES.
Before joining SES, André headed the Security, Audit and Governance Services team of Telindus – Belgacom ICT in Luxembourg, where he oversaw the development and delivery of strategic security services in the governmental, financial, communications, insurance and space sector.
André is a cyber security enthusiast, who has been working in information and cyber security for more than 20 years. He authored more than 40 international publications and served as a program committee member and reviewer for various information security conferences and journals.
André Adelsbach earned a PhD for his research in information security and cryptographic copyright protection at Horst Görtz Institute for IT Security and a master’s degree in computer science from Saarland University. André is certified CISM, ISO 27001 Lead Auditor and Lead Implementer, GCFA and GREM. Andre is a member of the Space-ISAC Board and GIAC Advisory Board and served on the board of the OWASP Luxembourg Chapter.