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Jochen Stechert named Director of Information Technology & Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Munich Security Conference

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Jochen Stechert is the Director of Information Technology & Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) of Munich Security Conference. Jochen joins from Dehner, where they served as Chief Information Security Officer.

Records: Munich Security Conference · Jochen Stechert

PersonJochen Stechert
New roleDirector of Information Technology & Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
CompanyMunich Security Conference
Previous roleChief Information Security Officer, Dehner
AnnouncedSeptember 21, 2026
Sourcesecurityconference.org

Context from the record

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What this move signals

Jochen Stechert joined the Munich Security Conference on September 15, 2026, as Director of Information Technology & CISO, leading the MSC's newly established standalone IT unit and overseeing strategic technology development and information security. He previously served as CISO at Dehner, one of Europe's largest garden-center retail chains, for five years.

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