30.01.2023

Harald Erkinger is the new Managing Director of CIS

At the beginning of January 2023, Harald Erkinger took over the management of CIS – Certification & Information Security Services GmbH. The 42-year-old Viennese has an international career in the field of information and cyber security and knows the topic-specific customer requirements from an auditing, consulting and operational customer perspective. Erkinger intends to consistently drive forward the successful course of the certification service provider CIS. He succeeds Klaus Veselko, who will step down from the CIS management board on 28 February 2023.

Harald Erkinger (42) has been the new Managing Director of CIS GmbH since 1 January 2023 and in this role is responsible for the entire international business of the state-accredited certification company. The trained information security manager (Dipl.-Ing degree from the FH Upper Austria Campus Hagenberg) has 18 years of professional experience in the field of information and cyber security as well as digital and cloud transformations. Born in Vienna, he most recently worked successfully in London with his own consultancy firm and looked after international clients, including as Chief Information Security Officer. His clients included the Red Cross, Prudential, Tesco and Royal Mail. Prior to that, he spent ten years realising client projects in the field of security with Deloitte.

“I am passionate about cyber and information security and look forward to utilising my experience for our clients and partners both internationally and in Austria. Together with the dedicated team at CIS, we will continue to focus on high service quality and added value for our clients”, Harald Erkinger, CEO of CIS GmbH.

The state-accredited certification company CIS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Quality Austria, has branches and partners in 15 countries and specialises in areas such as information security, data protection, data centres, cloud computing, business continuity management and IT services.