User:Oliver M.

Oliver grew up in a world of monochrome displays, needle printers, QuickBASIC and dial-up connections. He has always been very interested in information technology and has always had a high affinity for IT security. After a commercial apprenticeship, he studied IT at Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) and wrote his bachelor's thesis on the topic 'BYOD from a risk management perspective'.

In his professional life, Oliver works as an ICT Security & Risk Engineer for one of Switzerland's biggest hospitals and only recently passed the CISM and CISSP exams. Previously, he had been working as an IT Risk Assessor and Vulnerability Manager for a major Swiss bank for several years.

Application Security & Project Involvement
 * 2013 - OWASP WebSpa Project (WebSpa)

Contact

Oliver Merki oliver.merki@owasp.org