KSV1870 Nimbusec GmbH: Alexander Mitter Appointed to the KSÖ Board

The managing director of KSV1870 Nimbusec GmbH has been a member of the board of the Competence Center for Safe Austria since November 30, 2022 in the area of cyber and IT security.

Alexander Mitter (38) has been a member of the board of the Competence Center Safe Austria (KSÖ) since the end of November 2022. As part of this activity, the Upper Austrian will focus even more on the topic of cyber security and, in cooperation with numerous stakeholders, will develop security-related measures for Austria’s economy. The expert relies on his profound knowledge in the areas of IT and cyber security, which he contributes as managing director of KSV1870 Nimbusec GmbH. He will continue to exercise this function.

Under the motto “Internal security concerns us all”, the overarching goal of the KSÖ is to make Austria safer on various levels. In order to achieve this, the non-profit association is constantly working to raise people’s awareness of the problem and brings together experts from politics, business, the executive branch, science and the media. Especially in times of increasing cybercrime, IT and cyber security are of particular importance. A topic that Alexander Mitter has been dealing with intensively since the beginning of his professional career.

“We are very pleased that we have succeeded in convincing Alexander Mitter, a proven cyber security specialist, to take on this central task in the KSÖ. Due to joint projects in the past, we know him well and know that he will carry out this function with a lot of passion,” says Alexander Janda, Secretary General of the KSÖ.

Ten years in the service of cyber security

The Upper Austrian studied economics with a focus on economics, business finance and Chinese in Linz, the USA and Taiwan. Mitter started his professional career in 2002 in the field of IT support for small and medium-sized companies on a freelance basis. From 2011 to 2014 he worked internationally for the mechanical engineering company BRP-Rotax in certified aviation. In 2014 he went back to being self-employed: Alexander Mitter is part of the founding team of Nimbusec GmbH (now KSV1870 Nimbusec GmbH) and to this day forms the management board together with Christof Horschitz (COO).

KSV1870 Acquires Nimbusec GmbH

Mitter has been the managing director of Nimbusec GmbH from the start and played a leading role in the integration into KSV1870. In April 2020, the creditor protection association became the majority owner, a short time later the name was changed to KSV1870 Nimbusec GmbH and Nimbusec Deutschland GmbH was founded.

In addition, his involvement in the CyberRisk Rating Scheme of the KSÖ shows how important Alexander Mitter is to the topic of cyber security: “Cyber security must not only be fundamentally improved, but also be accessible to small and medium-sized companies, which often have their own IT department have to do without. The aim of my work on the board of the KSÖ is to make the needs of critical infrastructure and global corporations in the field of IT security more secure throughout the supply chain, Creating solutions for companies of all sizes and bringing together stakeholders from business and politics. Even across national borders,” says Mitter, who is particularly concerned about the practical suitability of services.