Ste­fan Hessel

Exper­ti­se

• Advi­ses and assists cli­ents on com­plex issues in the field of data pro­tec­tion, cyber secu­ri­ty and IT law
• Acts as an exter­nal data pro­tec­tion officer
• Acts as an expert in the field of cyber­se­cu­ri­ty and data pro­tec­tion law (e.g. as an expert wit­ness befo­re the Bun­des­tag regar­ding the Act on Self-Driving Vehicles)
• Expert in cyber­se­cu­ri­ty and data pro­tec­tion law
• Tech­ni­cal and legal ana­ly­sis of attacks on IT systems
• Con­sul­tant and guest lec­tu­rer for ques­ti­ons at the inter­sec­tion of IT secu­ri­ty and law inter alia at Deut­sche Uni­ver­si­tät für Ver­wal­tungs­wis­sen­schaf­ten Speyer

Care­er

• Stu­di­ed law at Saar­land University
• Work­ed as rese­arch employee e.g. at the CISPA Helm­holtz Cen­ter for Infor­ma­ti­on Secu­ri­ty and Saar­land University’s Insti­tu­te of Legal Infor­ma­tics (Prof. Dr. Sorge)
• Mas­ter of Laws (LL.M.) in “Infor­ma­ti­on Tech­no­lo­gy and Law” at Saar­land University
• Curr­ent­ly: dis­ser­ta­ti­on on legal ques­ti­ons in the field of IT and data pro­tec­tion law

Cur­rent pro­jects (sel­ec­tion)

• Pro­vi­des data pro­tec­tion law sup­port for the use of Micro­soft 365 by com­pa­nies and public agencies
• Sup­ports and imple­ments data pro­tec­tion law requi­re­ments with respect to new busi­ness models
• Deve­lo­ps legal capa­ci­ties to deal with cyber­at­tacks in com­pa­nies (legal inci­dent response)