Laurent Zimmerli, Security Engineer
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«Direct feedback about my work motivates me»
Mr. Zimmerli, congratulations! Your paper, Rating Autonomous Systems, won the Best Paper Award at the International Conference on Internet Monitoring and Protection in Venice. What does this award mean to you?
Naturally I'm proud of the award, no question. The paper grew out of my master's thesis at ETH, which I wrote in collaboration with Open Systems. Bernhard Tellenbach from the Communication Systems Group at ETH supported me during the writing of the thesis under the supervision of Prof. Plattner. He also encouraged me to write an article and supported me in my application to speak at the conference in Venice.
You studied IT at ETH. What brought you to Open Systems?
I attended a lecture by our CEO Martin Bosshardt. It was one of a series of lectures organized by VIS, the Association of IT Students. Back then I wanted to write my master's thesis in the field of specialist security and knew of the cooperation between ETH and Open Systems that has existed for many years. That was a stroke of luck, because the support I got from the colleagues at Open Systems was really exceptional. My supervisor's personal dedication was huge and made a significant difference to the quality of my thesis.
You are a security engineer at Mission Control Labs. What exactly is your job?
Our labs are organized in teams that are responsible for various areas of Mission Control Security Services. One of the things our team is responsible for is the front end of the Mission Control Cockpit, with which our customers control and monitor their services. We work in the area of technology and product evaluation as well as maintaining and expanding the services. In addition, like all security engineers at Open Systems, I spend one day a week at the Mission Control Operation Center and look after the running of our services.
Read the whole interview with Laurent Zimmerli in our magazine 360°
